Deploy an Azure Dedicated host for Azure Virtual desktop session hosts

Hi There, Welcome to another blog post about Azure Virtual Desktop. In this post I’m going to talk about Azure Dedicated hosts. I’ll discuss what they are and why you can use them. I’ll also deploy a dedicated host and do this with Terraform. Let’s get started. What is an Azure dedicated host? An Azure…

Create a confidential compute avd session host with Terraform Part 1

Create a confidential compute avd session host with Terraform Part 1

Hi everybody, In July from this year Microsoft announced the general availability from confidential virtual machines for Azure Virtual Desktop. You can read the announcement here. With the possibility of using confidential compute for your session hosts, we can increase the security of our environment. I’ve split up this blog post in 2 parts. This…

Configure Defender for Cloud for an Azure Virtual Desktop subscription with Terraform

Configure Defender for Cloud for an Azure Virtual Desktop subscription with Terraform

Hello everybody, Welcome to another blogpost about Azure Virtual Desktop. In this blog post I’m going to talk about security. One of the first things to do when you create a new subscription for AVD is to enable the Defender for Cloud plans. Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) that will…

Azure Spring Clean 2023: Configure Microsoft Defender For Cloud Continuous Export for an Azure Virtual Desktop Subscription with Terraform

Azure Spring Clean 2023: Configure Microsoft Defender For Cloud Continuous Export for an Azure Virtual Desktop Subscription with Terraform

Hi there, Welcome to my contribution for this year’s Azure Spring Clean 2023. It’s a community event taking place from march 13 until march 17th. For more info check the website here. Security is a very important part of your journey to and in Azure. If anything happens in your environment you need to be…