WVD news of the week

Hi All,

Welcome to my next blogpost about the latest WVD news of the week. What a week this has been, the product team came with some christmas presents so this post is very long.

MSIX app attach Azure portal integration public preview

Stefan Georgiev announced this much anticipated feature that everybody has been waiting for. Go register your subscription and start using it.

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https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-virtual-desktop/msix-app-attach-azure-portal-integration-public-preview/m-p/1986231

Set up MSIX app attach with the Azure portal

Microsoft has released the documentation about the setup of MSIX App attach in the portal. Go and read it!

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/app-attach-azure-portal

Announcing public preview of Screen Capture Protection in Windows Virtual Desktop

Sandeep Patnaik announced this next highly anticipated feature. This prevents sensitive information from being captured on the client endpoints.

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https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-virtual-desktop/announcing-public-preview-of-screen-capture-protection-in/m-p/1991476/highlight/true#M5943

Built-in roles for Windows Virtual Desktop

Microsoft released the new RBAC roles for WVD. This will it much more easier to control specific WVD rights for your admin.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/rbac

Enable Screen Capture Protection for Windows Virtual Desktop Automated

Sander Rozemuller has written a blogpost to automate the screen capture protection

https://rozemuller.com/enable-screen-capture-protection-for-windows-virtual-desktop-automated/

Parallels RAS integration with Windows Virtual Desktop!

Freek Berson has written an extensive blogpost about Parallels and the integration with WVD.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/parallels-ras-integration-windows-virtual-desktop-freek-berson/?trackingId=77MDZ2VPRHePj%2B4uRSgpMA%3D%3D

Security best practices

Microsoft has added a section for the screen scapture preview to the best practices documentation that they have released.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/security-guide#session-host-security-best-practices

Setting up Azure NetApp Files for MSIX App Attach | Step-by-Step Guide

Justin Shiah from Microsoft released a complete guid to setup Azure Netapp files for MSIX App attach.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-virtual-desktop/setting-up-azure-netapp-files-for-msix-app-attach-step-by-step/m-p/1990021#M5939

#3 Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop (third XXL edition) recap and content sharing

Christiaan Brinkhoff has shared the recording of the Microsoft Community XXL Edition event. Thanks Christiaan!

https://christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/12/17/3-microsoft-meets-community-windows-virtual-desktop-third-xxl-edition-recap-and-content-sharing/

Arabic – Windows Virtual Desktop User Group

The next WVD User Group has been created. Go and follow it on the social media channels. Big Thanks to Mamhoud Atallah to set it up.

https://twitter.com/arwvdug

Better Together: Enabling Remote Work with a Future-Ready Workspace 14/1/2021

Microsoft and Citrix are joining forces with this event with very interesting sessions.

https://info.microsoft.com/WE-AzureMig-CATALOG-FY21-12Dec-04-BetterTogetherCitrixandMicrosoft-SRDEM53664_CatalogDisplayPage.html?wt.mc_id=AID3017681_QSG_EML_497470

Windows Virtual Desktop Master Class

Microsoft announced this event for the end of january and it’s a must attend event. It’s hosted by Jeremy Chapman from Microsoft Mechanics and Kam Vedbrat the group PM lead for WVD.

https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-windows-virtual-desktop.html?ocid=AID3027037_QSG_SCL_496865

Sneak Peak on Start VM on Connect

Tom Hickling replied on twitter with a very interesting screenshot. Is Start VM on Connect the last christmas gift from the WVD Product team?

Learn how to reduce CPU and RAM utilization in Microsoft Edge Chromium with Sleeping Tabs and more on a Windows Virtual (and physical) Desktop environment

Christiaan Brinkhoff has written a blogpost about the new Edge browser and how you can reduce CPU and memory with Sleeping Tabs. It can make a big difference.

https://christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/12/16/learn-how-to-reduce-cpu-and-ram-utilization-in-microsoft-edge-chromium-with-sleeping-tabs-and-more-on-a-windows-virtual-and-physical-desktop-environment/

Belgium Windows Virtual Desktop User group december event.

I’ve uploaded the recording of the last BWVDUG session on Youtube. Thanks again Travis and Marcel for the great sessioons.

Ephemeral OS Disks

Bas van Kaam announced the first Nerdio Tech Insider session of 2021. Go and RSVP!

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https://www.meetup.com/Nerdio-Tech-Insider/events/275152601/

MSIX app attach WVD integration, my first test drive!

Freek Berson has written a blog about his first test drive with this highly wanted feature.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/msix-app-attach-wvd-integration-my-first-test-drive-freek-berson/

WVD Tech Fest speaker lists

The speakers list for the WVD tech List has been revealed. Go and check it out and register.

https://wvdtechfest.com/

Secure access to your WVD hostpool with Conditional Access and Azure MFA

Torbjörn (Mr T-Bone) Granheden has written a blogpost on how to secure your wvd with conditional access and Azure MFA.

http://www.tbone.se/2020/12/14/secure-access-to-your-wvd-hostpool-with-conditional-access-and-azure-mfa/

I hope you enjoyed this long post and I’ll see you next week. Have a nice weekend.

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