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• What this book covers
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1. Part 1:Introduction FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Azure Virtual Desktop

• Desktop virtualization
• Azure Virtual Desktop – What is it?
• Comparing Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop
• How does Azure Virtual Desktop work?
• What’s managed by Microsoft and what you manage
• Azure Virtual Desktop Stack HCI
• Summary

3. Part 2:Planning an Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture

4. Chapter 2: Designing the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture

• Assessing existing physical and virtual desktop environments
• Assessing the network capacity and speed requirements for AVD
• Identifying an OS for an AVD implementation
• Planning and configuring name resolution for AD and Microsoft Entra Domain Services
• Planning a host pool architecture
• Resource groups, subscriptions, and management group limits
• Configuring the location for the AVD metadata
• Calculating and recommending a configuration for capacity and performance requirements
• Summary
• Questions
• Further reading

5. Chapter 3: Designing for User Identities and Profiles

• Selecting a licensing model for your Azure Virtual Desktop deployment
• Planning for user profiles
• Planning for Windows Remote Desktop client deployment
• Summarizing the prerequisites for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Summary
• Questions

6. Chapter 4: Implementing and Managing Networking for Azure Virtual Desktop

• Implementing Azure VNet connectivity
• Managing connectivity to the internet and on-premises networks
• Implementing and managing network security
• Managing AVD session hosts using Azure Bastion
• Monitoring and troubleshooting network connectivity
• Summary
• Questions

7. Chapter 5: Implementing and Managing Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop

• Configuring storage for FSLogix components
• Configuring storage accounts
• Configuring file shares
• Configuring disks
• Summary
• Questions
• Further reading

8. Part 3:Implementing an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

9. Chapter 6: Creating Host Pools and Session Hosts

• Creating a host pool by using the Azure portal
• Automating the creation of AVD hosts and host pools
• Summary
• Questions

10. Chapter 7: Configuring Azure Virtual Desktop Host Pools

• Windows Server session host licensing
• Configuring host pool settings
• Summary
• Questions

11. Chapter 8: Entra ID Join for Azure Virtual Desktop

• Prerequisites
• Deploying an Entra ID-joined host pool
• Enabling user access
• Enabling Microsoft Entra authentication for RDP
• Configuring local admin access
• Summary
• Questions

12. Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Session Host Images

• Creating a golden image
• Custom image templates
• Modifying a session host image
• Creating and using an ACG
• Troubleshooting OS issues related to AVD
• Summary
• Questions

13. Part 4:Managing Access and Security

14. Chapter 10: Managing Access

• Introduction to Azure RBAC
• Planning and implementing Azure roles and RBAC for AVD
• Managing local roles, groups, and rights assignments on AVD session hosts
• Summary
• Questions

15. Chapter 11: Managing Security

• Introduction to MFA
• How does Entra MFA Work?
• Planning and implementing MFA
• Managing security by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and AVD
• Enabling enhanced security for AVD
• Configuring Microsoft Defender Antivirus for session hosts
• Summary
• Questions

16. Part 5:Managing User Environments and Apps

17. Chapter 12: Implementing and Managing FSLogix

• Installing and configuring FSLogix
• Configuring antivirus exclusions
• Cloud Cache
• Microsoft Teams integration
• FSLogix profile container best practices
• Summary
• Questions

18. Chapter 13: Configuring User Experience Settings

• Configuring Universal Print
• Configuring user settings using Microsoft Intune
• Start VM on Connect
• Enabling screen capture protection for AVD
• Enabling watermarking
• Troubleshooting FSLogix profile issues
• Troubleshooting AVD client issues
• Summary
• Further reading
• Questions

19. Chapter 14: MSIX App Attach

• Configuring dynamic application delivery by using MSIX app attach
• What is MSIX?
• What does it look like inside MSIX?
• What is MSIX app attach?
• MSIX app attach terminology
• An overview on how MSIX app attach works
• Prerequisites
• Creating an MSIX package
• Creating an MSIX image
• Configuring Azure Files for MSIX app attach
• Importing the code-signed certificate
• Uploading MSIX images to Azure Files
• Configuring MSIX app attach
• Publishing an MSIX app to a RemoteApp application group
• Troubleshooting MSIX app attach
• App attach (public preview)
• Summary
• Further reading
• Questions

20. Chapter 15: Configuring Apps on a Session Host

• Application masking
• Implementing and managing Microsoft Teams AV redirection
• Implementing and managing multimedia redirection
• Managing internet access for Azure Virtual Desktop sessions
• What are VM applications?
• Summary
• Questions

21. Part 6:Monitoring and Maintaining an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

22. Chapter 16: Planning and Implementing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• Designing a backup strategy for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Planning and implementing a disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Configuring backup and restore for FSLogix user profiles, personal virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs), and golden images
• Summary
• Questions

23. Chapter 17: Automating Azure Virtual Desktop Management Tasks

• Creating an Automation account for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Automating the management of host pools, session hosts, and user sessions using PowerShell
• Autoscale – scaling plans
• Summary
• Questions

24. Chapter 18: Monitoring and Managing Performance and Health

• Configuring Azure Monitor for AVD
• Using Insights
• Introduction to Kusto
• Using Azure Advisor for AVD
• Summary
• Questions

25. Chapter 19: Azure Virtual Desktop’s Quickstart Feature

• How the Quickstart feature works
• Using the Quickstart feature with Entra ID Domain Services (Entra ID DS)
• Using the Quickstart feature without an identity provider
• Post-deployment cleanup
• Troubleshooting the Quickstart feature
• Summary
• Questions

26. Final Assessment

• Questions
• Answers

27. Index

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Appendix

• Azure Virtual Desktop community shout-outs!
• Cool vendors
• Introducing EtherAssist – the premier AI technical assistant
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• Summary