Welcomed changes! Great content Travis! Congrats! I'm a new subscriber, wondering what are you main sources of information to be so up to date, there is so much under Azure, so hard to keep so up to date. You should have your Patreon account, this is extremely valuable content for many.
Hi Sir, This really helped to get out of the dilemma for WVD videos on RUclips and various processes. Few Quick doubts. 1. Pre Requisites for WVD 2. Any specific Licenses required for users to access WVD. Can a user with Business Basic have WVD 3. How to install custom software for users to access in WVD
Thanks for this Travis - can you publish a video on setting up a WVD from nothing? I have no idea about what is happening in the V-NE T you selected and domain controller etc.
Take a look at the two playlists to get started with Azure and WVD. Any content around AZ-103 or AZ-104 would also be helpful. ruclips.net/p/PLnWpsLZNgHzXMtKjaQJf4Rn64W86nUDv1 ruclips.net/p/PLnWpsLZNgHzXGy9QR4iP3XKsdHdGWoUlL
I have learned a lot from your videos Tavis; thanks for making them and keep us informed. I have several questions about WVD that I have not seen anyone discuss. How do you install a program from a .exe so all users can access it? And, is there a low-latency way to share files between the desktops?
Hey again Travis, quick question for ya. In one of your earlier WVD videos, you talked about how a user could not be assigned to both a Desktop App Group and a RemoteApp Group. With the spring update, is that limitation gone? Do I still need to make different host pools if I want users to be able to use both RemoteApps and the Desktop depending on their circumstance? (Some users travel to remote locations with poor internet, and in those times, the desktop experience is much better than RemoteApps + VPN for mapped drives)
That still applies. You can assign users to both remote app and remote desktop on the same host pool now. Users are limited to connect to a remote desktop session or one or more remote application sessions. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/environment-setup#app-groups
@@Ciraltos Ahh okay, that's great! Let's say I have a group called "WVD Users", can I simply assign that group to both app groups, and if I user wants to switch between DAG and RAG, they simply log off one and use the other?
Correct. You may want to consider a GPO on the Session Hosts setting "Set time limit for logoff of RemoteApp Sessions" to "immediate" under Computer Configuration, Policies, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Remote Desktop Services, Remote Desktop Session Host, Session Time Limits. This will prevent a user from closing an remote app and connect to the same session trying to open a remote desktop session.
Hi Travis, great video. I'm doing a test and realize that MFA doesn't work for web access, just for the desktop client, there's aditional configuration needed?
I see you use MSDN. By chance do you have a video series or a course on Udemy that shows how to build an Azure environment in a Home Lab using MSDN subscription? We're starting to link to Azure at work, but I'm at the ground level while some of the other guys are much further along. I have a home lab and a MSDN sub so I would love to set it up and learn in my lab without fear of messing with a prod environment. From the ground up would really be helpful :)
Thanks for a great video! But will this work if only with pure Azure AD and Azure ADDS without an on-premise domain controller? I tried your method for a pure Azure cloud model but it had the error message of 'joindomain' error for VMs on host pools.
It should work for Azure AD, Azure AD DS. If it's a new Azure AD DS deployment, be sure to change the Domain Join account password. You could also try to add a VM to the domain manually on the same VNet and with the same account as a troubleshooting step.
What is the Domain Join account? Is it 'global admin account' or 'account that own the subscription (owner of Azure AD)? Does this user need to be created or assign a special role on a new Azure AD?
When a deployment is created, there is a section asking for the account with rights to join the Session Hosts to the domain. This has to be a Windows AD or Azure AD DS account with rights to add computers to the domian. If that account was created in Azure AD prior to enabling Azure AD DS, the account won't have a password until the password is changed in Azure AD.
TIP, if you *do not* have a routable domain name (i.e domain.local) you must remember to use this .local host name in the "domain to join" at timestamp (8:23), else you'll have the 'joindomain' error ;)
Just configured this very similar to the video but in my HostPool PROPERTIES I do not have the RDP Settings Tab? Only the basic Tab. The only thin I really did differently that this video was that I selected to have Public Static IP in the VM configuration. Any idea why my RDP Settings don't show up?
Thanks for this comment, I am doing a deeper dive on RDP settings and thought there was an RDP settings tab that's now missing. The fun of working in public preview. RDO settings can be added by going to the Post Pool, properties and at the bottom is a text box for RDP Properties. The values can be entered there. Note that multiple values need to be separated by a semicolon. Here is a link to a list of all the properties available for RDP files. The right column indicates if the setting is support for WVD or not. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/rdp-files?context=/azure/virtual-desktop/context/context Good luck
No native feature for that yet. I'm optimistic now that it's an ARM service Microsoft will put effort into a solution. I have plans to re-write my script with the new PowerShell commands once I have some free time.
Any word on this being available for Azure GCC Standard and High? I see GCC High hit preview in 9/2020, but not sure on Standard... anyone else know here?
Hey Travis.. Nice Video again. But I am failing to create hostpool. Even for fall19 release I had an issue and its same for sprin 2020. "VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'joindomain'. Can you please guide or help me to resolve this issue?
Travis, I've successfully deployed WVD arm version (thanks to you) but I cannot get any info about licensing. We're running Microsoft Business Basic. What license should I add to add for users to be eligible run WVD? Also we're running macs.
Hi Travis, question, Once you've setup WVD, ¿Is there a solution to keep all Session hosts in sync?, or, for example, a solution to update all session hosts from a "master image". Lets say you apply hotfixes or patches and/or a new app and then all session hosts get an image from a master VM... something like that. thanks in advacne for your feedback and/or comments.
I have an older video on creating a custom image. But that is not like a linked clone, the session host would need to be re-deployed to get the new image. Another option is to deploy off a standard image and then use SCCM or some other application management tool to push software and updates. ruclips.net/video/ogZPALxXKB8/видео.html
@@Ciraltos Thank you, this video is very good, but i dont understand how can i implement and redistribute an image in wvd , for example, new software in the master image
@Travis Roberts I am facing issue like able to access new resource through browser but unable to see resource when using desktop application what I need to check
Welcomed changes!
Great content Travis!
Congrats!
I'm a new subscriber, wondering what are you main sources of information to be so up to date, there is so much under Azure, so hard to keep so up to date.
You should have your Patreon account, this is extremely valuable content for many.
Thanks and welcome
Thank you. Very helpful. So hard to find a video with the actual user login experience for WVD.
Hi Sir,
This really helped to get out of the dilemma for WVD videos on RUclips and various processes. Few Quick doubts.
1. Pre Requisites for WVD
2. Any specific Licenses required for users to access WVD. Can a user with Business Basic have WVD
3. How to install custom software for users to access in WVD
Thanks for this Travis - can you publish a video on setting up a WVD from nothing? I have no idea about what is happening in the V-NE T you selected and domain controller etc.
Take a look at the two playlists to get started with Azure and WVD. Any content around AZ-103 or AZ-104 would also be helpful.
ruclips.net/p/PLnWpsLZNgHzXMtKjaQJf4Rn64W86nUDv1
ruclips.net/p/PLnWpsLZNgHzXGy9QR4iP3XKsdHdGWoUlL
Travis! Great video... thank you for doing this. I wish MS would make it easier to find documentation for WVD v2.
I have learned a lot from your videos Tavis; thanks for making them and keep us informed. I have several questions about WVD that I have not seen anyone discuss. How do you install a program from a .exe so all users can access it? And, is there a low-latency way to share files between the desktops?
Hey again Travis, quick question for ya. In one of your earlier WVD videos, you talked about how a user could not be assigned to both a Desktop App Group and a RemoteApp Group. With the spring update, is that limitation gone? Do I still need to make different host pools if I want users to be able to use both RemoteApps and the Desktop depending on their circumstance? (Some users travel to remote locations with poor internet, and in those times, the desktop experience is much better than RemoteApps + VPN for mapped drives)
That still applies. You can assign users to both remote app and remote desktop on the same host pool now. Users are limited to connect to a remote desktop session or one or more remote application sessions. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/environment-setup#app-groups
@@Ciraltos Ahh okay, that's great! Let's say I have a group called "WVD Users", can I simply assign that group to both app groups, and if I user wants to switch between DAG and RAG, they simply log off one and use the other?
Correct. You may want to consider a GPO on the Session Hosts setting "Set time limit for logoff of RemoteApp Sessions" to "immediate" under Computer Configuration, Policies, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Remote Desktop Services, Remote Desktop Session Host, Session Time Limits. This will prevent a user from closing an remote app and connect to the same session trying to open a remote desktop session.
@@Ciraltos Awesome recommendation, thank you for that! And thank you for all your help.
Great info and delivery. You get right to the point. Thanks!
Hi Travis, great video. I'm doing a test and realize that MFA doesn't work for web access, just for the desktop client, there's aditional configuration needed?
If the user is enabled for MFA, they should get the prompt for the web client. I get the prompt during my testing.
I see you use MSDN. By chance do you have a video series or a course on Udemy that shows how to build an Azure environment in a Home Lab using MSDN subscription? We're starting to link to Azure at work, but I'm at the ground level while some of the other guys are much further along. I have a home lab and a MSDN sub so I would love to set it up and learn in my lab without fear of messing with a prod environment. From the ground up would really be helpful :)
Thank you, always informative videos. 👍😊
Thanks for a great video! But will this work if only with pure Azure AD and Azure ADDS without an on-premise domain controller? I tried your method for a pure Azure cloud model but it had the error message of 'joindomain' error for VMs on host pools.
It should work for Azure AD, Azure AD DS. If it's a new Azure AD DS deployment, be sure to change the Domain Join account password. You could also try to add a VM to the domain manually on the same VNet and with the same account as a troubleshooting step.
What is the Domain Join account? Is it 'global admin account' or 'account that own the subscription (owner of Azure AD)? Does this user need to be created or assign a special role on a new Azure AD?
When a deployment is created, there is a section asking for the account with rights to join the Session Hosts to the domain. This has to be a Windows AD or Azure AD DS account with rights to add computers to the domian. If that account was created in Azure AD prior to enabling Azure AD DS, the account won't have a password until the password is changed in Azure AD.
TIP, if you *do not* have a routable domain name (i.e domain.local) you must remember to use this .local host name in the "domain to join" at timestamp (8:23), else you'll have the 'joindomain' error ;)
Just configured this very similar to the video but in my HostPool PROPERTIES I do not have the RDP Settings Tab? Only the basic Tab. The only thin I really did differently that this video was that I selected to have Public Static IP in the VM configuration. Any idea why my RDP Settings don't show up?
Thanks for this comment, I am doing a deeper dive on RDP settings and thought there was an RDP settings tab that's now missing. The fun of working in public preview. RDO settings can be added by going to the Post Pool, properties and at the bottom is a text box for RDP Properties. The values can be entered there. Note that multiple values need to be separated by a semicolon. Here is a link to a list of all the properties available for RDP files. The right column indicates if the setting is support for WVD or not. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/rdp-files?context=/azure/virtual-desktop/context/context Good luck
how to we integrate the auto-scale(start/stop) of session host depending on active users?
Waiting for that answer too...
No native feature for that yet. I'm optimistic now that it's an ARM service Microsoft will put effort into a solution. I have plans to re-write my script with the new PowerShell commands once I have some free time.
Travis, Any powershell example on deleting WVD v2 (ARM based) host pool? Your WVD v1 was helpful.. Just asking.
Thanks, the advantage to WVD as an ARM service is you can add the entire deployment to a Resource Group and just delete the RG when finished.
Any word on this being available for Azure GCC Standard and High? I see GCC High hit preview in 9/2020, but not sure on Standard... anyone else know here?
Hey Travis.. Nice Video again.
But I am failing to create hostpool. Even for fall19 release I had an issue and its same for sprin 2020. "VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'joindomain'.
Can you please guide or help me to resolve this issue?
Check out the video I just posted on that error. I go over a couple possible causes.
Travis, I've successfully deployed WVD arm version (thanks to you) but I cannot get any info about licensing. We're running Microsoft Business Basic. What license should I add to add for users to be eligible run WVD? Also we're running macs.
It looks like Microsoft Business Premium is required for WVD. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/overview#requirements
how to deploy the application in remote app group
Hi Travis, question,
Once you've setup WVD, ¿Is there a solution to keep all Session hosts in sync?, or, for example, a solution to update all session hosts from a "master image".
Lets say you apply hotfixes or patches and/or a new app and then all session hosts get an image from a master VM... something like that.
thanks in advacne for your feedback and/or comments.
I have an older video on creating a custom image. But that is not like a linked clone, the session host would need to be re-deployed to get the new image. Another option is to deploy off a standard image and then use SCCM or some other application management tool to push software and updates.
ruclips.net/video/ogZPALxXKB8/видео.html
will you make a video how to update and distribute a new wvd image?
Have you seen this? It may be a little dated but could help. ruclips.net/video/ogZPALxXKB8/видео.html
@@Ciraltos
Thank you, this video is very good, but i dont understand how can i implement and redistribute an image in wvd , for example, new software in the master image
@Travis Roberts I am facing issue like able to access new resource through browser but unable to see resource when using desktop application what I need to check
Be sure to use the Remote Desktop app with the orange icon. The one with the blue icon from the Microsoft Store won’t work for WVD.