Azure Virtual Desktop - A to Z

 Below are links to various Azure Virtual Desktop Concepts.

    1)What is Azure Virtual Desktop

    2)Why Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)?

    3)Benefits of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

    4)AVD Host Pools

Why Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)?

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a cloud-based desktop and app virtualization service from Microsoft. Here’s why you might choose it:

What is Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Before we understand what AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) is let us understand a what VDI is...VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)is a Desktop/Server OS Virtual Machine hosted on a hypervisor.

                                                                                                                                                                   

Windows Admin Centre

Admin Centre is another handy tool for Administrator which is basically a combination of multiple tools. You can use such single tool instead of multiple tools. This needs installation and setup.

Admin Centre has to compoments:

1)Gateway:The Gateway manages servers through remote PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) over Windows Remote Management (WINRM).

2)WebConsole: The Web server component observes HTTPS requests and serves the user interface to the web browser on the management station. This is not a full install of Internet Information Services (IIS), but a mini Web server for this specific purpose.

How to download/export Azure Active Directory Users and groups.

As an Azure Administrator you may have to download Users list or Groups in your Azure Active Directory. In this article let us see how to export AAD users amd groups to csv and downlaod them.

Azure Resource ID

In this article let us understand what is Azure Resource ID and where do we find it.

All the resources in Azure i.e., Azure Resource Manager Resources are assinged with an identifer called as ResourceID. You can carryout operations by using the Resourceid as well.

Remote Desktop Connection Manager

While mstsc is a tool which you can use to connect to servers, you need to open connection for each server you connect and enter credentials every time which is tedious. Remote Desktop Connection Manager is handy tool to connect to multiple servers with same credentials and you can save Server connection details.

Remote Desktop Connection Manager to be downloded as it is not preinstalled on your sytems. 

Here is the link to downlaod it Remote Desktop Connection Manager Download Link..