Update deallocated AVD session hosts with scheduled agents updates feature

Recently, a question passed my screen if the AVD scheduled agent feature supports deallocated machines. The answer is short, no. Also when not enabling the feature, Microsoft does not start deallocated machines. So, how do we make sure when a new agent becomes available also deallocated machines are updated?

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The Endpoint Security Train - Introduction

The IT landscape is changing. Private becomes public, local resources are moving to the public cloud. More and more workloads return to the local endpoint. Cloud endpoints (AVD, W365) are mostly used to run legacy software. With all those movements, it could be challenging to keep the herd in the pasture. Devices are everywhere and what about security?

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Deploy Azure Bastion host in AVD environment automated

The IT landscape is changing. Hardware takes place for serverless and resources are moving to public cloud platforms. With that, also the IT processes are changing. In this blog post, I show how to make one of the most common processes more secure in the public cloud. Manage a client endpoint with remote control.

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Route AVD traffic through static WAN IP with Azure Firewall automated

Recently I had a situation where a customer asked me how to make sure the AVD environment always has the same WAN IP. To give Azure Virtual Desktop a fixed external IP, some options are available. Think about a NAT gateway or an Azure Firewall. In this blog post, I show how to configure a static WAN IP for AVD with the use of the Azure Firewall in an automated way.

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