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Configure Azure Firewall Premium features for AVD automated

Sander Rozemuller
Date : February 26, 2021
Categories : Azure virtual desktop ,Security
Tags : Azure virtual desktop ,Azure virtual desktop ,Networking ,Power shell ,Security ,Vnet

Security became important more and more. It is recommend, now the days arrived where the most people work from home and IT is moving to the public cloud, to use a good firewall with less complexity as possible. In case of AVD within the current situation an IT environment can be complex. In this article I will explain how configure an Azure Firewall for AVD automated with premium options, which came in public preview at 16 February 2021. At the end I will show how to deploy an Azure Firewall specially for a AVD environment with all the needed steps automated.

Monitor Azure Virtual Desktop required URL’s with Log Analytics Workspace

Sander Rozemuller
Date : January 22, 2021
Categories : Azure virtual desktop ,Monitoring
Tags : Azure virtual desktop ,Log analytics ,Network security groups ,Power shell

Microsoft has provided a list with URL’s which you need for running a Azure Virtual Desktop environment. In this blog post I will explain how to monitor any issues related to the AVD required URL’s. and how to setup the monitoring environment.

Prepare Azure DevOps for Azure Virtual Desktop deployment – Create DevOps project

Sander Rozemuller
Date : January 15, 2021
Categories : Graph API ,Azure virtual desktop ,Dev ops
Tags : Automation ,Azure virtual desktop ,Dev ops ,Power shell

An Azure DevOps environment consists of projects. Before create anything in DevOps like a board, repositories or pipelines you first need a project. In this second part of the series Prepare Azure DevOps for Azure Virtual Desktop we are diving into that DevOps part, a project. At the end of this post you will be able to deploy WVD with DevOps automated.

Prepare Azure DevOps for Azure Virtual Desktop deployment - App registration

Sander Rozemuller
Date : January 3, 2021
Categories : Graph API ,Automation ,Azure virtual desktop ,Power shell
Tags : Application ,Entra ID ,Dev ops ,Power shell ,Service principal

Using Azure DevOps is a really nice way to deploy resources in Azure, so also for Azure Virtual Desktop. Before you are able to deploy resources into Azure with pipelines you will need to setup a project and a service connection first. While configuring a service connection you will be asked for some specific tenant details.
In this short series I will explain every step you need to prepare DevOps for AVD deployment.

Enable Screen Capture Protection for Azure Virtual Desktop Automated

Sander Rozemuller
Date : December 16, 2020
Categories : Azure virtual desktop ,Security
Tags : Arm templates ,Deployment ,Power shell ,Security

Working remotely has a lot of advantages like less travel time, more focus to work (when the house is not full of kids :)), which contributes to working efficiently. But there are some concerns about security, and rightly so I think. Especially when you are used to ‘see’ what happens on the screen in real life which help at least you think you are in control of your data. In this article I will show how to enable AVD screen protection automated.

Deploy Azure Monitor for AVD automated

Sander Rozemuller
Date : December 4, 2020
Categories : Azure virtual desktop ,Monitoring
Tags : Azure virtual desktop ,Azure ,Monitoring ,Power shell

Monitoring user environments will help you get sight of what is going on and will help you solve problems. An Azure Virtual Desktop environment isn’t an exception. It is recommended to configure a monitoring environment. In this post, I will show how to deploy Azure Monitor for AVD fully automated.