How serious is it that I used my personal laptop to access a bank client’s remote environment?
I work for a company that provided me with a laptop, and I've been assigned to a banking client for almost two years. The client environment uses a…
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Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts Won’t Start Automatically
My Azure Virtual Desktop users suddenly can't trigger automatic startup for their session host VM. When the first user tries to connect, they immediately receive: "We couldn't connect…
Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts Won’t Start Automatically
My Azure Virtual Desktop users suddenly can't connect unless I manually start the session host VM first. When the first user attempts to connect, they immediately receive a…
How Can We Safely Take Over a Large Azure Environment From Our MSP?
Our company is preparing to take complete administration of a large Azure environment away from our managed service provider. It includes hundreds of virtual machines, Entra ID user…
How can I fix AADSTS500032 when signing in to Entra ID–joined Azure VMs?
I set up an Azure Virtual Desktop environment with single sign-on to Microsoft Entra ID last year, and it worked reliably until recently. I'm now seeing AADSTS500032 when…
What’s the best Azure setup for Windows and Linux developers?
We're planning to move our Windows and Linux developers from provisioned on-premises VMs to Azure and want a design that works well for demanding interactive development. For Windows…
What’s the Best Azure Architecture for Windows and Linux Developers?
We need to move our Windows and Linux development teams from on-premises provisioned virtual machines to Azure, and I'm looking for practical experience with interactive development workloads. For…
What Azure Virtual Desktop setups work well for civil engineering firms using OpenRoads Designer?
We're a small civil engineering company running entirely in Azure, with no VPN or on-premises servers. Our users access Azure Virtual Desktop through Windows App and use OpenRoads…
Having Trouble RDPing to AVD from a Mac Using Windows App
I'm in a bit of a bind here. I have the correct permissions to access AVD, and I'm able to connect just fine using a Windows computer, whether…
Trouble Logging Into AVD After Password Change - Error 0x0
I've got a user who changed their password a few days back, and ever since then, they've been unable to log into Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). They were…
Why Does My Office Channel Keep Reverting to Semi-Annual After Deployment?
I'm working on creating a new golden image for AVD deployment using Windows 11 multi-session 25h2. We've switched the Office suite from semi-annual to monthly channel for parts…
How to Manage Auto Updates for Chrome and Edge in AVD?
Hey everyone, I've recently started a new job after working as a Citrix administrator. We have an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) setup that's non-persistent, using a golden image…
Is there an Azure outage happening right now?
I'm in the northeast US and our workplace systems have been down for about an hour. The tech team mentioned it's a 'global technical issue' with Azure, but…
Why Can't I Access Azure AVD Behind a Firewall?
I've set up Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), and it works perfectly fine when the traffic is routed directly to the internet. Users can log in using their EntraID…
How to Set Up Multi-Tenant Azure Virtual Desktop Authentication?
Hey everyone! I'm currently interning and I could really use some guidance on setting up a multi-tenant Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environment. We're shifting from an on-prem VMware…
Why Does the Windows App Keep Defaulting to Password Instead of Windows Hello for Business?
I recently transitioned our Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) hosts to use Single Sign-On (SSO). The session hosts are Hybrid Azure AD Joined, and the setup is quite straightforward.…
How Can I Simplify Remote Access Without Using a VPN?
I'm trying to make our remote access process smoother. Right now, one of our team members uses Azure VPN along with RDP to connect to a virtual machine.…
Help with AVD Golden Image Sysprep Issues
I'm facing problems while trying to create an image for my Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) hosts. Each time I attempt to deploy this image, it fails, and the…
What’s the Future of Hibernation for Azure Virtual Machines?
I've been using Azure VM hibernation as part of our setup with Azure Virtual Desktop, but we've hit some bumps lately due to a provisioning issue related to…
Trouble Creating a Deployable Windows 11 AVD Image with Sysprep
I'm struggling to generalize a Windows AVD session host into a deployable image. I'm using a standard Windows 11 Pro + M365 template, but have run into several…