AVD hosts experiencing severe disk contention during morning logins
We run an Azure Virtual Desktop environment with roughly 163 Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise multisession hosts supporting about 2,000 devices. Each host uses an E8s_v5 VM size with…
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AVD Hosts Experiencing Severe Disk Contention During Morning Logins
We have an Azure Virtual Desktop environment with around 163 Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise multisession hosts supporting roughly 2,000 devices. Each host uses an E8s_v5 VM size with…
AVD Hosts Randomly Freeze and Become Completely Unreachable
Two AVD session hosts running on D16s_v5 VMs in Southeast Azure have started locking up intermittently after working normally since July. They run Windows 11 24H2/25H2, use Premium…
FSLogix sessions feel sluggish on Server 2025 despite healthy resource metrics
We're running three RDS session hosts with FSLogix profiles stored on an SMB share. Each host runs Windows Server 2025 with 20 vCPUs and 96 GB of RAM,…
How should I modernize an inherited RDS environment with local user profiles?
I recently joined a logistics company as the only IT operations person and inherited about 18 standalone Remote Desktop Session Host virtual machines running on a Nutanix cluster.…
YubiKey Sign-In Loops in Azure Virtual Desktop
We use Azure Virtual Desktop to let offshore users access systems while keeping the underlying data in the UK. Conditional Access blocks access from outside the AVD environment…
FSLogix sessions feel sluggish on Server 2025 despite healthy resource metrics
We're running three Windows Server 2025 RDS session hosts with FSLogix profiles stored on an SMB share. Each host has 20 vCPUs, 96 GB of RAM, and around…
AVD Hosts Randomly Freeze and Become Completely Unreachable
Two Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts running on D16s_v5 VMs in Southeast Azure have been stable since July but started freezing intermittently about two or three weeks ago.…
YubiKey authentication repeatedly fails inside Azure Virtual Desktop
We use Azure Virtual Desktop to keep company data in the UK while allowing some overseas users to work remotely. Conditional Access blocks Office access outside AVD and…
How would you modernize 18 standalone RDS hosts with local user profiles?
I recently joined a logistics company as the only IT operations person and inherited an aging remote desktop environment. There are about 18 standalone RDS session-host VMs running…
What’s the Best Way to Map an Azure Files Share for All Users on Pooled AVD Hosts?
I've set up Azure Virtual Desktop with Cloud Kerberos and FSLogix, and everything is working properly. The session hosts are Microsoft Entra joined and managed through Intune. I…
What’s the best way to map Azure Files for users on pooled AVD hosts?
I've deployed Azure Virtual Desktop with Cloud Kerberos and FSLogix, and everything is working properly. The session hosts are Microsoft Entra joined and managed through Intune. Since the…
Intermittent Error 1326 When FSLogix Mounts Profiles from Azure Files
Has anyone experienced Azure Files intermittently rejecting SMB access in an Azure Virtual Desktop environment using FSLogix and Microsoft Entra Kerberos? The same user, session host, storage account,…
Intermittent FSLogix Profile Attachment Failures with Azure Files and Entra Kerberos
Has anyone seen Azure Files intermittently reject SMB access in an Azure Virtual Desktop environment using FSLogix and Microsoft Entra Kerberos? The same user, session host, storage account,…
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…
How Can I Safely Test an FSLogix Profile Cleanup Script?
I'm developing a PowerShell script to clean up FSLogix profiles stored in an Azure file share. Before running it in production, I want to verify that it correctly…
Can I switch Azure OS disks from P20 to P10 without rebuilding the VMs?
I have about 290 virtual desktop VMs using P20 OS disks because of earlier concerns about FSLogix profile performance. They are nowhere near the provisioned IOPS limit, so…
Has the July 2026 cumulative update caused AVD session deadlocks?
Has anyone experienced problems with Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts after installing the July 2026 cumulative update? Since applying it over the weekend, several user sessions have become…
Azure Files Entra Kerberos setup returns “wrong password”
I'm setting up a proof of concept using Azure Files with FSLogix and Microsoft Entra Kerberos for identity. I followed the official configuration steps, including RBAC, the storage…
Issues with FSLogix on Windows Server 2025 Remote Desktop Deployment
Hi all, I'm currently facing some challenges with my FSLogix deployment in a Remote Desktop environment. Here's a quick overview: we have a storage server for FSLogix user…