{"id":2271,"date":"2021-11-21T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T22:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2023-03-23T05:33:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:33:50","slug":"autoscale-with-azure-virtual-desktop-avd-scaling-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/autoscale-with-azure-virtual-desktop-avd-scaling-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Autoscale with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Scaling Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WVD.png\" alt=\"AVD\" class=\"wp-image-1673\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) now has an integrated session host scaling solution built into the portal.&nbsp; This video goes over how to configure the custom role required for autoscale, then create a scaling plan and schedule and assign it to a host pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Autoscale with Azure Virtual Desktop Scaling Plans\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dz_dEnMxG-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zero to Hero with Azure Virtual Desktop <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/course\/zero-to-hero-with-windows-virtual-desktop\/?referralCode=B2FE49E6FCEE7A7EA8D4 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/course\/zero-to-hero-with-windows-virtual-desktop\/?referralCode=B2FE49E6FCEE7A7EA8D4\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/course\/zero-to-hero-with-windows-virtual-desktop\/?referralCode=B2FE49E6FCEE7A7EA8D4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Custom role JSON on GitHub <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tsrob50\/WVD-Public\/blob\/master\/AVDAutoscaleRole.json (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tsrob50\/WVD-Public\/blob\/master\/AVDAutoscaleRole.json\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/tsrob50\/WVD-Public\/blob\/master\/AVDAutoscaleRole.json<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Log Off GPO (Diconnect GPO section) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/shut-down-unused-session-hosts-in-a-windows-virtual-desktop-personal-host-pool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/shut-down-unused-session-hosts-in-a-windows-virtual-desktop-personal-host-pool\/ (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/shut-down-unused-session-hosts-in-a-windows-virtual-desktop-personal-host-pool\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) now has an integrated session host scaling solution built into the portal.&nbsp; This video goes over how to configure the custom role required for autoscale, then create a scaling plan and schedule and assign it to a host pool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[391],"tags":[947,1158,617,751,230,949,1043,748,9,614,1047,616,406,585,749,462,988,52,394,1157,1156,753,754,613,618,615,750,407,405,400,1050,392,393,987],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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