In this video, I show you how to configure Email Feed Discovery for Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). Email Feed Discovery allows users to setup the Remote Desktop Client with their email address instead of the WVD Feed URL.
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In this video, I go over deploying Azure AD and configuring replication with an on-premises Windows Active Directory domain and Azure Active Directory. I review deployment options and how to synchronize passwords from Windows and Azure directory services. A server is deployed and joined to the Azure AD Domain Services domain and users source from Azure AD and Windows AD log in using same sign-on credentials.
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I spent hours this week trying to design a Windows Virtual Desktop solution that stores FXLogix profiles in Azure Files. This should be a simple task, but once I got into the details it proved anything but simple. The first consideration was a note on the overview page of the WVD documentation “What is Windows Virtual Desktop” :
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Microsoft has a couple of options available for identity and authentication services including Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Active Directory Domain Services. This can lead to confusion, especially considering three of the options have “Active Directory” in the name. It also leads to the question “do we still need domain controllers?” This post reviews these three different options, outlining the functionality and comparing how they work together in Microsoft and Azure.
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