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Azure Automation and Managed Identities

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 by Travis Roberts

Azure Automation uses Run As accounts to authenticate and manage resources in an Azure subscription. In this video, we review using Managed Identities in Azure Automation (preview) to control access to Azure resources. The video then provides an Azure Automation Tutorial on creating an Azure Automation account, configuring a Managed Identity, setting RBAC permissions, and then creating a runbook that shuts down Azure Virtual Machines on a tag value.

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Azure Windows Virtual Desktop Load Balancing

Posted on November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 by Travis Roberts

In this video, I go over the two options for WVD Load Balancing, Depth-First and Breadth-First. I also demonstrate how each distributes new connections and how to change Load Balancing options and set the maximum number of connections per session host.

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Azure Windows Virtual Desktop Service Principal Deployment!

Posted on October 26, 2019December 8, 2019 by Travis Roberts

In this video, I walk through creating a Service Principal using PowerShell and assigning it the role of Windows Virtual Desktop Owner. Once created, I use the new Azure AD Application Service Principal to deploy a host pool using the Portal.

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