Introduction to Azure Virtual Desktop

Aaron McKay is an Azure Infrastructure Cloud Solutions architect, working with partners that want to develop and sell virtual desktop solutions.

In this episode Aaron McKay & Jeff Stoffel will introduce “Azure Virtual Desktop," formerly "Windows Virtual Desktop,". We will cover the latest updates, and how you, our valued Microsoft partners can leverage these new capabilities.

[Oomtet]

Great stuff.. im writing Azure Desktop next month and this is so helpfull

[chandup]

Is it possible to setup endpoint security for multi session AVD (block non admins to block installing apps & block running portable apps) ?
And what about blocking file uploads to websites which aren’t corporate websites, in multi session AVD ?

[joshuadelacruz]

Is there any tutorial on how to create new AVD?

[DerekBMoore]

i'm interested in seeing demos for the fslogix profiles and msix app attach!

great presentation to help bring us up to speed on these excellent advancements.

[azaram]

What about data egress fees?
With the huge amount of data being streamed out to clients and potentially large files coming in and out being subject to Azure data transfer rates of up to US$0.11/GB, this is a huge cost.
We all know that those egress fees are set WAY above the actual cost of delivering data and are instead used as a vendor lock-in strategy. (many cloud storage providers only charge 1c/GB and I'm sure you guys have better economies of scale).
If the desktop streaming and working files flowing in and out are also subject to the punitive data egress fees, then you are glossing over a significant hidden cost and penalising your customers for using the service as intended. This should be front and centre on the sales page as it will be a problem for many businesses.
Please make this service egress-free or change your egress fee structure to be closer to actual cost (eg divide it by 11).
I know you can get a reduced rate by setting up a dedicated ExpressRoute, but this is very expensive in itself, pricing out smaller businesses, and even then the "discount" egress fee is 4x what it should cost.