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Mastering Windows 365

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Product type Book

Published in Sep 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837637966

Pages 458 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Operating Systems

Authors (3):

Christiaan Brinkhoff

Sandeep Patnaik

Morten Pedholt

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Understanding the Basics of Windows 365

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows 365

3. Part 2: Implementing and Managing Cloud PCs

4. Chapter 2: Architecture

5. Chapter 3: Deploying Cloud PCs

6. Chapter 4: Managing Cloud PCs

7. Part 3: Accessing, Securing, and Analyzing Cloud PCs

8. Chapter 5: Accessing Cloud PCs

9. Chapter 6: Securing Cloud PCs

10. Chapter 7: Analyzing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Cloud PCs

11. Part 4: Extending Windows 365 with Partner Solutions

12. Chapter 8: Windows 365 Partner Solutions

13. Chapter 9: Community Experts Hall of Fame

14. Index

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Utilizing graphics enhancements

In this section, we will explore various graphics enhancements, delving into the diverse defaults across protocols and vendors. By understanding these differences, you will gain insights into optimizing graphics quality while considering resource utilization on Cloud PC endpoints.

RDP profiles

When it comes to graphics enhancements for improved end user experiences, it is important to consider the impact of default settings on both quality and resource utilization. Each protocol has its own set of defaults that influence these factors. Notably, default graphics quality settings vary among different vendors, leading to variations in performance and visual output.

For instance, RDP, used by Windows 365, prioritizes image quality and maintains 100% fidelity without compromising color accuracy (a.k.a. 4:4:4 chroma subsampling). On the other hand, many video codecs utilize 4:2:2 chroma subsampling (instead of 4:4:4) to optimize content, but this...

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Authors (3)

Christiaan Brinkhoff

Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Principal Program Manager and Community Director for Windows 365 and AVD at Microsoft, in his role at Microsoft, he works on features such as Windows 11, Windows 365 app, Switch and Boot. Christiaan is also an Author (3 books) and Inventor (3 patents). His mission is to drive innovation while bringing Windows 365, Windows, and Microsoft Intune closer together, drive community efforts around virtualization to empower Microsoft customers in leveraging new cloud virtualization scenarios. Christiaan joined Microsoft in 2018 as part of the FSLogix acquisition. He has also been rewarded with the Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP, and VMware vExpert community achievements - for his continued support in the EUC community.

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Sandeep Patnaik

Sandeep is a virtualization veteran with nearly two decades of experience in the industry. He has shipped multiple billion-dollar products and cloud services for Microsoft to a global user base including Windows, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365. His contributions have earned him multiple patents in this field. Currently, he leads a stellar team that is responsible for building the product strategy for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop services and shaping the future of end-user experiences for these services.

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Morten Pedholt

Morten works as a Cloud Architect for a consultant company in Denmark where he advises and implements Microsoft virtual desktop solutions to customers around the world, Morten started his journey as a consultant over 8 years ago where he started with managing client devices but quickly found a passion for virtual device management. Today Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop are the main areas that are being focused on alongside Microsoft Intune. Based on all the community activities Morten has done in the past years, he got rewarded with the Microsoft MVP award in the category of Windows 365 in March 2022.

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