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Ryan Mangan
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Ryan Mangan

Ryan Mangan is an end-user computing specialist. He is a speaker, presenter and author who has helped customers and technical communities with end-user computing solutions, ranging from small to global 30,000-user enterprise deployments in various fields. Ryan is the owner and author of ryanmangansitblog, which has over 3 million + visitors and over 200+ articles. Some of Ryan’s community and technical awards include: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), VMware vExpert 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021, VMware vExpert EUC 2021, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor 2021, Very Important Parallels professional program (VIPP) 2019, 20 & 21, LoginVSI Technology Advocate 19, 20.
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Configuring host pool settings

This section looks at customizing a host pool, including RD properties, load balancing methods, and configuring personal host pool assignment types.

Customizing RDP properties

Azure Virtual Desktop allows you to configure and customize host pool settings using the RDP properties. This allows you to configure things such as audio redirection, video playback, and drive redirections.

The supported RDP settings are split into five different areas:

  • Connection information
  • Session behavior
  • Device redirection
  • Display settings
  • RemoteApp

These different categories contain a wide range of settings you can apply to your host pool configuration.

You can find a complete list of settings that can be applied or changed here: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/rdp-files.

You can change the RDP settings by navigating to the host pool within the Azure portal and selecting RDP Properties...

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Published in: Mar 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801075022

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Ryan Mangan

Ryan Mangan is an end-user computing specialist. He is a speaker, presenter and author who has helped customers and technical communities with end-user computing solutions, ranging from small to global 30,000-user enterprise deployments in various fields. Ryan is the owner and author of ryanmangansitblog, which has over 3 million + visitors and over 200+ articles. Some of Ryan’s community and technical awards include: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), VMware vExpert 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021, VMware vExpert EUC 2021, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor 2021, Very Important Parallels professional program (VIPP) 2019, 20 & 21, LoginVSI Technology Advocate 19, 20.
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