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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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Modifying a Session Host image

In this section, we will look at some of the customizations/optimizations you can apply to an image for Azure virtual Desktop.

Tip

When you're using Windows 10 Multi-Session images from Azure Gallery, FSLogix profile containers come pre-installed. It's recommended that you use an Azure Gallery template when possible.

Disabling automatic updates

When you're using pooled desktops, images are typically deployed centrally. First, updates are completed on the master image, and then VMs are redeployed to the host pool on the next scheduled maintenance window.

You should consider disabling Windows updates for Azure Virtual Desktop images as these should be carried out on the master image during a maintenance window. This enables control over patch updates and consistency through the deployed virtual desktop estate.

You may also want to consider configuring a validation environment, as discussed in Chapter 7, Configuring Azure...

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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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