News slides presented during the December meeting of the UK WVD User Group

1. UK WVD User
Group
December News Update Christmas
Edition!

2. What's new
this month??

3. WVD Techfest!!
A full day of WVD Goodness!!
https://wvdtechfest.com/
Current speakers:
• Bas van Kaam
• Fredrik Brattstig
• Thomas Poppelgaard
• Esther Barthel
• Jim Moyle
• Dean Cefola
• Christian Brinkhoff
• Ryan Mangan
• Freek Berson
• Jen Sheerin
• Marcel Meurer
• Patrick Holer
• Simon Binder
• Stefan Dingemanse
• Neil McLoughlin

4. New User Groups!!
We have had no less
than 3 new User
Groups this month.
New groups are in:
India
Canada
Spain

5. Windows Virtual Desktop Workshop
https://info.microsoft.com/UK-WVD-
WBNR-FY21-12Dec-04-
WindowsVirtualDesktopWorkshop1Yearsi
ncegeneralavailability-AID-3024481-
SRDEM48174_LP01Registration-
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4th December 2020 09:30 – 16:35
(GMT + 00:00)
What to Expect:
1. To understand Windows Virtual Desktop, recent
developments, and the future development road
map
2. Learn how to design your Windows Virtual
Desktop deployment for High Availability and
BCDR
3. Learn more about Image Deployment and FSLogix
capabilities
4. Learn how to design your Windows Virtual
Desktop with security in mind
5. Learn how to optimise your Windows Virtual
Desktop environment
6. Hear from some of the key Windows Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure partners in our Panel
Session

6. Windows Virtual Desktop Workshop
https://info.microsoft.com/UK-WVD-
WBNR-FY21-12Dec-04-
WindowsVirtualDesktopWorkshop1Yearsi
ncegeneralavailability-AID-3024481-
SRDEM48174_LP01Registration-
ForminBody.html
December 11, 2020 - 11:15 / 17:00 CEST | (GMT+02:00)

7. A Introduction to MSIX App Attach
A Introduction to MSIX App attach:
Dynamic Application Delivery eBook:
Mangan, Ryan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle
Store
Ryan Mangan has written a book about
MSIX App Attach which is going to be
hugely popular!
You can get his book off Amazon for £9.99
or for free if you have Kindle Unlimited.

8. MSIX Packaging Fundamentals
Timothy Mangan, Bogdan Mitrache
and Kevin Kaminski have published a
free e-book about MSIX Packaging. In
this e-book they give you an overview
of the industry and an introduction to
how MSIX is more than just a modern
packaging experience.

9. RDP Shortpath enters public preview!
RDP Shortpath has entered public
preview! RDP Shortpath enables you
to connect directly to your WVD
Gateways using your existing
ExpressRoute or site-to-site VPN’s. It
also uses UDP so it’s a huge boost in
user experience.
I tested it and went from 29ms round-
trip time down to 11ms. Not to shabby!

10. Updated RDP Bandwith requirements
Microsoft have released updated
bandwidth figures
Remote Desktop Protocol bandwidth
requirements Windows Virtual Desktop -
Azure | Microsoft Docs

11. New WVD Gateways
Microsoft have released additional
WVD Gateways in Canada and
Switzerland. So if you have users in
those regions they should now be
getting a much nicer experience!

12. Azure Monitor for WVD in Public
Preview
Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual
Desktop provides a centralized view
with all the monitoring telemetry and
visualizations you need to debug and
troubleshoot issues. With Azure
Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop,
you can:
•View a summary of host pool status
and health
•Find and troubleshoot problems in
the deployment
•Understand and address user
feedback
•Understand utilization of resources
and make decisions on scaling and
cost management

13. Windows Desktop Client updated to
1.2.1521
The Desktop Client has now been
updated to 1.2.1521. New features
are:
•Added List view for remote resources
so that longer app names are
readable.
•Added a notification icon that
appears when an update for the client
is available.

14. Microphone support in WVD Web
Client
Microsoft now have Microphone
support when using the Web Client.
This is a much requested feature so
should make a lot of people happy!

15. WVDAdmin Updates
Marcel Meurer has been busy as
always constantly updating
WVDAdmin!
You can download WVDAdmin from
here:
WVD Admin - A native administration Gui
for Windows Virtual Desktop | ITProCloud
Blog

16. FSLogix updated to 2009
The FSLogix client agent has been
updated to 2009. The release notes
seem to contain mostly big fixes
Release notes for FSLogix Apps release
2009 (2.9.7621.30127) (microsoft.com)

17. Updated WVD PowerShell Module
The Az.DesktopVirtualization
PowerShell module has been updated
to v2.0.1
The new cmdlets are:
Expand-AzWVDMSIXImage
Get-AzWVDMSIXPackage
New-AzWVDMSIXPackage
Remote-AZWVDMSIXPackage
Update-AZWVDMSIXPackage

18. Nerdio Manager for WVD 2.6.0
released
The team over at Nerdio have
released 2.6.0 of their Nerdio
Manager for WVD Product.
There are lots of really cool features
so check the link out here - Release
Notes – Nerdio Manager for WVD
(zendesk.com)

19. Parallels RAS 18 Public Preview
Parallels RAS 18 has entered public
review, and it now fully supports WVD!
Ryan Mangan has written a detailed
review here:
Parallels RAS 18 Public Preview – Ryan
Mangan's IT Blog
Some of the features are:
FSLogix Profile Container configuration
UX Evaluator and Advanced Session
Metrics
Automated Image Optimisation

20. Azure Files SMB Multichannel
Microsoft have entered public preview for
SMB Multichannel.
Benefits of Azure Files SMB Multichannel include:
•Higher throughput: Makes this feature suitable for applications
with large files with large IOs such as media & entertainment for
content creation/transcoding, genomics, and financial services risk
analysis.
•Increased IOPS: This is particularly useful for small IO scenarios
such as database applications.
•Network fault tolerance: Multiple connections mitigate the risk
of disruption despite the loss of a network connection.
•Automatic configuration: Dynamic discovery and creation of
multiple network paths.
•Cost optimization: Achieve higher scale from a single virtual
machine (VM) client by utilizing full VM limits. To reach Azure Files
premium bandwidth and IOPS scale, applications now require
fewer VM clients to achieve the required scale.
•Boost your client performance with Azure Files SMB Multichannel |
Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure