A few months ago I had to deploy the SonicWall Global VPN client and configuration using Intune. The blog post on that is here – Deploy the SonicWall Global VPN client + Configuration Settings with Intune – SMBtotheCloud. Recently, some of these devices started experiencing general slowness on websites and apps that required internet access. […]
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The most common AVD setup is a pooled configuration with FSLogix. This means that you have two or more session hosts and a group of many users who connect to those hosts. FSLogix handles the user profiles, so it doesn’t matter which session host the user connects to. Their profile is mounted to whichever host
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I recently had an issue with a customer who was trying to add additional AVD hosts to their host pool. The host deployments were showing as successful in Azure (like the screenshot below), properly joined to the domain, healthy, and running in Azure. The issue is that these hosts were not part of the host
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I can’t believe I am actually writing a post on RDS since AVD is superior in almost every way. However, there are still many organizations using RDS, and for those using Server 2019, updating to New Teams has its own unique process. Again, if you’re using or supporting RDS, you should probably be planning your
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Many of us have been testing the new Windows Autopilot Device Preparation Policies (or Apv2, whichever you want to call it). Don’t worry, this is not another blog on how to configure APv2. There are tons of those already out there. I’ve been testing this over the last week and my testing has been mostly
Yes, some organizations still rely on client VPNs for access to on prem resources. Hopefully, if you find yourself in this situation, you’re moving towards Entra joining your devices, and have a plan to eventually remove your on-prem AD reliant resources. Until then, you need to deploy a client VPN to your workstations. This post
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If you configure an Azure environment with strict networking rules, like no or limited internet access, you may experience issues with Windows Activation on your VMs. This also extends to Win10/11 Pro & Ent for AVD and Windows 365 cloud PCs (if using vnet integration). Some of the screenshots below are what you may see
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This post walks through how to deploy the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows using Intune. First, download the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor executable from your CrowdStrike portal. You’ll also need the Customer ID (sometimes referred to as the CCID or CID). The Customer ID is different than the Installation token. Make sure you are copying the
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