I came across an interesting Microsoft learn page about using custom attributes on a user’s profile card a couple of weeks ago and did some testing. I felt the MS Learn article was a bit confusing, so I made this post to help clarify some things. Extension Attributes are essentially custom values you can add […]
In the newest release of FSLogix (FSLogix Release Notes – FSLogix | Microsoft Learn) a new VHDX compaction feature is enabled by default. As most of you probably know, VHDX files dynamically grow but don’t dynamically shrink on their own. For example, if you download a 5GB ISO file to your FSLogix profile desktop, your
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Introduction: The Windows 365 Preview application is a great store app for organizations utilizing Windows 365 virtual desktops. Although currently, there is no “official” way to bypass the first run experience. From what I’ve heard, Microsoft says there may be some more options for this once the app is GA, but there is no timeline
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Teams is my go-to collaboration application, but the popularity of Zoom makes it a necessary app for many organizations. If you have clients using AVD or Windows 365 personal desktops, there is a specific VDI installer for Zoom so your users get the best possible experience. The way Zoom VDI works is pretty neat. The
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Most AVD environments I’ve worked with rely on FSLogix using VHD locations for profile storage. If you already have VHD Locations configured and you want to move to Cloud Cache, this guide will walk you through the process (along with a mistake I made so you don’t make the same one). I couldn’t find much
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I’ve made it a priority recently to push organizations away from active directory domain controllers and adopt Azure AD Joined devices as much as possible. AVD has often been a hurdle since it’s usually configured to use pooled desktops, which rely on FSLogix, which use SMB shares, which rely on Kerberos authentication, which traditionally relies
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If you’re using Win32 apps with more than one detection rule, it’s advantageous to quickly determine which detection rule is failing. We get this information by inspecting the IME log on an affected device, but you need to know what to look for. The Intune Management Extension log is located in %programdata%\Microsoft\IntuneManagementExtension\logs\IntuneManagementExtension.log. It contains tons
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This is a continuation of where we left off in part one. Part one covered the structure of toast notifications, how we can craft customized notification content, and how to trigger a toast notification using PowerShell. We also reviewed how to use the action buttons to run PowerShell scripts. Part two of this post covers
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