Windows Virtual Desktop Christmas Crackers

Greetings all. This post accompanies my contribution to the Festive Calendar 2020 which is an online event running throughout December 2020. My thanks to Gregor Suttie and Richard Hooper for organising the event and it was a privilege for me to take part again this year.

Below you will find my video contribution which focuses on Windows Virtual Desktop and is a collection “Christmas crackers” (best practice and cost optimisation tips) that I’ve put together from my experience with Windows Virtual Desktop to date.

To accompany the video, below you will find some useful links relating to each of my Christmas crackers. These links will provide more detailed information about each of my recommendations. Should you have any questions or want to learn more about any of these then please feel free to contact me via my social media links. Enjoy!

Christmas cracker #1 – Choosing session host VM size

Dv3 and Dsv3-series – Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Docs

Dv4 and Dsv4-series – Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Docs

Dav4 and Dasv4-series – Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Docs

Christmas cracker #2 – Controlling FSLogix profile size

Exclude MsTeams cache from profile: WVD – FSLogix – Reduce profile container size – exclude Teams Cache with redirections.xml – Microsoft Tech Community

Useful community links for compacting FSLogix VHDX profiles:

Script Tool: https://github.com/FSLogix/Invoke-FslShrinkDisk

GUI option: http://www.citrixirc.com/?p=1052

Christmas cracker #3 – RDP shortpath (preview)

Windows Virtual Desktop RDP Shortpath (preview) – Azure | Microsoft Docs

Christmas cracker #4 – Understanding IOPS and throughput