Windows Virtual Desktop – Part 5

Windows Virtual Desktop – Part 5

This is part 5 of our posts regarding Windows Virtual Desktop, until now we have covered:

  • Part 1 – Created a Windows Virtual Desktop tenant – Part 1
  • Part 2 – Created a service principal and some customization of our on-premises AD – Part 2
  • Part 3 – Provisioning a host pool – Part 3
  • Part 4 – FSLogix – Part 4

Now it’s time to give it a test spin.

Let’s start out by trying the Windows client, it can be downloaded here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/connect-windows-7-and-10

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Let’s download the x64 version, and start the installation.

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On the welcome page click Next.

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Accept the license agreement.

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In this test setup I will install it for all users.

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Close the installation and start the client.

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Click Subscribe.

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Enter credentials.

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Enter password and click sign in.

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Now our available desktops or applications are shown, let’s start the MC

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Enter password for our test user. Seamless SSO will for now require ADFS.

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And here are our desktop also notice that OneDrive has been setup.

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Using Winver we can see that this OS is Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops.

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On the fileserver we now got the FSLogix profile disk for our test server.

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Let’s also try to connect to an on-premise file share, this works as expected.

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Now let’s try to connect with the webclient

https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/webclient

Since my test device is Hybrid Azure AD joined, it will do SSO on the first page and present the same as the Windows client.

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Allow selected local resources.

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Now we must enter credentials. Seamless SSO will for now not be available when using the HTML5 client.

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And now the desktop is shown using the HTML5 webclient.

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Finally I will use my android phone, first thing is to install the Microsoft Remote Desktop app.

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Then open the app.

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The first time you use the app you need to accept license terms.

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Use the plus sign and select Remote Resource Feed.

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Enter the address https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com and select Next.

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Enter credentials.

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Enter password and select sign in.

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Click on our available session.

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In this test Local storage access will be allowed.

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Android will ask you to allow access.

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Enter password and select connect.

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And here are our desktop on the phone.

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Here we see the same desktop using a big screen and Samsung DEX with mouse and keyboard working connected through a USB dock, this is really nice.

https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/samsung-dex/

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This will for now complete our Windows Virtual Desktop blog series, but trust me – we will be back later with more on this very useful solution from Microsoft.

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