In this video, I go over the basics of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) and why an organization may be interested in using it. I compare WVD to Remote Desktop Services (RDS), outlining the major differences. After that, I give a tutorial on configuring permissions for WVD into Azure AD, install the PowerShell Modules and then setup the Tenant. Once that’s in place, I deploy a WVD host pool from the Azure Marketplace and log in with the HTML5 client.
Azure AD Requirements (source of note):
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/overview#requirements
URLs for assigning WVD rights to Azure AD:
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/adminconsent?client_id=5a0aa725-4958-4b0c-80a9-34562e23f3b7&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Frdweb.wvd.microsoft.com%2FRDWeb%2FConsentCallback
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/adminconsent?client_id=fa4345a4-a730-4230-84a8-7d9651b86739&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Frdweb.wvd.microsoft.com%2FRDWeb%2FConsentCallback
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I’m having issues validating deployment with WVD. I have on-prem environment to using AD Connect -(password hashing) – only users & groups are synced with Azure. What else do I need to get Windows Virtual desktop to valid and deploy? Any help would be appreciated. I have an open ticket with Azure support but no body has responded in over two day which is very port support..
Can you share the error message you are getting? I started having validation issues yesterday and think there may be an issue with the WVD template in the portal. My error is:
Deployment template validation failed: ‘The template resource ‘_artifactsLocation’ at line ‘109’ and column ’31’ is not valid: The language expression property ‘templateLink’ doesn’t exist, available properties are ‘template, templateHash, parameters, mode, debugSetting, provisioningState’.. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-template-expressions for usage details.’.