Implementing Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop

Your Storage is your data, so in Azure Virtual Desktop we need to address your storage needs. This comes in a few flavors: FSLogix User Profiles and Office Profiles as well as the Storage solution that they will be mounted from and the disks for your Operating Systems and data drives.  

In this lesson, we will help you design your Azure Virtual Desktop storage components so you can get the most out of them in your AVD solution but also control cost to make AVD a more cost-effective solution with a dedicated focus on preparing you for the Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty exam.

Learning Objectives

• Understand Azure Virtual Desktop Storage requirements
• Recommend an appropriate storage solution 
• Configure storage for FSLogix components
• Configure storage solution
• Configure disks
• Create and configure file shares
• Protect your storage using Azure Backup
• Understand high availability and disaster recovery

Intended Audience

• Azure administrators with subject matter expertise in planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure
• Anyone looking to learn more about Azure Virtual Desktop

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should already have some knowledge of:

• Azure Storage accounts
• Storage capacity planning
• Storage performance 
• Windows PowerShell