r/AzureVirtualDesktop

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fslogix profile size optimization

Hi,

unfortunately I did a mistake when configuring fslogix profile exclusions. I set the full path to the file in the gpo and not just the path to the folder. The exclusions never worked.

I have corrected this mistake. The exclusions works normally.

The problem is that there is no automatic cleanup option and the excluded paths and files still remains in the user profiles. Our storage account is exploding (19 tb for about 1500 profiles).

Did someout face the same challenge and can share some insides and tips? I have tried to cleanup with a PS logon script but the effect is to small (like nothing changed). Does anybody use Nerdio? I have read that they have some functionality to manage and keep the storage account and the profiles under control and small.

Thank you in advance!

This is my redirection.xml for now:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FrxProfileFolderRedirection ExcludeCommonFolders="49">
<Excludes>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\Logs</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\PerfLogs</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\EBWebView\WV2Profile_tfw\WebStorage</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Ad Blocking</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\BrowserMetrics</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\PepperFlash</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Safe Browsing</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ShaderCache</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\SmartScreen</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Subresource Filter</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Trust Protection Lists</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\WidevineCdm</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\blob_storage</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\File System</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\GPUCache</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\JumpListIconsTopSites</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\JumpListIconsRecentClosed</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Local Storage</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Storage</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Service Worker</Exclude>
<Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Web Applications</Exclude>
</Excludes>
<Includes>
</Includes>
</FrxProfileFolderRedirection>
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u/apc0de — 13 hours ago

Multimedia Redirection (MMR) not working correctly while using Youtube on some devices.

I'm facing an unusual problem with multimedia redirection (MMR). Since this might be a rare issue to troubleshoot, I hope someone has encountered something similar before.

Working scenario:

A random BYOD laptop connects through a Windows App to an AVD Sessionhost (E16asV5). I can open YouTube.com in Edge on the sessionhost, play embedded and full-screen videos without any problems. The local task manager shows GPU activity. This confirms that MMR is set up correctly and operates as expected.

https://preview.redd.it/n9sc8sh31a2h1.png?width=2284&format=png&auto=webp&s=d5249839dd5ef7fa1074da13ac6d6a3171906688

Non-working scenario:

Corporate devices (Dell OptiPlex with 8GB RAM, Windows 11 Enterprise, Entra Joined, Intune managed) connect to the same AVD sessionhosts as in the working scenario. They open Edge, go to YouTube.com, play an embedded video, but see a gray overlay. However, the local GPU shows activity in the task manager, indicating that MMR is working but the video is not visible. When switching the video to full screen, the video plays fine. Returning to embedded view shows the gray overlay again. YouTube video's run perfectly on the local device..

https://preview.redd.it/ep8m7jl41a2h1.png?width=1400&format=png&auto=webp&s=0948e45491346dc66af2d8118d6b345623f29f73

I've done extensive troubleshooting, probably too much to detail here. Currently, I'm unsure how to isolate the issue and may need to open a ticket with Microsoft. Has anyone seen something like this before? Any guidance or information would be appreciated.

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u/jvldn — 1 day ago

Launch Azure Virtual Desktop Remote App with Custom Arguments

I understand that RemoteApps can be configured to launch with fixed command-line arguments. However, in our case, we need to pass dynamic or user-specific arguments at launch time, similar to what is possible with traditional RDP sessions.

Is this supported in Azure Virtual Desktop? Any guidance on whether this can be achieved would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Ok-Customer5090 — 2 days ago

Windows 11 AVD Host Pool via Terraform assigning local admin rights unexpectedly

Hi everyone,
I recently built a VMSS Windows 11 AVD host pool using Terraform with a customized image. Users can log into their assigned AVDs, but they are inadvertently being granted administrator privileges.
I assigned the users to a group with only the Virtual Machine User Login role (the standard configuration). However, when I log into an AVD instance and run whoami /groups, it shows that the user is in the built-in Administrator group.
I can't figure out how to disable this. Has anyone else run into this issue or know how to fix it?

u/Southern_Detail_5303 — 2 days ago
▲ 20 r/AzureVirtualDesktop+1 crossposts

Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid running locally on Nutanix!

I spent the weekend playing around with the new AVD Hybrid functionality, specifically hooking it up with Nerdio in my Nutanix cluster in my homelab. It's very very cool and enables you to perform end-to-end automation. I never thought I would see the day of us being able to control Hyper-V, Nutanix and Broadcome from Azure Virtual Desktop or Nerdio, very cool!!

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u/AgreeableMajor643 — 4 days ago

FSLogix Identity Roaming reg fix question

Hi All,

Just wondering has anyone had any issues applying the below reg fix to allow users to stay signed into Office apps? Our AVD is active directory domain joined.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FSLogix\Profiles
Key: RoamIdentity
Type: DWORD
Value: 1

I read Microsoft recommends not applying this.

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u/Far_Selection7515 — 3 days ago

kb5089549 May update breaks winget

I'm using Nerdio and UAM to deploy applications (UAM, Winget, Windows package manager community) to my AVD hosts. When I install kb5089549, I cannot deploy any UAM apps anymore. Everythings works again if I uninstall kb5089549.

Anyone has observed this issue ?

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u/Just_a_UserNam3 — 7 days ago

AVD netskope internet issues

Hi team,

We have recently started noticing internet connection issues within AVD.

We use netskope on AVD and all user traffic to the internet goes through it.

We have multiple users logging into the AVD farm.

The scenario of the issue is that: Let's say there are four people log into a host.

1st user logs in at 7:15am

2nd user logs in at 7:45am

3rd user logs in at 8am

4th user logs in at 8:15am

If the 1st user goes on idle or disconnects, everyone on the session host cannot get internet connectivity, until I log off the 1st user and then internet connection is restored for everyone.

Im wondering if anyone has come across this behaviour in a multi user host using netskope.

I did see this article from netskope/limitation but unsure if it relates to my issue.

Also we do not enable NPA enabled on AVD

https://docs.netskope.com/en/netskope-client-for-virtual-desktop-infrastructure-vdi

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u/dokouce — 9 days ago
▲ 4 r/AzureVirtualDesktop+1 crossposts

How are you guys handling Windows Updates for multi-session AVD hosts in Azure Gov?

How are you guys handling Windows Updates for multi-session AVD hosts in Azure Gov?

As far as I’m aware:

  • Intune Update Rings aren’t supported
  • Azure Update Manager also isn’t supported in Azure Gov

Right now, doing updates manually feels like a huge operational headache. I could probably automate parts of it with Run Command / PowerShell scripts, but it still feels pretty clunky for production-scale management.

We’re also not looking to bring in third-party tooling just for patching (I know solutions like Nerdio exist, but purchasing additional software isn’t currently on the table).

Curious what others in Azure Gov.....

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u/LastCraft5004 — 9 days ago
▲ 9 r/AzureVirtualDesktop+1 crossposts

"Please Wait" 25H2 AVD Hosts

Issue Details:

I'm unable to re-produce the issue on my systems, however we've had a handful of users who report when their PC wakes up from sleep AND they reconnect to an existing AVD session they're faced with this Please Wait screen, such as below.

The only way to resolve is by either:

  1. An admin force logging them off via Entra Portal
  2. The session times out after x hours - we have inactive/disconnected session timeouts set to 3 hours.

https://preview.redd.it/vevhyyp3zp0h1.png?width=1302&format=png&auto=webp&s=b64a5712cad0cb0b54c17fd9e7d6d97c01364d99

Environment Details:

- Windows 11 25H2 Multi-Session AVD Host Pool, Premium SSD OS Disk

- FSLogix Latest Version, profiles stored on NetApp Premium Storage

- Hosts are Hybrid AD Joined (Clients are mostly Hybrid AD joined as well, but had this happen on non-AD joined client workstations as well)

- Not specific to 1 host; this happened on multiple hosts in the pool

- Users are connecting via Windows App

Things Tried (But does not fix):

- Rebooting user's system

- Logging off / back into Windows App

- Tried changing VM SKU from D-Series v4 to v5, and v6

- Event Viewer or FSLogix logs do not show any relevant or helpful information

- We also have a mix of users in a 23H2 pool; does not have this issue, same GPO's and Host Pool RDP settings

Current Work-Around:

- Going into Power Settings and changing Put the Computer to Sleep to: Never

Looking for some ideas

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u/Electrical_Arm7411 — 9 days ago