Scenario There are times, when you need to check Windows 11 on an older unsupported computer, test a VM without adjusting TPM, SecureBoot etc., or do not want to tinker with checksum-correct ISOs on Rufus. Windows 11 has introduced a selection of minimum system requirements that makes it harder for people to install the OS … Read more
Scenario In a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) installation with multiple session hosts, one (or more) of the session hosts can be shown as “unavailable” in the Azure portal. We will need to troubleshoot the problem to detect the reason for this. Troubleshooting Whenever you find the SH showing as “Unavailable” state, please go through this … Read more
Scenario In a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) installation, we had numerous occasions that an FSLogix profile not getting mounted properly, or not getting unmounted properly after the user is logging off. This results in problems with stale profiles staying in the “Users” folder as well as not allowing the profile to be loaded correctly in … Read more
Scenario In a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) installation, we had numerous users complaining that during the initial login they often experience “black screen” with a mouse cursor visible for too long (>5mins) before eventually logging into the system. During this time the user is waiting for the desktop to come up while often the user … Read more
Scenario Let’s say you have a pool of WVD (Windows Virtual Desktop) servers on Azure and have configured FSlogix profiles loading from a file server or Azure files (through a Group Policy). For troubleshooting purposes, you may need to force a user to load a local profile instead of the FSlogix profile on a specified … Read more