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What's New and What's Next in Azure Virtual Desktop

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Overview

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Explore the latest innovations and future developments in Azure Virtual Desktop through this 34-minute conference talk from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Discover how Azure Virtual Desktop continues to evolve to enhance management efficiency, scalability, and connectivity for your workloads, with particular focus on why it's especially attractive to industries like healthcare. Learn about App Attach enhancements and expanded third-party support, the general availability of Azure Virtual Desktop B2B access with enhanced security and identity controls, and per-user access pricing with external user licensing options. Watch demonstrations of secure B2B login using Azure Virtual Desktop with MFA, dynamic auto scale configuration with 100% minimum active hosts, and the major breakthrough introduction of RDP Multipath capability that enables failover without user disconnection. Understand user experience improvements and explore the new Migration API for moving VDI desktops to Windows 365, helping you accelerate your cloud migration strategy. Presented by Microsoft experts Roop Kiran Chevuri, Mark Douglas, and Eric Orman in an intermediate-level breakout session designed for IT professionals and decision-makers looking to optimize their virtual desktop infrastructure.

Syllabus

0:00 - App Attach enhancements and expanded third-party support
00:07:02 - General availability of Azure Virtual Desktop B2B access with enhanced security and identity controls
00:08:31 - Overview of per-user access pricing and external user licensing for AVD
00:12:15 - SLB demo: Secure B2B login using Azure Virtual Desktop with MFA
00:20:28 - Configuring dynamic auto scale with 100% minimum active hosts
00:22:40 - Transition to user experience improvements in Azure Virtual Desktop
00:25:09 - Major Breakthrough: Introduction of RDP Multipath Capability
00:26:11 - Multipath Demo Showing Failover Without User Disconnection
00:32:25 - New Migration API for Moving VDI Desktops to Windows 365

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