Performance Data automation annual key rotation

This release cycle included the annual rotation of automated access tokens for the VDS performance data service provided by Cloud Insights. This change did not have a material impact on end users or admin access in the VDS Web Application.

FsLogix Shrink Container action removed from Daily Actions

The FsLogix Shrink Container action will now only run on a weekly basis, typically Sunday 12:01 AM local time

Defect Resolved – Duplicate Name references in the VDS server table was causing Daily Actions to error

VDS automation now correctly processes Daily Actions once for the server name, preventing the error that stopped processing from occurring.

VDS Web Application (versions prior to v6) – Remove Delete data center option for unauthorized admin accounts

This change requires edit permission at the data center level and removes the delete option for all other admin user accounts.

UI Enhancement: Add Confirmation dialog when deleting AVD host pool objects

Defect Resolved: Error uploading log data from deployments in some scenarios

Feature: Local Control Plane support for VCloud Director REST API v35

Defect Resolved – Fix for edge case when shrinking FSLogix profile containers

VDS now correctly shrinks profile containers in Workspaces using Azure Files storage

Defect Resolved - FSLogix Profile shrink failing to work in edge cases

In certain rare workspace/directory configurations the FSLogix profile container shrink automation in VDS failed to execute properly

Feature - Configure new CI tenants automatically for deployments

VDS now automatically deploys new/updated Cloud Insights account information to tenant resources and removes the need for manual configuration steps

Defect Resolved - Option to disable admin access for a Workspace user is missing

VDS now displays an option to disable admin access for a Workspace user which has previously been granted access to administer the Workspace

Defect Resolved – unable to add App Group to AVD Host Pool

VDS now correctly handles edge cases where an AVD host pool and workspace become mismatched

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Remove the ‘register for sandbox’ link from VDS login page

Feature - New optional setting to configure User Activity logon tracker table retention period

VDS now allows configuration in Local Control Plane components to control the retention period of user activity logging independently from other logs

Feature - Set AVD session hosts to use hybrid licensing setting by default

VDS now creates new AVD session hosts using the ‘hybrid licensing’ setting by default

Resolved Defect - Error in VDS Web App when attempting to modify a scripted event

VDS now correctly handles a case-sensitivity issue when editing scripted event objects

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Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes

Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes

Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes

Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes

Improved experience when disconnecting from a server after using the Connect to Server feature

Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes

Introduction of Application Instances, enabling improved management of different versions & editions of the same software

Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes

Profile roaming search enhancement for VDMS

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Bug fix for a link redirection issue with the Azure Cost Estimator (ACE)

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Introduce Self-Service Password Reset report for both Partners and Sub Partners

Bug fix for a unique Azure authorization issue at the beginning of the Deployment process.

Improvements to secondary SMS message transmissions for MFA in the event that the primary SMS provider is not available

Update to the certificate used for the VDS Client for Windows

Bug fix for a PAM issue where AAD is based on AADDS

Enable chat box in the VDS UI for all users

Bug fix to a unique combination of deployment selections

Introduce a Command Center option to disable the automated shrinking of FSLogix profiles

Bug fix for PAM when the deployment is leveraging Azure Active Directory Domain Services (AADDS)

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Updated services available in various regions

Introduce a Command Center option to disable the automated shrinking of FSLogix profiles

Improvements to a nightly report that illustrates where FSLogix profiles are mounted

Update the default VM series/size used for CWMGR1 (the platform VM) in the Azure US South Central region to D2s v4

Bug fix for a scenario where a specific provisioning collection configuration wasn’t saving properly

Update to PAM to integrate with AADDS-based deployments

Display RemoteApp URLs in the Workspace module for non-AVD deployments

Bug fix for a scenario where making an end user an administrator in a specific on-premises Active Directory configuration

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Update to the URL placed on a user’s desktop when they are granted access to the VDS management UI

Enhancements to Cloud Insights functionality and context

Improved backup schedule frequency handling

Bug fix - resolve an issue for CwVmAutomation service checking config on service restart

Bug fix - resolve an issue for DCConifg that did not allow saving configurations in certain scenarios

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Deployment template update to facilitate automation improvements

Bug fix - resolve an issue for VMware deployments where CWAgent didn’t get installed as intended

Bug fix - resolve an issue for VMware deployments where creating a server with the Data role didn’t function as intended

Remediate an issue causing abnormally large amount of API traffic in a certain configuration

Enhancement to Cloud Insights integration –capturing per-user performance metrics and displaying them in the User context

Improvements to ANF provisioning automation – improved automated registration of NetApp as a provider in the customer’s Azure tenant

Phrasing adjustment when creating a new AVD Workspace

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Updates to reflect that Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is now Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Bug fix for username formatting in Excel exports

Improved configurations for custom branded HTML5 login pages

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Updates to reflect that Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is now Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Updates to the reflect the more services/GPU VMs are available in new regions

Introduction of an additional HTML5 browser-based gateway/access point for VMs

Improved user routing after deleting a host pool

Bug fix for a scenario where importing an unmanaged host pool was not functioning as expected

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Update the version of the .NET framework installed on each VM from v4.7.2 to v4.8.0

Additional back-end enforcement of the use of https:// and TLS 1.2 or greater between the Local Control Plane team and any other entity

Bug fix for the Delete Backup Operation in the Command Center – this now properly references the time zone of CWMGR1

Rename the Command Center action from Azure File share to Azure Files share

Naming convention updates in Azure Shared Image Gallery

Improved concurrent user login count collection

Update to outbound traffic allowed from CWMGR1, if restricting traffic outbound from the CWMGR1 VM

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Lay the foundation for future support of custom prefixes in server names

Improved process automation and redundancies for Azure deployments

Numerous deployment automation enhancements for Google Cloud Platform deployments

Support for Windows Server 2019 in Google Cloud Platform deployments

Bug fix for a subset of scenarios where the Windows 10 20H2 EVD image

Introduces Cloud Insights integration, delivering streaming performance data for User Experience, VM and Storage layers

Introduces a function that allows you to quickly navigate to a VDS page visited recently

Substantially improved list (Users, Groups, Servers, Applications, etc.) loading times for Azure deployments

Introduces the ability to easily export lists of Users, Groups, Servers, Admins, Reports, etc.

Introduces the ability to control what VDS MFA methods are available for customers (customer prefers email vs. SMS, for example)

Introduces customizable “from” fields for VDS self-service password reset emails

Introduces the option to only allow VDS self-service password reset emails to go to specified domains (company owned vs. personal, for example)

Introduces an update that can prompt the user to add their email to their account so that they can use it or MFA/self-service password resets

When starting a stopped deployment, start all VMs within the deployment as well

Performance improvement for determining which IP address to assign to newly created Azure VMs

Introduce Start on Connect for Pooled session hosts in AVD host pools

Introduce User performance metrics via Cloud Insights integration

Display the Servers tab more prominently in the Workspaces module

Allow the restoration of a VM via Azure Backup if the VM has been deleted from VDS

Improved handling of Connect to Server functionality

Improved handling of variables when creating and updating certificates automatically

Bug fix for an issue where clicking an X in a drop-down menu didn’t clear the selection as expected

Improved reliability and automatic error handling for SMS message prompts

Update to the User Support role – this can now terminate processes for a logged in user

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements

Introduction of additional AVD host pool properties

Introduce additional automation resilience in Azure deployments in the event of back-end service issues

Include the server name in the new browser tab when using the Connect to Server feature

Display the quantity of users in each group

Enhanced resilience for the Connect to Server feature in all deployments

Additional enhancements to setting MFA options for organizations and end users

Clarity improvement - remove the size of an Azure Backup snapshot, as Azure doesn’t return the size of the snapshot

Add the ability to delete a snapshot in non-Azure environments

Bug fix for AVD host pool creation when using special characters

Bug fix for workload scheduling for host pool via the Resources tab

Bug fix for an error prompt that appears when cancelling a bulk user import

Bug fix for a possible scenario with settings of application added to a Provisioning Collection

Update to the email address sending notifications/messages – messages will now be sent from noreply@vds.netapp.com

Introduce Start on Connect feature for Personal AVD host pools

Introduce Storage context in the Workspace module

Introduce Storage (Azure NetApp Files) monitoring via Cloud Insights integration

Improved logging for VM Cloning actions

Bug fix for a specific workload scheduling scenario

Bug fix for not displaying a VM’s time zone in a certain scenario

Bug fix for not logging out a AVD user in a certain scenario

Updates to automatically generated emails to reflect NetApp branding

Resolve an issue with automated certificate creation that arose after last night’s update that improved automated certificate management

Enhancements to the Cloud Insights integration:

Update to task history in the Deployments module – improved handling of task history

Bug fix for an issue where an Azure Backup couldn’t be restored to CWMGR1 from a disk in a subset of scenarios

Bug fix for an issue where certificates weren’t automatically being updated and created

Bug fix for an issue where a stopped deployment didn’t start quickly enough

Update to the State drop-down list when creating a Workspace – remove the item “National” from the list

Additional updates to reflect NetApp branding

Due to increasingly variable response times from Azure, we are increasing the amount of time we wait for a response when entering Azure credentials during the deployment wizard.

Updates to the NetApp Cloud Insights integration – new streaming data points:

Update the Connect to Server function to allow administrative connections to VMs even when VMs are set to disallow connections from end users

API enhancements to enabled theming & branding in a subsequent release

Improved visibility of the actions menu available in HTML5 connections via Connect to Server or RDS user sessions via HTML5

Increase the QTY of characters supported in the name of an activity Scripted Events

Updated Provisioning Collections OS choices by type

Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements