Virtual Desktop Service – v6.0 Release Notes
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Oct. 6, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Performance Data automation annual key rotation
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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.
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FsLogix Shrink Container action removed from Daily Actions
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The FsLogix Shrink Container action will now only run on a weekly basis, typically Sunday 12:01 AM local time
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Defect Resolved – Duplicate Name references in the VDS server table was causing Daily Actions to error
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VDS automation now correctly processes Daily Actions once for the server name, preventing the error that stopped processing from occurring.
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VDS Web Application (versions prior to v6) – Remove Delete data center option for unauthorized admin accounts
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This change requires edit permission at the data center level and removes the delete option for all other admin user accounts.
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UI Enhancement: Add Confirmation dialog when deleting AVD host pool objects
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Defect Resolved: Error uploading log data from deployments in some scenarios
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Feature: Local Control Plane support for VCloud Director REST API v35
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Sept. 22, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Defect Resolved – Fix for edge case when shrinking FSLogix profile containers
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VDS now correctly shrinks profile containers in Workspaces using Azure Files storage
VDS v6 release: Fri., Sept. 9, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Defect Resolved - FSLogix Profile shrink failing to work in edge cases
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In certain rare workspace/directory configurations the FSLogix profile container shrink automation in VDS failed to execute properly
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Feature - Configure new CI tenants automatically for deployments
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VDS now automatically deploys new/updated Cloud Insights account information to tenant resources and removes the need for manual configuration steps
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Aug. 25, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Defect Resolved - Option to disable admin access for a Workspace user is missing
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VDS now displays an option to disable admin access for a Workspace user which has previously been granted access to administer the Workspace
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Defect Resolved – unable to add App Group to AVD Host Pool
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VDS now correctly handles edge cases where an AVD host pool and workspace become mismatched
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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No Updates
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Jul. 28, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Remove the ‘register for sandbox’ link from VDS login page
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Jul. 14, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Feature - New optional setting to configure User Activity logon tracker table retention period
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VDS now allows configuration in Local Control Plane components to control the retention period of user activity logging independently from other logs
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Feature - Set AVD session hosts to use hybrid licensing setting by default
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VDS now creates new AVD session hosts using the ‘hybrid licensing’ setting by default
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Jun. 23, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Resolved Defect - Error in VDS Web App when attempting to modify a scripted event
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VDS now correctly handles a case-sensitivity issue when editing scripted event objects
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Jun. 9, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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No Updates
VDS v6 release: Thurs., May 26, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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No Updates
VDS v6 release: Thurs., May 12, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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No Updates
VDS v6 release: Mon., May 2, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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No Updates
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Apr. 28, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday April 28th, 2022 at 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Apr. 14, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday April 14th, 2022 at 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Mar. 31, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday March 31st, 2022 at 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Mar. 17, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday March 17th, 2022 at 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes
VDS v6 release: Thurs., Mar. 3, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday March 3rd, 2022 at 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Improved experience when disconnecting from a server after using the Connect to Server feature
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Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes
VDS v6 release: Thursday, February 17th, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday February 17th, 2022 at 10pm - 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduction of Application Instances, enabling improved management of different versions & editions of the same software
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Assorted proactive security enhancements and bug fixes
VDS v6 release: Thursday February 3rd, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday February 3rd, 2022 from 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Profile roaming search enhancement for VDMS
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
VDS v6 release: Thursday January 20th, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday January 20th, 2022 from 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Bug fix for a link redirection issue with the Azure Cost Estimator (ACE)
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
VDS v6 release: Thursday January 6th, 2022
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday January 6th, 2022 from 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduce Self-Service Password Reset report for both Partners and Sub Partners
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Bug fix for a unique Azure authorization issue at the beginning of the Deployment process.
VDS v6 release: Thursday December 16th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday December 16th, 2021 from 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Improvements to secondary SMS message transmissions for MFA in the event that the primary SMS provider is not available
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Update to the certificate used for the VDS Client for Windows
VDS v6 release: Thursday December 2nd, 2021 - No changes planned
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday December 2nd, 2021 from 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: None
VDS v6 hotfix: Thursday November 18th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday November 18th, 2021 from 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Bug fix for a PAM issue where AAD is based on AADDS
VDS v6 hotfix: Monday November 8th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Monday November 8th, 2021 from 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Enable chat box in the VDS UI for all users
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Bug fix to a unique combination of deployment selections
VDS v6 release: Sunday November 7th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Sunday November 7, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduce a Command Center option to disable the automated shrinking of FSLogix profiles
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Bug fix for PAM when the deployment is leveraging Azure Active Directory Domain Services (AADDS)
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
Azure Cost Estimator
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Updated services available in various regions
VDS v6 release: Thursday October 21st, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday October 21, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduce a Command Center option to disable the automated shrinking of FSLogix profiles
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Improvements to a nightly report that illustrates where FSLogix profiles are mounted
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Update the default VM series/size used for CWMGR1 (the platform VM) in the Azure US South Central region to D2s v4
VDS v6 release: Thursday October 7th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday October 7, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Bug fix for a scenario where a specific provisioning collection configuration wasn’t saving properly
VDS v6 release: Thursday September 23rd, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday September 23, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Update to PAM to integrate with AADDS-based deployments
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Display RemoteApp URLs in the Workspace module for non-AVD deployments
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Bug fix for a scenario where making an end user an administrator in a specific on-premises Active Directory configuration
VDS v6 release: Thursday September 9th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday September 9, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
VDS v6 release: Thursday August 26th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday August 26, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Update to the URL placed on a user’s desktop when they are granted access to the VDS management UI
VDS v6 release: Thursday August 12th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday August 12, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Enhancements to Cloud Insights functionality and context
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Improved backup schedule frequency handling
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Bug fix - resolve an issue for CwVmAutomation service checking config on service restart
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Bug fix - resolve an issue for DCConifg that did not allow saving configurations in certain scenarios
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
VDS v6 hotfix: Tuesday July 30th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Friday July 30th, 2021 at 7pm – 8pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Deployment template update to facilitate automation improvements
VDS v6 release: Thursday July 29th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Thursday July 29th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Bug fix - resolve an issue for VMware deployments where CWAgent didn’t get installed as intended
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Bug fix - resolve an issue for VMware deployments where creating a server with the Data role didn’t function as intended
VDS v6 hotfix: Tuesday July 20th, 2021
Components: Virtual Desktop Service v6
When: Tuesday July 20th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Remediate an issue causing abnormally large amount of API traffic in a certain configuration
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday July 15th, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday July 15th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Enhancement to Cloud Insights integration –capturing per-user performance metrics and displaying them in the User context
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Improvements to ANF provisioning automation – improved automated registration of NetApp as a provider in the customer’s Azure tenant
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Phrasing adjustment when creating a new AVD Workspace
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday June 24, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday June 4th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
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Due to scheduling around the 4th of July, the next VDS release will be on Thursday 7/15. |
Virtual Desktop Service
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Updates to reflect that Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is now Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
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Bug fix for username formatting in Excel exports
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Improved configurations for custom branded HTML5 login pages
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
Cost Estimators
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Updates to reflect that Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is now Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
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Updates to the reflect the more services/GPU VMs are available in new regions
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday June 10, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday June 10th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduction of an additional HTML5 browser-based gateway/access point for VMs
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Improved user routing after deleting a host pool
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Bug fix for a scenario where importing an unmanaged host pool was not functioning as expected
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday June 10, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday June 10th, 2021 at 10pm eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Technical enhancements:
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Update the version of the .NET framework installed on each VM from v4.7.2 to v4.8.0
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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
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Bug fix for the Delete Backup Operation in the Command Center – this now properly references the time zone of CWMGR1
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Rename the Command Center action from Azure File share to Azure Files share
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Naming convention updates in Azure Shared Image Gallery
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Improved concurrent user login count collection
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Update to outbound traffic allowed from CWMGR1, if restricting traffic outbound from the CWMGR1 VM
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If you are not restricting outbound traffic from CWMGR1, you do not have to make any updates here
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If you are restricting outbound traffic from CWMGR1, please allow access to vdctoolsapiprimary.azurewebsites.net. Note: you no longer need to allow access to vdctoolsapi.trafficmanager.net.
Deployment enhancements:
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Lay the foundation for future support of custom prefixes in server names
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Improved process automation and redundancies for Azure deployments
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Numerous deployment automation enhancements for Google Cloud Platform deployments
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Support for Windows Server 2019 in Google Cloud Platform deployments
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Bug fix for a subset of scenarios where the Windows 10 20H2 EVD image
Service delivery enhancements:
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Introduces Cloud Insights integration, delivering streaming performance data for User Experience, VM and Storage layers
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Introduces a function that allows you to quickly navigate to a VDS page visited recently
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Substantially improved list (Users, Groups, Servers, Applications, etc.) loading times for Azure deployments
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Introduces the ability to easily export lists of Users, Groups, Servers, Admins, Reports, etc.
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Introduces the ability to control what VDS MFA methods are available for customers (customer prefers email vs. SMS, for example)
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Introduces customizable “from” fields for VDS self-service password reset emails
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Introduces the option to only allow VDS self-service password reset emails to go to specified domains (company owned vs. personal, for example)
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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
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When starting a stopped deployment, start all VMs within the deployment as well
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Performance improvement for determining which IP address to assign to newly created Azure VMs
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday May 27, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday May 27th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduce Start on Connect for Pooled session hosts in AVD host pools
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Introduce User performance metrics via Cloud Insights integration
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Display the Servers tab more prominently in the Workspaces module
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Allow the restoration of a VM via Azure Backup if the VM has been deleted from VDS
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Improved handling of Connect to Server functionality
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Improved handling of variables when creating and updating certificates automatically
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Bug fix for an issue where clicking an X in a drop-down menu didn’t clear the selection as expected
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Improved reliability and automatic error handling for SMS message prompts
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Update to the User Support role – this can now terminate processes for a logged in user
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday May 13, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday May 13th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduction of additional AVD host pool properties
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Introduce additional automation resilience in Azure deployments in the event of back-end service issues
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Include the server name in the new browser tab when using the Connect to Server feature
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Display the quantity of users in each group
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Enhanced resilience for the Connect to Server feature in all deployments
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Additional enhancements to setting MFA options for organizations and end users
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If SMS is set as the only MFA option available, require a phone number but not an email address
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If email is set as the only MFA option available, require an email address but not a phone number
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If both SMS and email are set as options for MFA, require both an email address and a phone number
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Clarity improvement - remove the size of an Azure Backup snapshot, as Azure doesn’t return the size of the snapshot
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Add the ability to delete a snapshot in non-Azure environments
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Bug fix for AVD host pool creation when using special characters
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Bug fix for workload scheduling for host pool via the Resources tab
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Bug fix for an error prompt that appears when cancelling a bulk user import
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Bug fix for a possible scenario with settings of application added to a Provisioning Collection
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Update to the email address sending notifications/messages – messages will now be sent from noreply@vds.netapp.com
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Customers safelisting inbound email addresses should add this email address
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VDS 6.0 release: Thursday April 29, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday April 29th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Introduce Start on Connect feature for Personal AVD host pools
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Introduce Storage context in the Workspace module
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Introduce Storage (Azure NetApp Files) monitoring via Cloud Insights integration
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IOPs monitoring
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Latency monitoring
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Capacity monitoring
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Improved logging for VM Cloning actions
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Bug fix for a specific workload scheduling scenario
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Bug fix for not displaying a VM’s time zone in a certain scenario
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Bug fix for not logging out a AVD user in a certain scenario
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Updates to automatically generated emails to reflect NetApp branding
VDS 6.0 hotfix: Friday April 16th, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Friday April 16th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Resolve an issue with automated certificate creation that arose after last night’s update that improved automated certificate management
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday April 15, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday April 15th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Enhancements to the Cloud Insights integration:
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Frames Skipped – Insufficient Network Resources
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Frames Skipped – Insufficient Client Resources
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Frame Skipped – Insufficient Server Resources
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OS Disk – Read Bytes
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OS Disk – Write Bytes
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OS Disk – Read Bytes/second
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OS Disk – Write Bytes/second
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Update to task history in the Deployments module – improved handling of task history
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Bug fix for an issue where an Azure Backup couldn’t be restored to CWMGR1 from a disk in a subset of scenarios
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Bug fix for an issue where certificates weren’t automatically being updated and created
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Bug fix for an issue where a stopped deployment didn’t start quickly enough
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Update to the State drop-down list when creating a Workspace – remove the item “National” from the list
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Additional updates to reflect NetApp branding
VDS 6.0: Wednesday April 7th, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Wednesday April 7th, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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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.
VDS 6.0 release: Thursday April 1, 2021
Components: 6.0 Virtual Desktop Service
When: Thursday April 1st, 2021 at 10pm – 11pm Eastern
Impact: Access to desktops and application services for End Users will remain uninterrupted. Access to Virtual Desktop Service will remain available.
Virtual Desktop Service
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Updates to the NetApp Cloud Insights integration – new streaming data points:
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NVIDIA GPU performance data
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Round Trip Time
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User Input Delay
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Update the Connect to Server function to allow administrative connections to VMs even when VMs are set to disallow connections from end users
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API enhancements to enabled theming & branding in a subsequent release
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Improved visibility of the actions menu available in HTML5 connections via Connect to Server or RDS user sessions via HTML5
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Increase the QTY of characters supported in the name of an activity Scripted Events
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Updated Provisioning Collections OS choices by type
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For AVD and Windows 10, use the VDI collection type to ensure the Windows 10 OS is present
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For a Windows Server OS, use the Shared collection type
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Assorted proactive security and performance enhancements