Learn About Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)

Posted By Rajesh Radhakrishnan July 05 2020

Windows Virtual Desktop is a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service running in the cloud. It’s the only virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that delivers simplified management, multi-session Windows 10, optimizations for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, and support for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments. Deploy and scale your Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes, and get built-in security and compliance features.

Microsoft Learn is a completely free structured learning experience as part of Microsoft Docs. Microsoft Docs is to absorbed content in a more search and navigate manner than learn–mostly based on free videos and multiple-choice type of content. Now with Microsoft Learn video series on Windows Virtual  Desktop available to learn and you can test your knowledge.

Spring 2020 release

Fall 2019 release

Microsoft Docs

Microsoft Docs is the technical library of documentation for end-users, developers, and IT professionals who work with Microsoft products. Learn here in a walkthrough manner how to install and configure Windows Virtual Desktop. 

Spring 2020 release

Microsoft Mechanics

Microsoft Mechanics is Microsoft’s official video series for IT Pros. Watch & share valuable content and demos from the people who build it–all freely available from YouTube.

The videos have a high focus on demos, how-to’s and insights for Microsoft 365, Azure, Office, Windows, Surface and quantum computing–and as part of continuously added new series, Jeremy Chapman and the WVD Engineering group created a complete Windows Virtual Desktop Essentials (video) how-to series. 

Microsoft Tech Community

The Microsoft Tech Community is a place to interact with IT Pros, Developers and end-users along with Microsoft. The focus of the site was initially on Office 365 but now encompasses Azure, Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) and many other–like Windows Virtual Desktop–Microsoft technologies. A great success. 

Azure Academy

The Azure Academy YouTube channel is created by Dean Cefola –from the Azure FastTrack team. In his channel, he shares his deep-dive field experiences and best practices on Azure services for free–how awesome is that?

Also, you can check the video series on how to Deploy, Manage, and Maintain Windows Virtual Desktop.

Microsoft Partner Network

While every partner’s journey is different, following these steps will enable you to innovate faster, better support customers, and get guidance on the next Windows Virtual Desktop opportunity for your business.

I was learning on WVD part and really these pages helped me a lot and this reference I found from Christiaan Brinkhoff blog post and after checking all these pages I really felt I should share to the community

WVD Architectural – Planning Poster

The poster created by the Remote Desktop Services team will help you to plan, build, and run your Windows Virtual Desktop environment.