hostPools

APRL GUID:  013ac34e-7c4b-425f-9e0c-216f0cc06181

Description:

Create a Validation Pool for early issue detection with planned AVD updates. Adjust limits based on needs. Scale by adding multiple host pools for more users. Regularly test updates on host pools. Validate changes before applying to main environment to avoid downtime.

Potential Benefits:

Enhanced environment stability

Impact:  Medium Category:  Governance PG Verified:  Verified

Create maintenance schedules for AVD agent updates to avoid disruptions. Use Scheduled Agent Updates to set maintenance windows for updating Azure Virtual Desktop agent, side-by-side stack, and Geneva Monitoring agent.

Enhanced environment stability

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ARG Query:

// Azure Resource Graph Query
// This resource graph query will return all AVD host pools that does not have scheduled agent updates configured
resources
| where type =~ "Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/hostpools"
| where isnull(properties.agentUpdate)
| project recommendationId = "979ff8be-5f3a-4d8e-9aa3-407ecdd6d6f7", name, id, tags, param1 = 'No scheduled agent updates'

Ensure a unique OU is used when deploying host pools with domain joined session hosts

For optimized AVD configuration, place Hybrid VMs in unique OUs. Segregate Prod and DR units for environment-specific settings. This ensures targeted configurations for session hosts, including FSLogix, timeouts, and session controls.

Improved AVD hostpool config & segmentation

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Implement Azure Site Recovery (ASR) or Azure Backup for personal host pools to enable seamless failover and failback. This replicates VMs supporting personal desktops to a secondary Azure region, ensuring recovery from a known state in case of a disaster or outage.

Ensures VM recovery & failover

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