Key AVD updates in January 2022

Microsoft has announces few key updates on Azure Virtual Desktop solution in January. These updates contribute to greater enhancements in the solution.

So what's changed:

FSLogix version 2021 is now in public preview ( here's a link to my article about the details https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/fslogix-2201-public-preview-now-available-what-expect-saeed-nouri/ )

AVD Classic migration tool. If you're still running AVD in classic deployment ( why haven't you migrated yet !? ) and you've been thinking of manual transition to ARM, here's the good news ! you can do it automatically now. check this link for the process: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/automatic-migration

Increased application group limit. The number of Azure Virtual Desktop application groups you can have on each Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant from 200 to 500. ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/manage-app-groups

Updates to required URLs. if you're whitelisting the AVD addresses in your environment, you'd need to add another URL to the list. The new required URL is:

*.prod.warm.ingest.monitor.core.windows.net

ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/safe-url-list#virtual-machines