GetToTheCloud - A journey to the cloud
Tool | Azure Local Documenter
Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI) is often deployed for very good reasons: data sovereignty, low latency, regulatory requirements, or hybrid resilience. But once it’s live, a familiar…
Tool | Azure Virtual Desktop Documenter
As AVD environments grow, documentation often falls behind—becoming outdated, incomplete, or missing entirely. Documenter for Azure Virtual Desktop solves this by automatically inventorying your AVD …
Azure Local | DevOps – Custom Image Part I
This DevOps pipeline automates the replication of images from the Azure Compute Gallery to Azure Local. It validates the environment, imports the latest image version, cleans up temporary resources, …
Azure Local | DevOps – Custom Image Part II
This DevOps pipeline automates the full lifecycle of images in an Azure Local environment. It analyzes existing versions, applies retention rules, and identifies outdated images for cleanup. Temporary …
Azure Local | HomeLab – Custom Image Automation
Using Azure Compute Gallery simplifies managing and distributing standardized VM images across hybrid environments. By leveraging centrally curated, versioned images, organizations can seamlessly copy …
Azure Local | HomeLab – FSLogix
FSLogix simplifies user profile management for Azure Virtual Desktop by storing profiles in VHD(X) containers, ensuring fast logins and consistent experiences across sessions. By redirecting profiles …
Azure Local | HomeLab – Add Storage and SoFS
In this guide, we explore how to expand storage on your Azure Local home lab node and enable Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) for high availability. With SOFS, you can publish continuously available SMB …
Azure Local | HomeLab – Azure Virtual Desktop III
Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts to Azure Local delivers cloud‑native VDI performance with the advantage of local, on‑premises compute. By placing session hosts within Azure Local, …
Azure Local | HomeLab – Azure Virtual Desktop II
Configuring Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Local brings cloud‑based flexibility together with on‑premises performance. By deploying session hosts in Azure Local, organizations can provide responsive, …
Azure Local | HomeLab – Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Local brings enterprise‑grade performance closer to your users, and preparing RDP Shortpath is a key first step. By enabling direct UDP connectivity between endpoints …
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