Securing AVD: Building Protection in from Day One
Start with the security requirements, not the products Before selecting controls, establish the risks associated with each AVD workload and user persona. A pooled desktop for standard office users, a personal desktop for developers and a privileged admin environment should not automatically receive the same policies. Their applications, access requirements, data sensitivity and likely attack…
Deploying AVD: From Pilot to Production
The Pilot Is Part of the Deployment An AVD pilot should not be viewed as a demonstration environment or a miniature version of production. It is a structured exercise designed to uncover assumptions before those assumptions become widespread incidents. The pilot should use the same architectural principles, security controls, identity model, profile technology and operational…
Enterprise Architecture: Building Organisations That Last Beyond the Project
Most projects are started to solve an immediate problem. A system needs replacing A platform needs migrating A process needs improving A business unit needs a new capability But the real value of a project is not only in what it delivers today. It’s in how well that delivery supports the organisation tomorrow. This is…
AVD Access to SMB shares Part 2: How To configure access
When designing Azure Virtual Desktop environments, authentication is often discussed at the point where the user signs in. But that is only part of the story. Once the user is inside their AVD session, applications still need to access backend services such as file shares, databases, and line-of-business systems. One common example is an application…
Accessing Backend File Shares from AVD Applications
When designing Azure Virtual Desktop, it’s easy to focus on the visible parts of the platform that we’ve discussed in the previous articles. Host pools. Session hosts. Images. Applications. Profiles. Security controls. Scaling plans. But one of the most important design areas often sits behind the application itself: How does the application access the file…
Securing Azure Access for Developers with AVD
Developers need fast, flexible access to Azure services. They need to work with code, infrastructure, databases, APIs, storage, DevOps tooling, and cloud-native platforms without unnecessary friction. But from a security perspective, the challenge is not simply granting access, It’s controlling where that access happens, where credentials live, and how private Azure resources are reached. In…