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AVD sessions are dropped and session freezez

Starting from a few days ago, user's sessions get disconnected or freezes. They have to close Windows App (or the old Azure Virtual Desktop), and reconnect to get back to their session. We have around 15 AVD session hosts, each hosts 9 users, and the…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-11T16:06:10.0233333+00:00
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answered 2025-12-11T16:57:23.36+00:00
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AVD browser session hanging on 'connecting' for some user/browser combos

AVD env setup and working for more than a year. Windows App and Browser accessed worked fine. About 6 weeks ago browser access (chrome/edge/firefox/etc) to AVD stopped working for all users. See screenshot for where the AVD browser session would always…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-11T09:29:53.92+00:00
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edited a comment 2025-12-11T11:25:54.74+00:00
Himanshu Shekhar 1,785 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Microsoft 365 copilot app not launching inside AVD session hosts

We are trying to roll out Microsoft 365 copilot app in our AVD session hosts by following the MS document [https://v4.hkg1.meaqua.org/en-us/copilot/microsoft-365/deploy-microsoft-365-copilot-app], but when end users tries to launch the app, they are…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-09T15:01:39.31+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-11T08:02:23.12+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
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Black Screen | Browsers keep on crashing in Windows 11 - Azure VDI |

Hi Team, Users are facing intermittent issues after we migrated to Windows 11 Multi Session OS (Pooled Model) in our Azure Virtual Desktop. Black screen All Browsers Restarting automatically. Tried clearing browser cache temp files, prefetch, user…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-11-21T16:20:04.9966667+00:00
Manoj Chauhan 65 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-12-11T06:27:11.68+00:00
Manoj Chauhan 65 Reputation points
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Refund Developer Support (Accidentally switched to a paid account)

Good day I have bought a service by accident and I would like to refund it. The item shows eligible but I get this error. I have no idee how to ask someone in Azure for the refund. Thanks

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-10T19:26:08.6933333+00:00
Ivor Du merwe 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-10T23:58:54.4+00:00
Bharath Y P 2,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Having issues with my new AVD environment: health state: Unavailable

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-10T20:30:07.36+00:00
Arya Vahanian AZ 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-10T21:05:22.5133333+00:00
Manish Deshpande 1,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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FSlogix Profiles Not Loading

Hi Team, I have created a new host pool with 5 VMs with Windows 11 Multi-Session OS. FSLogix is installed and also edited the relevant registry setting's. The VMs are domain joined but whenever a user is logging in, a local profile is created instead of…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-08T14:36:18.5233333+00:00
Manoj Chauhan 65 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-10T19:18:47.25+00:00
Manish Deshpande 1,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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AVD issue connection is giving me error. user is not authenticated check the user i have the user listed in azure.

AVD issue connection is giving me error. user is not authenticated check the user i have the user listed in azure.

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-09T18:44:16.96+00:00
Altaf Ingar 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-10T19:03:02.0266667+00:00
Manish Deshpande 1,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I recently switched to Microsoft Virtual Desktop (MVD) for the India DevBox and successfully cloned the required repositories. However, when I ran the PowerShell initialization commands, I encountered multiple errors

I recently switched to Microsoft Virtual Desktop (MVD) for the India DevBox and successfully cloned the required repositories. However, when I ran the PowerShell initialization commands, I encountered multiple errors.

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-02T17:10:13.8666667+00:00
Jayasimha Marella (APTLY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION) 20 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
accepted 2025-12-10T18:27:01.1966667+00:00
Jayasimha Marella (APTLY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION) 20 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Azure Session Hosts SMB crash BSOD - PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) - mrxsmb20

Hi Everyone,   We have an AVD environment for a customer. For the past 18 months, it's been rock-solid. Really, really reliable. We recently "upgraded" them from 2 x large Session Host VMs to 4 x smaller session hosts for load balancing,…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-11-14T01:30:45.9366667+00:00
James Simpson 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-09T18:46:28.01+00:00
Manish Deshpande 1,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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i created VM but getting error connecting.

error is we could not connect because vm could not start.

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-09T00:54:43.5166667+00:00
Altaf Ingar 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-09T01:43:23.1166667+00:00
Jilakara Hemalatha 6,130 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to Fix AVD regional Settings Automation for Users from 3 Different region using it

Azure Virtual Desktop – Automate per‑user Regional Settings at logon (RemoteApp, Intune‑managed) Environment Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) RemoteApp host pool deployed in West Europe. Session hosts are Azure AD-joined and managed via Intune. Users sign…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-05T07:33:30.57+00:00
Roland Osei 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-08T11:40:03.5333333+00:00
Himanshu Shekhar 1,785 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Azure AVD alerts

I want to configure alerts for Azure Virtual Desktop. AVD Insights monitoring is already enabled. I need to set up alerts for: User connection status Session host availability Some critical errors such as users being unable to connect or hosts being…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-03T07:36:07.8233333+00:00
凯旋 李 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-05T06:04:45.23+00:00
凯旋 李 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Virtual Desktop - Session host - Health - Upgrade Failed

Currently, all session hosts in one of our host pools show health status of “Upgrade failed.” We tried restarting and performing a stop/start operation on one of the session hosts, but the status remains “Upgrade failed.” The session host is running the…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-11-24T04:31:46.22+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-04T17:14:33.16+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
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Weak/Outdated Encryption Mechanism in RDP

The server is supporting deprecated 3DES cipher suites with RSA key exchange, which are insecure due to lack of Perfect Forward Secrecy and outdated CBC mode.. 3DES should be disabled and only strong modern cipher suites (AES-GCM with ECDHE on TLS 1.2+)…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-03T23:57:27.1133333+00:00
priti kaur 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-04T14:02:25.89+00:00
Ankit Yadav 6,760 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Virtual Desktop - Auto scaling, turning off VMs during unassigned days

This is the first time we are enabling autoscaling on a host pool to test the autoscaling feature in Azure Virtual Desktop. We have created a schedule targeting Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the details are provided below. However, as soon as the…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-11-17T17:43:15.8366667+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-04T10:46:54.13+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Virtual Desktop - Auto scaling Feature - Exclusion tags

This is the first time we are enabling autoscaling on a host pool to test the autoscaling feature in Azure Virtual Desktop. We have created a schedule targeting Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the details are provided below. We have…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-11-21T04:34:29.64+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-04T06:55:05.6466667+00:00
Nazeer, Shalomon 125 Reputation points
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I'm trying to connect client url to access through site to site from Azure VDI but not able to access link

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-03T12:00:58.7466667+00:00
Sagar Pathare 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-03T12:46:03.54+00:00
Nikhil Duserla 9,280 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Allowing more than 2 users to connect to Windows Enterprise Multi Session through AVD

I have AVD configured with a host pool and a single instance of Windows 11 Enterprise, but I'd like to have 4-5 users on it at once. I know this is possible through RDS, but I also saw that AVD and Windows Enterprise Multi Session images should be able…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2025-12-01T16:32:45.17+00:00
Jon Schendt 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-01T16:52:53.6133333+00:00
Manish Deshpande 1,330 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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AVD Session Host is unavailable | SxSStackListenerCheck - Failed

AVD Session Host is unavailable | SxSStackListenerCheck - Failed I have created a golden image for the AVD. Followed all the steps as per below Link. After adding the new VM with golden image to host pool. When i check the status of the VM from the…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
2,008 questions
asked 2022-01-13T13:30:18.497+00:00
Balaji Ranganathan 6 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-01T10:00:30.1933333+00:00
SamT 0 Reputation points