As remote work became the default for many companies during the pandemic, it’s maybe no surprise that services like Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop, which gives users access to a fully managed ...

Microsoft released an out-of-band update Friday to resolve credential authentication failures affecting Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 connections that emerged after the company's January 2026 ...

Microsoft is rebranding its Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service as "Azure Virtual Desktop." At the same time, the company is introducing a new ISV/per-user pricing option and taking the wraps off a ...

Microsoft this week announced a couple of previews for organizations using the Azure Virtual Desktop virtual desktop infrastructure service. There's a new Microsoft Cost Management tagging capability ...

The company also unveiled new security capabilities for the platform, which was previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop. Microsoft has rebranded its virtual desktop infrastructure platform under ...

Microsoft's cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offering, Azure Virtual Desktop, now supports Trust Launch virtual machines (VMs). The two-year-old Azure Virtual Desktop, which used to be ...

Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) users now have the option for single sign-on (SSO), as well as passwordless authentication, with the public preview of the latest Microsoft upgrade. "Today we're ...

Microsoft has announced this week that Azure Virtual Desktop support for passwordless authentication has now entered public preview. Starting this week, Microsoft customers can use the Azure Virtual ...

January patch trips up Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authentication Microsoft has kicked off 2026 with another faulty ...

Do you have situations where users work from home, connecting from personal devices? Do you trust those devices and the networks they're connecting from? Do you have compliance regulations that ...

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