I hope you already have an AVD infrastructure setup. You can have more details from Create AVD Tenant and AVD Infra. In this post, you will learn how to publish remote apps with PowerShell command lets (Publish AVD Remote Apps).
I would recommend reading the following posts before publishing the remote apps to host pool.
- AVD Host Pool Creation Guide With New Template
- Microsoft VDI Story AVD Concept Setup Guide Myths Known Issues
- SCCM Intune Support for Persistent Non-Persistent VDI VMs
- How to Connect AVD Remote Desktop Resources Client or Browser?
Prerequisite – Publish AVD Remote Apps
I would recommend going through the following list of prerequisites before publishing AVD remote apps.
- Build a AVD Host Pool with virtual machine
- Install Required application on that virtual machine
NOTE! – Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) has the restriction that within a host pool, a user cannot be assigned to both a desktop app group and a RemoteApp app group.
Install Azure AD, RD PowerShell Module
##Install & Import AzureAD Module Install-Module -Name AzureAD Import-Module -Name AzureAD ##Install & Import RD - AVD Module Install-Module -Name Microsoft.RDInfra.RDPowerShell Import-Module -Name Microsoft.RDInfra.RDPowerShell
Login to RD Account – Authenticate with Azure AD
## Login with Azure AD Account user name and password Add-RdsAccount -DeploymentUrl https://rdbroker.wvd.microsoft.com #Login to RDS account with Service Principle $aadContext = Connect-AzureAD $svcPrincipal = New-AzureADApplication -AvailableToOtherTenants $true -DisplayName "Windows Virtual Desktop Svc Principal" $svcPrincipalCreds = New-AzureADApplicationPasswordCredential -ObjectId $svcPrincipal.ObjectId $creds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($svcPrincipal.AppId, (ConvertTo-SecureString $svcPrincipalCreds.Value -AsPlainText -Force)) Add-RdsAccount -DeploymentUrl "https://rdbroker.wvd.microsoft.com" -Credential $creds -ServicePrincipal -AadTenantId $aadContext.TenantId.Guid
Set Variables – AVD Remote Apps
#Set the Variable
$hostpoolname ='WVD-A-MS-Apps'#$hostpoolname ='WVD-A-MS-Apps'
$UserPrincipalName='[email protected]'
$NameofappGroup1='LOB Apps'
$NameofappGroup2='officeApps'
List AVD Remote App Groups
#Get the details of AVD Remote App Groups Get-RdsAppGroup -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname
List of Remote Apps Published to RemoteApp Group
##List of Remote App Group
Get-RdsAppGroup -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup2
##List of Users associated to Remote App Group
Get-RdsAppGroupUser -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup2
NOTE – You might not have access to run this query if you are login to RDS using SPN. Instead, you might need to have appropriate access to Azure AD to list the users in Azure AD Group.
List of Apps Installed on AVD VM
#Get the details the List of AVD Remote Apps from Virtual Machine Get-RdsStartMenuApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 Where-Object{$_.friendlyName -like "word"} Get-RdsStartMenuApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 >> "C:\Users\Anoop C Nair\OneDrive - ACN\DW\WVD -VDI\Work\ListApps1.txt"
Create New AVD Remote App Group
#Create New WVD Remote App Groups
New-RdsAppGroup -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -Name $NameofappGroup1 -ResourceType RemoteApp
Publish AVD Remote Apps to RDS Host Pools
Following are the list of PowerShell commands I used to publish remote apps to RDS Host Pools.
Internet Explorer
#Add AVD Remote Apps - Internet Explorer to WVD Host Pool New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "My Apps Web Portal iE" -FilePath "C:\Program Files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" -FriendlyName "Contoso Web App" -IconPath "C:\Program Files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"
Microsoft Edge
#Add AVD Remote Apps - Microsoft Edge to WVD Host Pool New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup2 -Name "My Apps Web Portal Edge" -FilePath shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge -IconPath C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Assets\MicrosoftEdgeSquare44x44.targetsize-72_altform-unplated.png
LOB Application
#Add WVD Remote Apps - LOB App to WVD Host Pool
New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "Session B" -AppAlias "sessionb"
Microsoft Word
#Add AVD Remote Apps - Microsoft Word App to WVD Host Pool New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "Word" -AppAlias "word"
Microsoft Access
#Add AVD Remote Apps - Microsoft Access to WVD Host Pool New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "Access" -AppAlias "Access"
Task Manager
#Add AVD Remote Apps - Task Sequence to WVD Host Pool New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "Task Manager" -AppAlias "taskmanager"
Resource Monitor
#Add WVD Remote Apps - Resource Monitor to WVD Host Pool
New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "Resource Monitor" -AppAlias "resourcemonitor"
Windows Media Player
#Add Windows Media Player to RDS Host Pool
New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "Windows Media Player" -AppAlias "windowsmediaplayer"
Microsoft Power Point
#Add Power Point to RDS Host Pool
New-RdsRemoteApp -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup1 -Name "Power Point" -AppAlias "powerpoint"
Add User to RDS Host Pool
With this command, you are adding or publishing the remote apps to a user.
#Add users to a RDS Remote App Group
Add-RdsAppGroupUser -TenantName $tenant -HostPoolName $hostpoolname -AppGroupName $NameofappGroup2 -UserPrincipalName $UserPrincipalName
Result
The following are the WVD Remote Apps that are published to the user profile.
Resources
- AVD Host Pool Creation Guide With New Template
- Install Subscribe Windows RD Client for AVD End User Step by Step Guide
- AVD Video Play List ➡➡https://aka.ms/WVDPlaylist
- AVD AMA 28th Aug 2019 Azure Virtual Desktop Microsoft AVD FAQs from AMA
- Microsoft VDI Story AVD Concept Setup Guide Myths Known Issues
- SCCM Intune Support for Persistent Non-Persistent VDI VMs
- How to Connect AVD Remote Desktop Resources Client or Browser?
- AVD Identify issues with the diagnostics feature
Hi Arun,
When to use IconPath, FilePath and IconIndex to publish an application?
And when to use AppAlias to publish an application?
I am sorry. Its Anoop not Arun.