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External Identities Support is Now in Public Preview for Azure Virtual Desktop

๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ

๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ 365.

Admins can now invite users to their Entra ID tenant and provide them access to Azure Virtual Desktop resources โ€” a big step toward simplifying secure collaboration across organizations.

To use this, session hosts must be running Windows 11 Enterprise (24H2, KB5065789 or later), Entra-joined, and configured for SSO. External users can connect through the Windows App or a web browser.

A few limitations apply:

– FSLogix isnโ€™t supported yet, Intune device policies donโ€™t apply to external users.
– Currently limited to the Azure public cloud.
– Cross-cloud invites (like Azure Government or 21Vianet) arenโ€™t supported for now.

Still, this is a significant move that brings more flexibility to how organizations can securely extend their virtual desktop environments beyond internal users.

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