Posts by Flavio Meyer

Flavio Meyer

28 posts

Context-based Redirections (Preview): Smarter Security for Every Remote Session

Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft, Microsoft Entra

3 weeks ago

Context-based Redirections brings a more granular, policy-driven approach to AVD device redirection. In Public Preview since June 2026, it uses Microsoft Entra authentication context and Conditional Access to dynamically control…

Hide the AVD SSO Consent Prompt

Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft

2 months ago

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) offers a seamless sign-in experience with Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on. However, users may still encounter a consent prompt during authentication. This guide explains how to…

Browser Windows App – Multiple displays (preview)

Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft, Windows 365

3 months ago

For a couple of days, the Windows App has made it possible to launch an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) session directly in the browser using multiple monitors. This enables users…

Microsoft Entra – Soft Delete Devices (Preview)

Microsoft, Microsoft Entra

4 months ago

About six months ago, a good friend called me and asked, “Hey Flavio, I have a question about restoring devices in Entra and Intune.” I had to tell him…

Azure Virtual Desktop External Identity Support Arrives For macOS

Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra

6 months ago

April 2026 introduces a valuable improvement to Azure Virtual Desktop (short AVD). macOS users can now authenticate as external identities through the Windows App, giving contractors, partners, and guest users…

B2B Guest: Stop Losing External Users To Blank Planner

Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra, Security

8 months ago

You’ve invited an external user as a guest and given them access to a SharePoint site and documents that is backed by a Teams team (Microsoft 365 Group). But when…

Azure Policy in Practice

Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Security

9 months ago

In this post we’ll move from theory to practice. First we’ll compare built‑in policies with custom definitions so you can decide when to reuse Microsoft’s ready‑made controls and when to…

From Ticket To Self‑Service: SSPR To The Rescue

Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra, Security

9 months ago

One of the busiest and least enjoyable tasks for any IT team is resetting passwords. Someone returns from leave, a password expires, or a user simply forgets credentials. Those users…

Azure Policy Basics

Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Security

9 months ago

Just over a year and a half ago, as part of my higher technical education, I had the opportunity to explore the topic of Azure Policy in greater depth. Essentially,…

Streamline AVD Sign‑In With Microsoft Entra ID SSO

Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra

10 months ago

Single sign-on (short SSO) for Azure Virtual Desktop (short AVD) using Microsoft Entra ID (short EID) makes the sign-in experience seamless. Users sign in to a remote Windows client with…