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• MSP IT Documentation Best Practices: What to Document for Every Client

  Why MSP documentation decays, a per-client checklist of what to record (contacts, sites, networks, licenses, domains and SSL, credentials, runbooks and vendors), a structure that scales past a dozen clients, and how to keep it current. Vendor-neutral, with how Atlas Vault organizes it.

• Multimedia Redirection on Azure Virtual Desktop: Setup and Troubleshooting

  Multimedia redirection sends browser video and WebRTC calls from Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts to the user's device. What it does, the requirements, the install and policy steps, how to read the extension icon, and how to fix it when it doesn't redirect.

• How to Optimize Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 Multi-Session AVD Hosts

  Every user on a multi-session host runs their own Edge. Here are the policies that matter on a shared host (startup boost, background mode, sleeping tabs, efficiency mode, a per-user memory limit and the disk cache), what each costs your users, a starting baseline, and how Atlas AVD applies them.

• How to Convert Hybrid Users to Entra ID Cloud Only (Without Recreating Them)

  Microsoft now lets you move a synced user's source of authority from Active Directory to Entra ID without deleting or recreating the account. What the switch keeps, what to check first, how to do it with Graph, PowerShell or Atlas AVD, and how to roll it back.

• Pooled vs Personal Host Pools in AVD: How to Choose (and Mix Them)

  Pooled or personal? How the two Azure Virtual Desktop host pool types differ, including breadth-first, depth-first and persistent load balancing, a decision table by user persona, app needs, admin rights, GPU and compliance, why personal desktops cost more at idle and how Start VM on Connect fixes it, hybrid patterns, and patching for each.

• Azure Government Regions: US Gov and DoD Regions, Access and Differences

  Azure Government is a separate, US-only cloud with three US Gov regions and two DoD regions. The region list with zones and pairs, who's eligible, the different portal, identity and endpoints, FedRAMP and DoD impact levels, and where Azure Virtual Desktop fits.

• Azure Virtual Desktop Regions and Metadata Locations: Where AVD Stores Data

  AVD session hosts can run in any Azure region, but host pool metadata is stored in a geography, or a single region for regional host pools, fixed at creation. The supported geographies and regions, what is and isn't stored, the new regional deployment scope, and why you can't move a host pool between regions.

• Best VM Size for Azure Virtual Desktop: D vs E vs B Series

  Which Azure VM series and size to use for AVD session hosts: D-series for most pooled desktops, the cost-per-user break-even where E-series wins, why burstable B-series hosts throttle under a multi-session load, how to choose between 4, 8 and 16 vCPU, and the signals that tell you the size is wrong.

• How to Convert Azure VMs to v7 Sizes (and Upgrade AVD Session Hosts in Place)

  The v7 Azure VM sizes (Intel Xeon 6 and AMD EPYC 'Turin') run on Azure Boost, so moving to them is more than a resize: Generation 2, Trusted Launch, an NVMe disk controller and the MANA network adapter all come with them. Here is what changes, how to check each VM, how to convert in place or redeploy, how to roll back, and how Atlas AVD upgrades session hosts in place for you.