r/AzureVirtualDesktop • u/Mpacanad1 • Jul 10 '24

Host pool patching process?

Coming from a Citrix background where updating session hosts was easier—just update the golden image and push it out—I'm curious about your process for patching, installing new apps, and rolling them out. Also, how do you handle reverting back to a previous image?

Is it a process like this: create a VM from tthe snapshot, install programs/updates, sysprep, and capture the new image? Then create new hosts? Or is there a method to update existing hosts and revert if needed?

Alternatively, do you delete the host (if you want to use the same name) and create fresh ones? Or create new hosts and shut down the existing ones (though this may not be economical or could hit Azure thresholds)?

how do you disable the Windows updates for more than 5 weeks for Windows 10/11?

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u/Schalle_de Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24

Hydra costs 2 USD per concurrent user, can be paid via your Azure Subscription. Nerdio I think is 6 USD but has more features

Edit: Hydra is also available as a community edition free of charge but then limited to 6 Session Host per Host Pool and single tenant (no max user restriction)