Does anyone know if China blocks AVD?
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Janna White
05/07/2024, 9:55 PMDoes anyone know if China blocks AVD?
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Tarkan Kocoglu
05/08/2024, 4:53 PMAccessing Azure China regions from within China or Azure regions outside of China?
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Janna White
05/08/2024, 5:07 PMWe have AVD configured in EUS2 region but an executive is working in China for a long length of time.
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Kyle Wise
05/08/2024, 10:12 PMWe have some users in China and they were able to access AVD hosts in WUS and CIN. Hopefully it shouldn’t be an issue for you.
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Tarkan Kocoglu
05/08/2024, 10:30 PMGot it. Not knowing the full scope of your environments capabilities, I read recently that the Azure global regions and Azure China regions are physically disconnected, meaning you probably have to consider the usage of VPN or ExpressRoute type of connections.
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Janna White
05/08/2024, 10:34 PMThat's what I read as well but wanted to confirm with others if they had issues.
Janna White
05/08/2024, 10:36 PMNot sure why then my user can't authenticate into AVD. We have hybrid on-prem and Entra ID authentication though.
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Kyle Wise
05/08/2024, 10:42 PMIs the laptop a mac by chance? Using entra to provide sson?
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Janna White
05/08/2024, 10:45 PMNope it's surprisingly a Surface Pro.