Trying to get my feet wet with AVD (pure, no Nerdio or Hydra) and trying to transfer my Citrix MCS and MDT/Packer knowledge over. I'm already racking my brains over the second dialogue: (see screenshot) I've chosen several VM sizes, and I can't seem to find a size that let's me experiment with Ephemeral disks. Microsoft suggests two sizes, but afaik they are all outdated. (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/deploy/session-hosts/ephemeral-os-disks?tabs=portal#size-requirements) What do I need to do to find out which VM sizes are compatible with this feature? I tested Daldsv6 for example (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/daldsv6-series?tabs=sizestoragelocal) which has Standard_D4alds_v6 220GB Temp Storage. A Marketplace Image has 127GB. Doesn't work out. I don't understand the logic here. Or is this, because Session Host Configuration and Ephemeral combined are in Preview?

that looks like a bug to me - see if you get the same with a custom image?

Well that would've been my next step. Getting my feet wet with Azure Compute Gallery and Packer and afterwards more AVD tests. And to see how close I can get to something like MCS.

Will DM you my old script file

So Packer does the shutdown. As expected. Does it make sense to include BIS-F into my Golden AVD Image? Or is it too old for Win11 Multi-User AVD?

Guess it depends what you want out of it, still does a good job at sealing up software ready for provisioning, not sure if there are too many negatives with it - been a while :-)