DiskIdentifier : 9356349E-BB7B-41A0-A53C-57A1538E4954
FragmentationPercentage:
Alignment : 1
Attached : True
DiskNumber :
Number :
Notice that the VHDX is a type of differencing and that its parent is the VHDX file in
the IMGS subfolder. Each VM still has around 2GB of customizations, which if you
have 100 VM instances adds up to a lot of storage. This is where using data duplication
will help reduce disk overhead.
The VDI collection will be available through RD Web Access, as shown in Figure 11.12;
so will the other published desktops and applications. This gives a consistent
experience for end users.
Figure 11.12 Seeing the VDI collection in RD Web Access
If you ever update the template virtual machine, you can refresh the deployment VM
instances by selecting the Recreate All Virtual Desktops task for the collection and
selecting the updated reference VM. This can also be done using the Update-
RDVirtualDesktopCollection PowerShell cmdlet. Microsoft has a good blog on this at
https://blogs.technet.microsoft .com/enterprisemobility/2012/10/29/single-image-
management-for-virtual-desktop-collections-in-windows-server-2012/.