PowerShell – Create Azure Network Connection (ANC) for Windows 365 Cloud PC

If you want to establish a network connection that allows communication between the Windows 365 Cloud PC and the existing Azure Virtual Network (ANC), then keep following this post. Today, I will demonstrate the Powershell method of creating the Azure Network Connection (ANC). Note that we need information from the Azure Portal to make sure you have all the necessary information handy or/or involve the necessary teams who can provide you with the information on Azure Networking.

Overview

• Create the ANC first before creating the Win365 – Cloud Provisioning Policy (CPP)
• If the ANC precreated then during the cloud provisioning of the Cloud PC desktops it will create them on the Azure VNET on your desired subnet
• Make sure you have a working DNS configured on the VNET which can communicate with your on-premise network using express route or other Azure VNETs
• Open necessary firewall ports based on your requirements on the NSG or Azure Firewall for the communication to your on-premise network using express route or other Azure VNETs
• Permissions
  • Intune Administrator in Azure AD
  • Cloud PC Administrator
  • Global Administrator
• If you decide to alter or change the ANC, you will have to reprovision the Cloud PC, and it’s a destructive activity. Make sure you architect it properly
• You can delete your ANC however, you will have to update your cloud provisioning policy with the new ANC first, and then you can delete the existing ANC.

Connect to MS Graph API

Step 1 – Install the MS Graph Powershell Module

#Install Microsoft Graph Module
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> Install-Module Microsoft.Graph

Step 2 – Connect to scopes and specify which API you want to authenticate. If you are only doing read-only operations, I suggest you connect to “CloudPC.Read.All” in our case, we are creating the ANC, so we need to change the scope to “CloudPC.ReadWrite.All”

#Read-only
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "CloudPC.Read.All"
Welcome To Microsoft Graph!

OR

#Read-Write
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "CloudPC.ReadWrite.All"
Welcome To Microsoft Graph!

Step 3 – Choose between v1.0 (Generally Available) and Beta API versions. Note for Windows 365 Cloud PC, the API calls are BETA.

#Beta APIs
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> Select-MgProfile -Name "beta"

OR

#Production APIs (Not Applicable)
PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> Select-MgProfile -Name "v1.0"

Connect to Azure & Grab Details (Variable Region)

We are logging into Azure to grab all the details regarding to Resource Group, Subscription ID/Name, VNET and Subnets

• Connect to the Azure Portal using the necessary credentials
• Select the Azure Subscription that holds all the networking information
• A display name of the Azure Network Connection – ANC – (ANC-W365-Sub01)
• What is the join type of the ANC of the golden image virtual machine (azureADJoin)
• Resource Group ID of the existing resource group. You will have to enter the resource group name (W365-AVD-RG01), and it will get us the ID we need.
• Name of the existing subnet within the vNET (W365Workload-Sub01), and it will get us the ID we need.
• Name of the existing VNET used for the connection. You will have to enter the VNET name (W365-AVD-VNET01), and it will get us the ID we need.
• Connection to the MS Graph API and ensure you have the necessary write permissions.
• We are using the beta API for Cloud PC

# Connect to the Azure Subcription
Connect-AzAccount

# Get existing context
$currentAzContext = Get-AzContext

# Your subscription. This command gets your current subscription
$subscriptionID = $currentAzContext.Subscription.Id

# Your subscription. This command gets your current subscription name
$subscriptionName = $currentAzContext.Subscription.Name

# ANC Display Name
$ancdname = "ANC-W365-Sub01"

# Join Ype for the Azure Network Connection
# Two types Azure AD and Hyrbird "azureADJoin" or "hybridAzureADJoin"
$ancjointype = "azureADJoin"

# Get your Win365 Resouce Group id for RG Name - W365-AVD-RG01
# Put your RG Name
$win365RGID = Get-AzResourceGroup -Name "W365-AVD-RG01" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ResourceId

# Get your Azure VNET id used for Windows 365 Cloud PC
# Put your VNET Name
$win365VNETID = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name "W365-AVD-VNET01" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Id

# Get your Subnet ID within the Azure VNET for Windows 365 Cloud PC
# Put your VNET Name
$win365VNET = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name "W365-AVD-VNET01"

# Enter your Subnet Name
$win365SubID = Get-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name "W365Workload-Sub01" -VirtualNetwork $win365VNET | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Id

# Connec to MS Graph for Cloud PC W365
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "CloudPC.ReadWrite.All"

# Select Beta Profile for Cloud PC APIs
Select-MgProfile -Name "beta"

We shall pass the above variable into the final ANC creation.

Create the Azure Network Connection

We are creating a Azure Network Connection that includes the following:

• Display Name of the network – $ancdname
• Azure Subscription ID – $subscriptionID
• Azure Subscription Name – $subscriptionName
• Type – There are two types we are selecting Azure AD join – azureADJoin
• Resource Group ID – The resource group within Azure – $win365RGID
• Virtual Network ID – The VNET within Azure – $win365VNETID
• Subnet ID – The subnet for W365 within VNET – $win365SubID

# Create the ANC for Windows 365 with AAD join type
try
{
write-host "Create the ANC for Windows 365 with AAD join type"
$params = @{
    displayName = "$ancdname"
    subscriptionId = "$subscriptionID"
    type = "$ancjointype"
    subscriptionName = "$subscriptionName"
    resourceGroupId = "$win365RGID"
    virtualNetworkId = "$win365VNETID"
    subnetId = "$win365SubID"
}

New-MgDeviceManagementVirtualEndpointOnPremisesConnection -BodyParameter $params -Debug
}
catch
{
    Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow
}

Final Script

Here I will paste the entire script block for seamless execution in single run. Following is the link to my Github for this script – avdwin365mem/win365CreateANC at main · askaresh/avdwin365mem (github.com)

# Import module Az and MS Graph
Import-Module Az.Accounts
Install-Module Microsoft.Graph

# Connect to the Azure Subcription
Connect-AzAccount

# Get existing context
$currentAzContext = Get-AzContext

# Your subscription. This command gets your current subscription
$subscriptionID = $currentAzContext.Subscription.Id

# Your subscription. This command gets your current subscription name
$subscriptionName = $currentAzContext.Subscription.Name

# ANC Display Name
$ancdname = "ANC-W365-Sub01"

# Join Ype for the Azure Network Connection
# Two types Azure AD and Hyrbird "azureADJoin" or "hybridAzureADJoin"
$ancjointype = "azureADJoin"

# Get your Win365 Resouce Group id for RG Name - W365-AVD-RG01
# Put your RG Name
$win365RGID = Get-AzResourceGroup -Name "W365-AVD-RG01" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ResourceId

# Get your Azure VNET id used for Windows 365 Cloud PC
# Put your VNET Name
$win365VNETID = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name "W365-AVD-VNET01" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Id

# Get your Subnet ID within the Azure VNET for Windows 365 Cloud PC
# Put your VNET Name
$win365VNET = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name "W365-AVD-VNET01"

# Enter your Subnet Name
$win365SubID = Get-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name "W365Workload-Sub01" -VirtualNetwork $win365VNET | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Id

# Connec to MS Graph for Cloud PC W365
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "CloudPC.ReadWrite.All"

# Select Beta Profile for Cloud PC APIs
Select-MgProfile -Name "beta"

# Create the ANC for Windows 365 with AAD join type
try
{
write-host "Create the ANC for Windows 365 with AAD join type"
$params = @{
    displayName = "$ancdname"
    subscriptionId = "$subscriptionID"
    type = "$ancjointype"
    subscriptionName = "$subscriptionName"
    resourceGroupId = "$win365RGID"
    virtualNetworkId = "$win365VNETID"
    subnetId = "$win365SubID"
}

New-MgDeviceManagementVirtualEndpointOnPremisesConnection -BodyParameter $params -Debug
}
catch
{
    Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow
}

I hope you will find this helpful information for creating Azure Network Connection using PowerShell. Please let me know if I have missed any steps or details, and I will be happy to update the post.

Thanks,
Aresh Sarkari