What is required for an Azure Storage account to store MSIX app files for Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts?

For Azure Storage accounts to effectively store MSIX app files for Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts, joining the storage account to the contoso.com domain is crucial. This allows for proper identity and access management in a hybrid scenario, ensuring that the resources within Azure can interact securely and appropriately with on-premises assets or domain-joined environments.

By integrating the storage account with a domain, it enables the usage of Azure Active Directory (AD) for authentication and granular access control, which is necessary for deploying applications securely in a multi-user environment like Azure Virtual Desktop. This is particularly important because MSIX applications rely on certain permissions and access configurations to operate correctly when hosted in this environment.

Enabling hierarchical namespace, large file shares, or network file system v3, while beneficial for enhancing storage capabilities and performance, does not specifically relate to the requirements for storing MSIX app files. These features can improve management and usability but do not address the core requirement regarding domain join for accessing and securing the stored applications in Azure Virtual Desktop scenarios.