Merge pull request #245276 from dknappettmsft/avd-whats-new-may-june-july-2023

AVD what's new May, June, July 2023

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articles/virtual-desktop/whats-new.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: What's new in Azure Virtual Desktop? - Azure
 description: New features and product updates for Azure Virtual Desktop.
 author: Heidilohr
 ms.topic: release-notes
-ms.date: 06/03/2023
+ms.date: 07/18/2023
 ms.author: helohr
 ms.reviewer: thhickli; darank
 manager: femila
@@ -23,6 +23,52 @@ Make sure to check back here often to keep up with new updates.
 > [!TIP]
 > See [What's new in documentation](whats-new-documentation.md), where we highlight new and updated articles for Azure Virtual Desktop.
 
+## July 2023
+
+Here's what changed in July 2023:
+
+### Autoscale for personal host pools is currently in preview
+
+Autoscale for personal host pools is now in preview. Autoscale lets you scale your session host virtual machines (VMs) in a host pool up or down according to a schedule to optimize deployment costs.
+
+To learn more about autoscale for personal host pools, see [Autoscale scaling plans and example scenarios in Azure Virtual Desktop](autoscale-scenarios.md).
+
+### Confidential VMs are now generally available in Azure Virtual Desktop
+
+Confidential VM and Trusted Launch security features for Azure Virtual Desktop host pool provisioning are now generally available.
+
+Azure confidential virtual machines (VMs) offer VM memory encryption with integrity protection, which strengthens guest protections to deny the hypervisor and other host management components code access to the VM memory and state. For more information about the security benefits of confidential VMs, see our [confidential computing documentation](../confidential-computing/confidential-vm-overview.md).  
+
+Trusted Launch protects against advanced and persistent attack techniques. This feature allows you to securely deploy your VMs with verified boot loaders, OS kernels, and drivers. Trusted Launch also protects keys, certificates, and secrets in VMs. For more information about the benefits of Trusted Launch, see our [Trusted Launch documentation](../virtual-machines/trusted-launch.md). Trusted Launch is now enabled by default for all Windows images used with Azure Virtual Desktop.
+
+For more information about this announcement, see [Announcing General Availability of confidential VMs in Azure Virtual Desktop](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-confidential-vms-in-azure/ba-p/3857974). 
+
+### Private Link with Azure Virtual Desktop is now generally available
+
+Private Link with Azure Virtual Desktop allows users to establish secure connections to remote resources using private endpoints. With Private Link, traffic between your virtual network and the Azure Virtual Desktop service is routed through the Microsoft *backbone* network. This routing eliminates the need to expose your service to the public internet, enhancing the overall security of your infrastructure. By keeping traffic within this protected network, Private Link adds an extra layer of security for your Azure Virtual Desktop environment. For more information about Private Link, see [Azure Private Link with Azure Virtual Desktop](private-link-overview.md) or read [our blog post](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop-blog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-private-link-for-azure/ba-p/3874429). 
+
+## June 2023
+
+Here's what changed in June 2023:
+
+### Azure Virtual Desktop Insights support for the Azure Monitor Agent now in preview
+
+Azure Virtual Desktop Insights is a dashboard built on Azure Monitor workbooks that helps IT professionals understand their Azure Virtual Desktop environments. Azure Virtual Desktops Insights support for the Azure Monitor agent is now in preview. For more information see [Use Azure Virtual Desktop Insights to monitor your deployment](insights.md?tabs=monitor).
+
+### Administrative template for Azure Virtual Desktop now available in Intune
+
+We've created an administrative template for Azure Virtual Desktop to help you configure certain features in Azure Virtual Desktop. This administrative template is now available in Intune, which enables you to centrally configure session hosts that are enrolled in Intune and joined to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) or hybrid Azure AD joined.
+
+For more information see [Administrative template for Azure Virtual Desktop](administrative-template.md?tabs=intune).
+
+## May 2023
+
+Here's what changed in May 2023: 
+
+### Custom image templates is now in preview 
+
+Custom image templates is now in  preview. Custom image templates help you easily create a custom image that you can use when deploying session host VMs. With custom images, you can standardize the configuration of your session host VMs for your organization. Custom image templates is built on [Azure Image Builder](../virtual-machines/image-builder-overview.md) and tailored for Azure Virtual Desktop. For more information about the preview, check out [Custom image templates](custom-image-templates.md) or read [our blog post](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop-blog/announcing-the-public-preview-of-azure-virtual-desktop-custom/ba-p/3784361).
+
 ## April 2023
 
 Here's what changed in April 2023: