AZ-140T00-A: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

Prepare to pass the AZ-140: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty Certification Exam

Course Description

This course teaches Azure administrators how to plan, deliver, and manage virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure. Lessons include implementing and managing networking for Azure Virtual Desktop, configuring host pools and session hosts, creating session host images, implementing, and managing FSLogix, monitoring Azure Virtual Desktop performance and health, and automating Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks. Students will learn through a mix of demonstrations and hands-on lab experiences deploying virtual desktop experiences and apps on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments. Candidates of this course must have solid Azure administration skills. This course assumes prior experience, including virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backup and restore, and disaster recovery. Students should have knowledge of on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies as they relate to migrating to Azure Virtual Desktop. Students are expected to have used the tools common to the Azure environment, such as the Azure PowerShell and Cloud Shell.

Audience Profile
Students for AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop are interested in delivering applications on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments. As an Azure Virtual Desktop administrator, you will closely with the Azure Administrators and Architects, along with Microsoft 365 Administrators. Azure Virtual Desktop administrator responsibilities include planning, deploying, packaging, updating, and maintaining the Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure. They also create session host images, implement and manage FSLogix, monitor Azure Virtual Desktop performance, and automate Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks.

About this Course

Course Outline

Skills at a glance

Plan and implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure (40–45%)
Plan and implement identity and security (15–20%)
Plan and implement user environments and apps (20–25%)
Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure (10–15%)

Plan and implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure (40–45%)

Plan, implement, and manage networking for Azure Virtual Desktop

Assess network capacity and speed requirements for Azure Virtual Desktop
Calculate and recommend a configuration for network requirements
Plan and implement Azure virtual network connectivity
Manage connectivity to the internet and on-premises networks
Plan and implement Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Shortpath and quality of service (QoS) policies
Plan and implement Azure Private Link with Azure Virtual Desktop
Plan and implement name resolution for Azure Virtual Desktop
Monitor and troubleshoot network connectivity

Plan and implement storage for Azure Virtual Desktop user data

Plan storage for Azure Virtual Desktop user data
Implement storage for FSLogix components
Implement storage accounts
Implement file shares
Implement Azure NetApp Files

Plan host pools and session hosts

Recommend resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
Recommend an operating system (OS) for an Azure Virtual Desktop implementation
Recommend an appropriate licensing model for Azure Virtual Desktop based on requirements
Plan a host pools architecture
Calculate and recommend a configuration for performance requirements
Calculate and recommend a configuration for Azure Virtual Machines capacity requirements

Implement host pools and session hosts

Create host pools and session hosts by using the Azure portal
Automate creation of Azure Virtual Desktop hosts and host pools by using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates), and Bicep
Configure host pool and session host settings
Apply a Windows client or Windows Server license to a session host

Create and manage session host images

Create a golden image manually
Create a golden image by using Azure virtual machine Image Builder
Modify a session host image
Plan and implement lifecycle management for images
Apply OS and application updates to an image
Create a session host by using a golden image
Plan and implement image storage
Create and manage Azure Compute Gallery

Plan and implement identity and security (15–20%)

Plan and implement identity integration

Choose an identity management and authentication method
Identify Azure Virtual Desktop requirements for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Microsoft Entra Domain Services, and Microsoft Entra ID
Plan and implement Azure roles and role-based access control (RBAC) for Azure Virtual Desktop
Plan and implement Conditional Access policies for connections to Azure Virtual Desktop
Plan and implement multifactor authentication in Azure Virtual Desktop
Manage roles, groups, and rights assignments on Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts

Plan and implement security

Plan, implement, and manage security for Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus for session hosts
Implement and manage network security for connections to Azure Virtual Desktop
Configure Azure Bastion or just-in-time (JIT) for administrative access to session hosts
Plan and implement Windows Threat Protection features on Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts, including Windows Defender Application Control
Plan for and implement Confidential VM and Trusted Launch security features for Azure Virtual Desktop host pool provisioning

Plan and implement user environments and apps (20–25%)

Plan and implement FSLogix

Recommend FSLogix configuration
Install and configure FSLogix
Configure Profile Containers
Configure Office Containers
Configure Cloud Cache

Plan and implement user experience and client settings

Choose an Azure Virtual Desktop client and deployment method
Deploy and troubleshoot Azure Virtual Desktop clients
Configure device redirection
Configure multimedia redirection
Configure printing and Universal Print
Configure user settings through Group Policy and Microsoft Intune policies
Configure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties on a host pool
Configure session timeout properties
Implement the Start Virtual Machine on Connect feature
Assign and unassign personal desktops for users

Install and configure apps on a session host

Choose a method for deploying an app to Azure Virtual Desktop
Configure dynamic application delivery by using MSIX app attach
Publish an application as a RemoteApp
Implement FSLogix application masking
Implement and manage OneDrive, including multisession environments
Implement and manage Microsoft Teams, including the Remote Desktop WebRTC Redirector Service
Implement and manage Microsoft 365 apps on Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts
Implement and manage browsers for Azure Virtual Desktop sessions
Create and configure an application group
Assign users to application groups

Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure (10–15%)

Monitor and manage Azure Virtual Desktop services

Configure log collection and analysis for Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts
Configure Azure Virtual Desktop monitoring by using Azure Monitor
Monitor Azure Virtual Desktop by using Azure Monitor
Customize Azure Monitor workbooks for Azure Virtual Desktop Insights
Monitor Azure Virtual Desktop by using Azure Advisor
Optimize session host capacity and performance
Implement autoscaling in host pools
Monitor and manage active sessions and application groups
Configure automation for Azure Virtual Desktop
Automate management of host pools, session hosts, and user sessions by using PowerShell and Azure CLI

Plan, implement, and maintain business continuity

Recommend an update strategy for session hosts
Plan and implement a disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop
Plan for multi-region implementation
Design a backup strategy for Azure Virtual Desktop
Configure backup and restore for FSLogix user profiles, personal virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs), and golden images