Develop the expertise to deploy, secure, and manage Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop for modern hybrid work environments.

This course equips Azure administrators with the practical skills to design, implement, optimize, and maintain Azure Virtual Desktop environments that support remote work, improve operational efficiency, and simplify desktop management.

  • Why get trained: Learn how to plan Azure Virtual Desktop architecture, deploy host pools and session hosts, manage networking and storage, implement FSLogix, secure user access, optimize user experiences, automate administration, and monitor virtual desktop performance.
  • Why it matters: Azure administrators who can successfully deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop help improve security, simplify endpoint management, optimize resource utilization, and deliver a consistent user experience across devices.
  • Who should attend: Azure administrators, infrastructure engineers, virtualization specialists, cloud engineers, and IT professionals responsible for deploying or managing Azure Virtual Desktop environments.

Develop the practical skills to deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop environments and advance toward the Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification. HRD Corp Claimable.

Overview

Are you ready to be part of the solution to empower organizations in the shift to hybrid work?

The shift to hybrid work is an opportunity for organizations to rethink everything from the employee experience and talent to digital sales and events.

It starts with empowering employees for a more flexible work world. Earning the new Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification puts the spotlight on your skills in this evolving work environment, proving that you have subject matter expertise in planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure.

This official Azure certification course teaches Azure administrators how to plan, deliver, and manage virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure.

Students will learn through a mix of demonstrations and hands-on lab experiences deploying virtual desktop experiences and apps on Windows Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments.

Skills Covered

  • Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
  • Design the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
  • Design for User Identities and Profiles
  • Implement and Manage Networking for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Implement and Manage Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Create and Configure Host Pools and Session Hosts for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Create and Manage Session Host Image for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Manage Access for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Manage Security for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Implement and Manage FSLogix
  • Configure User Experience Settings
  • Install and Configure Apps on a Session Host
  • Monitor and Manage Performance and Health
  • Plan and Implement Updates, Backups, and Disaster Recovery

Prerequisites

AZ-900T00: Introduction to Microsoft Azure

Explore Azure and the cloud—whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned professional—and prepare to dive deeper into the many technical opportunities Azure offers. The Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification offers the basics you need to build your technical skills and your confidence.

 

Target Audience

Students for AZ-140T00: Configure and Operate Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop course are interested in delivering applications on Windows Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments.

As a Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop administrator, you will closely with the Azure Administrators and Architects, along with Microsoft 365 Administrators. Windows Virtual Desktop administrator responsibilities include planning, deploying, packaging, updating, and maintaining the Azure Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure.

They also create session host images, implement and manage FSLogix, monitor Windows Virtual Desktop performance, and automate Windows Virtual Desktop management tasks.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture

  • Introduction
  • Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise
  • Azure Virtual Desktop components
  • Personal and pooled desktops
  • Service updates for Azure Virtual Desktop desktops
  • Azure limitations for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Virtual machine sizing for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Azure Virtual Desktop pricing
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 2: Design the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture

  • Introduction
  • Assess network capacity and speed requirements for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Azure Virtual Desktop Experience Estimator
  • Recommend an operating system for an Azure Virtual Desktop implementation
  • Balancing host pools
  • Recommendations for using subscriptions and management groups
  • Configure a location for the Azure Virtual Desktop metadata
  • Recommend a configuration for performance requirements
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 3: Design for User Identities and Profiles

  • Introduction
  • Select an appropriate licensing model for Azure Virtual Desktop based on requirements
  • Personal and multi-session desktop scenarios
  • Recommend an appropriate storage solution
  • Plan for a desktop client deployment
  • Plan for Azure Virtual Desktop client deployment – Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
  • Windows Desktop client to multiple devices
  • Hybrid Identity with Microsoft Entra ID
  • Plan for Microsoft Entra Connect for user identities
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 4: Implement and Manage Networking for Azure Virtual Desktop

  • Introduction
  • Plan implement Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Shortpath
  • Analyze connection quality in Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) bandwidth requirements
  • RDP Shortpath for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • RDP Shortpath for Azure Virtual Desktop sample scenarios
  • Manage connectivity internet premises networks
  • Plan and implement an Azure Private Link solution for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Create an RDP connection to a Windows VM using Azure Bastion
  • Monitor troubleshoot Network Watcher
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 5: Implement and Manage Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop

  • Introduction
  • Plan storage for Azure Virtual Desktop user data
  • Azure storage management
  • Azure Files tiers
  • Azure NetApp Files tiers
  • Implement storage accounts for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 6: Create and Configure Host Pools and Session Hosts for Azure Virtual Desktop

  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Operating systems and Azure regions
  • Network and Remote Desktop client planning
  • Create a host pool
  • Create a host pool using the Azure portal
  • Add session hosts to a host pool
  • Customize Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties for a host pool
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 7: Create and Manage Session Host Image for Azure Virtual Desktop

  • Introduction
  • Create a Golden Image in Azure
  • Using Azure VM Image Builder
  • Create an Azure Virtual Desktop Image by Using VM Image Builder and PowerShell
  • Plan for Image Update and Management
  • Manage Licensing for Session Hosts That Run Windows Client
  • Install Language Packs in Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 8: Manage Access for Azure Virtual Desktop

  • Introduction
  • Selecting an Identity Strategy for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Selecting an Authentication Strategy for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Plan and Implement Azure Roles and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Assign RBAC Roles to the Azure Virtual Desktop Service Principals
  • Enforce Microsoft Entra Multifactor Authentication for Azure Virtual Desktop Using Conditional Access
  • Using Azure Virtual Desktop with Microsoft Intune
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 9: Manage Security for Azure Virtual Desktop

  • Introduction
  • Security Recommendations for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Connect Your Azure Subscriptions to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Azure Virtual Desktop Sessions
  • Apply Zero Trust Principles to an Azure Virtual Desktop Deployment
  • Plan and Implement Conditional Access Policies for Connections to Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Security Posture Management and Threat Protection
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 10: Implement and Manage FSLogix

  • Introduction
  • Overview of FSLogix
  • Understand FSLogix Containers
  • Configure FSLogix Profile Containers
  • Configure FSLogix Office Containers
  • Configure Profile Containers with Cloud Cache
  • Using FSLogix Apps RuleEditor and Rule Sets
  • Create and Implement Rule Sets for Application Masking
  • Implement Azure NetApp Files for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 11: Configure User Experience Settings

  • Introduction
  • Connect to Azure Virtual Desktop with the Remote Desktop Client for Windows
  • Configure Session Timeout Properties
  • Implement the Start Virtual Machine on Connect Feature
  • Configure Universal Print
  • Configure Device Redirections
  • Troubleshoot Azure Virtual Desktop Clients
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 12: Install and Configure Apps on a Session Host

  • Introduction
  • Create and Configure an Application Group
  • Assign Users to Application Groups
  • Publish an Application as a RemoteApp
  • Implement and Manage OneDrive (Including Multisession Environments)
  • Implement and Manage Microsoft Teams for Remote Desktop
  • Implement and Manage Microsoft 365 Apps on Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts
  • Configure Dynamic Application Delivery Using App Attach or MSIX App Attach
  • Create an Application Package for App Attach or MSIX App Attach
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 13: Monitor and Manage Performance and Health

  • Introduction
  • Configure Log Collection and Analysis for Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts
  • 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
  • Implement Scaling Plans in Host Pools
  • Optimize Capacity and Performance
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 14: Plan and Implement Updates, Backups, and Disaster Recovery

  • Introduction
  • Disaster Recovery for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Design and Implement a Backup Strategy for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Monitor Costs by Using Azure Cost Management
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

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Exam & Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty

With today’s mobile and remote work environments, organizations around the world need professionals who have what it takes to plan, implement, monitor, and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop architecture and infrastructure. And these pros know how to help ensure that this virtualization platform is secure, scalable, and easy to manage.

If this sounds like you, skill up, pass Exam AZ-140, and celebrate your Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification, as you become part of the solution to empower organizations and to deliver seamless, high-performance experiences on Azure.

This Microsoft Official Course prepares students for Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification exam. The AZ-140 exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: plan a Azure Virtual Desktop architecture; implement a Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure; manage access and security; manage user environments and apps; and monitor and maintain a Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure.

Training & Certification Guide

Candidates for the Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification are administrators with subject matter expertise in planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure.

Responsibilities for this role include deploying virtual desktop experiences and apps to Azure.
Professionals in this role deliver applications on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimize them to run
in multi-session virtual environments. To deliver these experiences, they work closely with Azure
administrators and architects, along with Microsoft 365 administrators.

  • Plan an Azure Virtual Desktop architecture
  • Implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure
  • Manage access and security
  • Manage user environments and apps
  • Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop
    infrastructure

Candidates for this certification should have experience in Azure technologies, including virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backups, resilience, and disaster recovery. They should understand on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies as they relate to migrating to Windows Virtual Desktop.

These professionals use the Azure portal and Azure Resource Manager templates to accomplish many of their tasks. They might use PowerShell and Azure Command-Line Interface
(CLI) for more efficient automation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Earning a Microsoft Certification is globally recognized and industry-endorsed evidence of mastering real world skills. It shows you demonstrate proficiency in keeping pace with technology. It’s a career move that yields many positive results.

Getting a Microsoft Certification is also a great way to break into the tech industry. A Microsoft Certification immediately confers a level of authority and expertise, especially helpful for someone new to the industry.

The number of questions on a certification exam is subject to change as Microsoft make updates to ensure it aligns with current changes in the technology and job role. Most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain between 40-60 questions; and around 60-140 minutes.

Starting June 30 2021, all newly earned role-based and specialty certifications will be valid for one year from the date the certification was earned.

To stay up to date, IT pros are constantly learning and adding skills. The IDC study concluded that Microsoft Learning Partners are well positioned to help organizations achieve their business and learning goals. The IT leaders who were surveyed found the most value from a Learning Partner that provides:

  • An end-to-end solution which starts with identifying skill gaps, simplifies the learning experience, and finishes by evaluating how well the Learning Partner met the organization goals.
  • Scale, flexibility, and speed to train teams of any size, in any location, amid changing circumstances.
  • Value-added services, such as hands-on labs, classroom training, and custom content that help the skills development program succeed.
  • High-quality content and delivery, meaning accurate, relevant courseware, top-notch instructors, and a path to certification, if needed.

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