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MS-AZ140T00: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop
Course Code: MS-AZ140T00
This 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.
Students for AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure are interested in delivering applications on Windows Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments. As a Windows 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.
Before attending this course, delegates should have:
- Solid Azure Administration Skills: Experience with Azure technologies, including compute, networking, identity, storage, resiliency, and backup/restore.
- Virtualization Experience: Knowledge of on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies and experience with virtualization.
- Networking Knowledge: Understanding of networking concepts and implementation.
- Identity Management: Familiarity with identity management in Azure.
- Scripting and Command-Line Tools: Proficiency in using Azure PowerShell and Cloud Shell.
- End-User Desktop Management: Experience managing end-user desktop environments, including delivering applications and configuring user settings.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Select an appropriate licensing model for Windows Virtual Desktop
- Implement networking for Windows Virtual Desktop
- Manage Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts by using Azure Bastion
This course will prepare delegates to write the Microsoft AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure exam.
Modules
Azure Virtual Desktop manages the infrastructure and brokering components, while customers manage their own desktop host virtual machines (VMs) and clients. Microsoft manages the Remote Connection Gateway, and Connection Broker services as part of Azure.
Lessons
- 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.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the Azure Virtual Desktop components.
- Describe the Azure Virtual Desktop architecture.
- Choose between personal and pooled desktops.
- Identify the Azure limitations for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Describe the options for Azure Virtual Desktop pricing.
Azure Virtual Desktop design requires that you assess network capacity and speed requirements, select a load-balancing method for your Azure Virtual Desktop deployment, and choose the right Windows Desktop client.
Lessons
- 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.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Assess network capacity and speed requirements for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Determine the connection round-trip time (RTT) from a location through the Azure Virtual Desktop service.
- Recommend an operating system for an Azure Virtual Desktop implementation.
- Describe the two load-balancing methods for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Recommendation subscriptions and management groups for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Recommend a configuration for performance requirements.
Your users require access to those applications both on-premises and in the cloud. You use the Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop to access Windows apps and desktops remotely from a different Windows device.
Lessons
- 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.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Select a licensing model for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Describe personal and multi-session desktop scenarios.
- Plan a storage solution storing FSLogix profile containers.
- Plan for a Desktop client deployment
- Deploy Windows Desktop client to multiple devices.
- Describe Hybrid Identity for Azure Virtual Desktop.
See how to monitor and repair health of their Azure Virtual Desktop including virtual machines, virtual networks, application gateways, and load balancers.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Implement Azure virtual network connectivity.
- Manage connectivity to the internet and on-premises networks.
- Understanding Azure Virtual Desktop network connectivity.
- Implement and manage network security for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Configure Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts using Azure Bastion.
- Monitor and troubleshoot network connectivity for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Plan and implement Remote Desktop Protocol Shortpath.
- Configure Remote Desktop Protocol Shortpath for managed networks.
- Configure Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security for RDP Shortpath.
- Plan and implement Quality of Service for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Recommend a solution for Azure Virtual Desktop network connectivity.
- Implement Azure virtual network connectivity for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Describe network security for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Configure Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts using Microsoft Bastion.
- Monitor communication between a virtual machine and an endpoint.
FSLogix roams profiles in remote computing environments, such as Azure Virtual Desktop. You set up a FSLogix profile container share for a host pool using a virtual machine-based file share.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Storage for FSLogix components.
- Configure storage for FSLogix components.
- Configure storage accounts.
- Create file shares.
- Configure disks.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan and implement a disaster recovery plan for WVD
- Choose appropriate storage for FSLogix components.
- Configure storage for FSLogix components.
- Configure storage accounts for Azure Files.
- Configure a new managed data disk to a Windows virtual machine for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Create file shares for storages account for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Verify autoscaling of Windows Virtual Desktop session host.
See how to configure the assignment type of a personal desktop host pool to adjust your Azure Virtual Desktop environment to better suit your needs.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Automate creation of an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool using PowerShell.
- Configure host pool assignment type.
- Customize Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties for a host pool.
- Manage licensing for session hosts that run Windows client.
- Deploying Microsoft Entra joined virtual machines in Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure host pool assignment type.
- Automate creation of an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool using PowerShell.
- Customize Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties for a host pool.
- Manage licensing for session hosts that run Windows client.
A Shared Image Gallery simplifies custom image sharing across your organization. Custom images can be used to bootstrap deployment tasks like preloading applications, application configurations, and other OS configurations.
Lessons
- 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
- Knowledge check
- Summary
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a managed VM image for an Azure Virtual Desktop-specific configuration.
- Modify a session host image.
- Plan for image update and management.
- Create and use a Shared Image Gallery (SIG) for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Install language packs in Azure Virtual Desktop.
Azure Virtual Desktop uses Azure role-based access controls (RBAC) to assign roles to users and admins. Azure Virtual Desktop has additional roles that let you separate management roles for host pools, app groups, and workspaces.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Automate creation of an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool using PowerShell.
- Configure host pool assignment type.
- Customize Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties for a host pool.
- Manage licensing for session hosts that run Windows client.
- Deploying Microsoft Entra joined virtual machines in Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure host pool assignment type.
- Automate creation of an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool using PowerShell.
- Customize Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties for a host pool.
- Manage licensing for session hosts that run Windows client.
The Windows client for Azure Virtual Desktop integrates Azure Virtual Desktop on local machines. You’ll learn the critical actions for keeping your users safe.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Plan and implement Conditional Access policies for connections to Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Plan and implement multifactor authentication (MFA) in Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Understand Conditional Access policy components.
- Manage security by using Azure Security Center.
- Security posture management and threat protection.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan and implement Conditional Access policies for connections to Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Plan and implement multifactor authentication (MFA) in Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Understand Conditional Access policy components.
- Manage security by using Azure Security Center.
- Understand Microsoft Defender Antivirus for session hosts.
A user profile contains data elements about a user information like desktop settings, persistent network connections, and application settings.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Plan for FSLogix.
- FSLogix profile containers and Azure files.
- Install FSLogix.
- Storage options for FSLogix profile containers.
- Profile Container vs Office Container.
- Configure Office Containers.
- Installing Microsoft Office using FSLogix application containers.
- Configure Cloud Cache.
- Configure Profile Containers.
- Create a profile container with Azure NetApp Files and capacity pool.
- Manage Rule Sets and application masking.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan for FSLogix.
- Recommend best practices for FSLogix profile containers and Azure files.
- Install FXLogix.
- Recommend storage options for FSLogix profile containers.
- Configure Cloud Cache.
- Configure Profile Containers.
- Manage Rule Sets and application masking.
A user profile contains data elements about a user information like desktop settings, persistent network connections, and application settings.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Virtual desktop optimization principles.
- Persistent virtual desktop environments.
- Configure user settings through group policies.
- Configure user settings through Endpoint Manager policies.
- Configure session timeout properties.
- Configure device redirections.
- Configure Universal Print.
- Implement the Start Virtual Machine on Connect feature.
- Troubleshoot user profile issues.
- Troubleshoot Azure Virtual Desktop clients.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure user settings through group policies for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Configure user settings through Endpoint Manager policies for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Configure session timeout properties for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Configure device redirections for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Configure Universal Print.
- Troubleshoot user profile issues.
MSIX app attach is a way to deliver MSIX applications to both physical and virtual machines. MSIX app attach is different from regular MSIX because it’s specifically for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- MSIX app attach.
- How MSIX app attach works.
- Set up a file share for MSIX app attach.
- Upload MSIX images to Azure NetApp Files in Azure Virtual Desktop.
- How to configure apps for users.
- Using the OneDrive sync app on virtual desktops.
- Using Microsoft Teams on Azure Virtual desktop.
- Publish built-in apps in Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Troubleshoot application issues for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Knowledge check.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe MSIX app attach for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Explain how MSIX app attach works.
- Set up a file share for MSIX app attach.
- Use the OneDrive sync app on Azure Virtual Desktops.
- Use Microsoft Teams on Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Publish built-in apps in Azure Virtual Desktop.
For Azure Virtual Desktop issues, check Azure Advisor first. Azure Advisor will give you directions for how to solve the problem or at least point you towards a resource that can help.
Lessons
- 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
- Knowledge check
- Summary
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how to monitor Azure Virtual Desktop by using Azure Monitor.
- How to use Log Analytics workspace for Azure Monitor.
- How to monitor Azure Virtual Desktop by using Azure Advisor.
- How to resolve Azure Advisor recommendations.
- How to diagnose graphics performance issues.
You can replicate your virtual machines (VMs) to the secondary location for Azure Virtual Desktop. You use Azure Site Recovery to manage replicating VMs in other Azure locations.
Lessons
- Introduction
- Disaster recovery for Azure Virtual Desktop
- Design and implement a backup strategy for Azure Virtual Desktop
- Monitor costs by using Azure Cost Management
- Knowledge check
- Summary
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure virtual machine (VM) replication for Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Configure FSLogix for multiple profile locations.