About

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 Azure Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments.

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.

Skills gained

• Select an appropriate licensing model for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Implement networking for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Manage Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts by using Azure Bastion
• Configure storage for FSLogix components
• Create and manage session host images
• Implement Azure roles and role-based access control (RBAC) for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Configure user Azure Virtual Desktop experience settings
• Install and configure apps on a session host
• Implement business continuity and disaster recovery
• Monitor and manage Azure Virtual Desktop performance

Course outline

• Module 1: Plan an Azure Virtual Desktop Implementation
• Module 2: Implement an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• Module 3: Manage Access and Security
• Module 4: Manage User Environments and Apps
• Module 5: Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop 

Boštjan Križnič, MCT