AZ-140 Configure & Operate Azure Virtual Desktop Exam Prep

Name: AZ-140 Configure & Operate Azure Virtual Desktop Exam Prep
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Lead Azure Virtual Desktop - AVD (previously WVD) Projects from A to Z. Prepare for the Microsoft Specialty Exam AZ-140.

Created byKal Demeri, Kal Clouds

Last updated 1/2022

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What you'll learn

Master planning and implementing virtualized desktops and applications on the Azure cloud
Pass the Microsoft AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop exam
Manage Azure Virtual Desktop Identity, Compute and User Profiles deployment options and scenarios
Deploy a customized workspace with virtual desktop remote apps
Configuring Azure AD Identity & Groups for AVD
Create & Configure FSLogix Profile Container with Azure Files Share
Create a Custom VM image for Windows Virtual Desktop
Configure a pooled Host Pool using the custom MultiSession image
Configure a Personal host pool for personal desktops
Secure, manage, maintain, and monitor Azure Virtual Desktop environments
Azure Virtual Desktop licensing and Cost Estimation

Course content

11 sections • 87 lectures • 7h 3m total length

Introduction1:38
Explore planning and implementing Azure virtual desktops on the cloud, covering architecture, deployment strategies, security, monitoring, and optimization, with a hands-on project demonstration from end to end.
Exercise: Azure Virtual Desktop Experience Estimator2:19
Azure Cost Estimation Tool - Azure Calculator6:47
Exercise: Use the Azure Calculator0:15
Azure Virtual Desktop is Windows Virtual Desktop New Name0:09
Udemy - Check lectures resources - How to0:04
Using Udemy Video Player0:07

What is Azure Virtual Desktop8:27
Traditional VDI/RDS VS Azure Virtual Desktop3:28
Explore the difference between traditional VDI/RDS and Azure Windows virtual desktop, comparing infrastructure as a service with platform as a service and covering licensing, maintenance, and image management.
Azure Virtual Desktop Design and Architecture5:48
Azure Virtual Desktop Management9:43
Azure Virtual Desktop Environment6:16
Windows 10 Enterprise Multi-Session5:04
Azure Virtual Desktop

Prerequisites and Deployment Components4:41
Identity Deployment Options5:25
Compute Deployment Options1:31
Load Balancing Options4:07
Users Profiles Deployment Options - FSLogix9:58
Exercise: What Licenses are needed?0:16
Virtual Machine Sizing Recommendations6:17
WVD Network Guidelines4:58
Remote Desktop Clients to Connect to AVD Resources3:14
Cost & Licensing11:28
Assess Azure virtual desktop cost and licensing, covering compute, storage, and networking, and use the Adjure calculator to estimate scenarios and licensing options.
Microsoft Pricing Example Scenarios7:57
Review Windows Virtual Desktop pricing scenarios with Azure, comparing personal and multi-session workloads, graphics and Office use cases, and learn to estimate costs using the Azure calculator.
Azure Virtual Desktop Planning

Create Storage Account3:39
Create an Azure storage account in east US within the profiles resource group using a unique name and standard locally redundant storage to support the user profile file share.
Create Azure file share2:31
Install the AzFilesHybrid Module4:37
Enable Active Directory Authentication for the Storage Account5:54
Verify Azure Storage account Registration with Active Directory domain2:12
Azure built-in roles for File Share permissions4:13
Configure File Share Permissions6:04
Configure NTFS permissions for the file share6:28
Mount the file share on the domain controller, configure ntfs permissions with the storage account key, and apply granular file-level access using groups alongside azure built-in rules.
Create FSLogix Containers & Configure NTFS permissions6:15
Migrate local profiles into Azure Storage2:21
Implement & Manage Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop

Create a new Azure VM4:00
Prepare the VM Image & Configure FSLogix for the VM7:33
Generalize the VM using Sysprep1:41
Create a managed Azure VM image from the VM3:13
Create a managed Azure VM image from a stopped custom virtual machine by capturing, generalizing the Windows operating system, naming the image, and saving it to the existing resource group.
Shared Image Galleries6:45
Generalized and Specialized images

Create a Pooled Host Pool10:27
Use a friendly name for the Pooled workspace3:59
Assign a friendly name to the pooled workspace and tailor connection options, session behavior, load balancing, and display settings for default desktop and its application groups in Azure Virtual Desktop.
Assign an Azure AD group to the Pooled Application group1:32
Explore the Pooled setup and Connect to AVD9:22
Explore the pooled Azure Virtual Desktop setup and connect end users to AVD with a remote desktop client. See multi-session access and user profiles stored on Azure file share.
Host pool configuration
Create a New Application Group2:08
Add Remote Apps to the Application Group5:07
Connect to the Remote Apps3:09
Create a Personal Host Pool6:06
Assign an Azure AD group to the Personal Application group1:59
Explore the Personal Setup and Connect to AVD7:41
Adding existing VMs to session host pool
Create Host Pools with Azure Active Directory Domain Services Identity3:15
Learn the difference in creating host pools for windows virtual desktop when using azure active directory domain services, and how to join machines with a domain administrator account.
Implement Autoscaling in Host Pools1:25
Enable autoscaling in Azure Virtual Desktop host pools using a Microsoft script to start and stop session hosts by business hours and session demand, reducing costs.
Create & Configure Host pools, Session hosts & Application groups

Azure Virtual Desktop Security - Introduction2:21
Azure AD and AD Plans - Explained6:33
Azure Role Based Access Control (RBAC)8:05
Master Azure role based access control (rbac) and how owner, contributor, and reader roles govern access across subscriptions, resource groups, and resources, including role assignments and inheritance.
MFA - Multifactor Authentication for Azure Virtual Desktop6:47
Implement MFA for AVD Users4:49
Plan Conditional Access Policies5:14
Plan conditional access policies that leverage signals from Azure Active Directory to evaluate user, device, location, and app context, enforce policies, and make risk-based decisions, including what-if simulations.
Implement Conditional Access Policies14:13
Conditional Access policy
Security Center and Azure Defender5:49
Enable Azure Defender & Configure Endpoint Protection8:47
Enable Azure Defender and configure endpoint protection through the Security Center, review actionable recommendations, enable MFA, deploy required agents, and enable auto provisioning for comprehensive protection.
Configure Device Redirection to Protect Corporate Data2:58
Manage Access and Security

Apps Management Options2:43
FSLogix Application Masking2:46
Show how FSLogix application masking uses a single image with all apps and real-time entitlements, and outline a four-step deployment: create a ruleset, assign to an entity, and deploy.
Deliver Applications Using MSIX app attach Introduction6:30
MSIX app attach - Deployment Break Down4:05
Learn to deploy apps with MSIX app attach by preparing an image, uploading it to an Azure file share, then publishing to an app group with users.
MSIX app attach – Deployment Part 17:00
MSIX app attach – Deployment Part 25:09
Universal Print for Azure Virtual Desktop3:49
Discover the universal print service for Azure Virtual Desktop: a cloud-based solution integrated with Azure Active Directory, enabling single sign-on, connectors for non-compatible printers, and Microsoft 365 subscription requirements.
Manage Session Hosts using Azure Bastion6:11
Manage User Environments and Apps

Disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop6:12
Cloud Cache for Azure Virtual Desktop3:25
Discover how cloud cache for Azure Virtual Desktop uses a local cache to provide real-time profile replication, business continuity during connectivity loss, and seamless failover.
Azure Virtual Desktop Monitoring - Introduction1:33
Requirements and Permissions2:55
Configure azure virtual desktop monitoring by enabling arm-based or azure resource management, designating a log analytics workspace, and collecting diagnostics, performance counters, and windows event logs with read access permissions.
Create a Log Analytics Workspace2:51
Configure the Log Analytics workspace2:16
Configure the Log Analytics workspace to collect data from virtual machines by enabling the workspace and installing the inside solution that collects performance counters and metrics.
Configure Diagnostics Settings for AVD Resources4:53
Onboard Session Host VMs into Log Analytics & Azure Monitor6:01
Add Performance Counters and Event Logs5:37
Azure Advisor for AVD4:34
Monitor and Maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Azure resources: Azure compute, network and Storage
Basic knowledge of Virtual Desktop Concepts and technologies

Description

Learn how to design and architect an Azure Virtual Desktop solution in Microsoft Azure Cloud, including: the design, deployment scenarios, implementation and even the licensing and Cost Estimation. This course includes an A to Z Azure Virtual Desktop (previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop) project demonstration in Azure Cloud, so you can see how to implement an actual AVD solution from scratch starting from the identity setup and going through the personal and pooled Host pools, Users profiles, permissions, application groups, custom VM image creation, FSLogix, Security, Monitoring, App management and Virtual Desktops.

At the end of this course you will be able to design and implement Azure Virtual Desktop solutions as well as determining the cost of running this kind of solutions in Microsoft Azure Cloud.

This course covers all the topics needed to prepare you for the Microsoft specialty exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop. Passing the exam will grant you the 'Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty' certificate.

The AZ-140 exam measures the student 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.

Who this course is for:

Architects, Administrator or IT people who are looking to advance their career by gaining the practical experience/skills needed to lead Azure Virtual Desktop projects
People who want to be Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty by using this course as a resource to prepare for the Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop
People who want to explore new areas and earn new skills to expand the scope of their opportunities

AZ-140 Configure & Operate Azure Virtual Desktop Exam Prep

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Course content

Quick Start7 lectures • 11min

Azure Virtual Desktop Overview6 lectures • 39min

Plan an Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture11 lectures • 1hr

Manage & Implement Identity for Azure Virtual Desktop6 lectures • 43min

Implement & Manage Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop10 lectures • 44min

Create and Manage Session Host Images5 lectures • 23min

Create & Configure Host pools, Session hosts & Application groups12 lectures • 56min

Manage Access and Security10 lectures • 1hr 6min

Manage User Environments and Apps8 lectures • 38min

Monitor and Maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure10 lectures • 40min

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