AZ-140 Azure Virtual Desktop Course Certification - AVD 2025

Understand how security and regulation govern Azure Virtual Desktop deployments, including conditional access, policies, data regionalization, and Azure Active Directory integration to meet industry requirements.

Leverage Azure Virtual Desktop to enable mergers and acquisitions with shared gallery images, delivering organization-specific applications and host pool access at minimal cost through back-end integration.

Organizations can support a flexible and temporary workforce by scaling Azure Virtual Desktop up or down with automation, and enforcing bring-your-own-device access controls to protect data.

Explore how Azure Virtual Desktop enables cost savings by using existing Windows 10 license or M 365 license, delivering multi-session access and autoscaling to reduce compute, storage, and network costs.

Explore prerequisites for Azure Virtual Desktop deployment, including operating systems, virtualization, Azure cloud infrastructure, storage, networking, Azure Active Directory, and disaster recovery concepts.

Identify Azure Virtual Desktop prerequisites by selecting an identity provider (Azure AD, AD DS on Azure, or on-prem AD via VPN), credentials and profile redirection with Azure Files or NetApp.

Explore three identity prerequisites for Azure Virtual Desktop authentication: hybrid with Windows Server Active Directory and AD Connect, Azure AD Domain Services, and Azure AD joined virtual machines.

Implement Azure virtual desktop infrastructure by addressing networking components, storage requirements, and creating the first host pool with session hosts.

Prepare your environment for Azure Virtual Desktop by creating the required resource groups for shared resources, domain services, security and monitoring, and networking in West Europe.

Create an azure virtual network in West Europe, choose a private IP range such as 172.16, and configure subnets for AV and domain services, with security disabled to save costs.

Configure storage for Azure Virtual Desktop by choosing premium or standard Azure file shares or Azure NetApp Files, then join to AD DS to enable Fslogix and AVD.

Configure two storage accounts for Azure Virtual Desktop—one for diagnostics and VM troubleshooting and one for Fslogix user profiles—linked via a private endpoint and private DNS zone in West Europe.

Configure VNet peering between an existing and a new virtual network to enable Active Directory domain controller and Azure Virtual Desktop communication, with routing through a route table.

Deploy an Azure VM to host Active Directory domain services and AD Connect. Configure the domain controller, create OU, and synchronize users and groups to Azure AD for AVD deployment.

Create an organizational unit (ou) in active directory, add users and groups, and assign admin and standard accounts to groups for licenses, azure virtual desktop access, and file share permissions.

Deploy Azure AD Connect to synchronize on-premises Active Directory with Azure AD, configure password hash sign-in with single sign-on, verify the custom domain, and sync selected users and groups.

Configure a custom domain in Azure Active Directory, verify avd.com and data.com, and synchronize domain controllers to update the username suffix for Azure Virtual Desktop login.

Create an azure virtual desktop host pool with active directory domain services, provision vms, join them to the abdullah.com domain, and assign licenses for eight users.

Create a host pool by joining virtual machines directly to Azure Active Directory, bypassing domain services; configure pool settings, VM count, image, and workspace name for remote apps or desktops.

Assign users to the host pool and grant access to Azure AD joined VMs. Configure the custom RTP property to allow any device and save pool settings.

Install Microsoft Teams on Azure Virtual Desktop to enable chat and collaboration, with media optimization for calls on Windows 10 desktop clients using the Teams MSI on the golden image.

install microsoft teams on Azure virtual desktop by downloading the 64-bit msi, installing via PowerShell, adding a registry entry, and then installing websocket services and visual c++ redistributable.

Install fslogix components and apply profile settings to enable seamless user profiles in Azure Virtual Desktop, with the fslogix profile container on Azure File Share and Active Directory integration.

Configure Fslogix components by setting up a storage account, file share, and Active Directory authentication, then apply NTFS permissions and registry settings for profile containers.

Configure windows settings for azure virtual desktop master image, including time zone redirection, disabling automatic updates, storage sense, drive access, and remote session controls.

Learn to disable automatic Windows updates by using the local group policy editor or a PowerShell registry script, setting no auto update option to 1, and testing it.

Configure group policy to restrict the temporary D drive access and set remote desktop session limits, including disconnected and remote app sessions, with session shadowing for IT control.

Install line-of-business applications on an Azure Virtual Desktop master image using an all-in-one installer, adding Python, Evernote, Paint, PuTTY, and Visual Studio Code, then sysprep and capture the golden image.

Demonstrate disk snapshots, sysprep generalization, and shared gallery image deployment for Azure Virtual Desktop master images. Deallocate, snapshot, and publish a new image version in Azure shared gallery.

Create an azure compute gallery and define a new image version from a windows 10 multi-session master image in west europe for a host pool, including publisher, offer, and sku.

Verify deployment readiness by aligning prerequisites, directory services, and subscription settings for Azure Virtual Desktop, then configure host pools, application groups, and remote apps, and test end-user access.

Create a remote app group in Azure Virtual Desktop, add apps from the start menu or file paths, and assign users or groups to the remote app.

Customize desktop and remote app properties to present end-user friendly names, update application names like dev desktop and 7 zip manager, assign groups, and test from the end user perspective.

Test the AVD solution from an end-user perspective by validating customized desktop and remote app properties, updated names, and assigned groups using browser access and the desktop client.

Learn to connect to azure virtual desktop remote apps and desktop using the desktop client, compare it with the web client, and streamline authentication with credential manager for app access.

Plan and implement conditional access for Azure Virtual Desktop using Azure Active Directory Premium. Analyze signals like user, location, device, and risk to automatically grant MFA or block access.

Plan conditional access policies for Azure Virtual Desktop by configuring an Azure Active Directory policy, selecting the application ID for Azure Virtual Desktop, and enforcing MFA for users and groups.

Compare Azure Virtual Desktop cost estimation for multi-session vs single-session, detailing session host costs, CPU per user, VM sizing, reservations, OS disk, and user profile storage in the UAE.

Explore how to use the Azure calculator to estimate Azure Virtual Desktop costs, compare pay-as-you-go versus reserved instances, and understand per-user and monthly cost drivers.