Overview
This course teaches Azure administrators how to plan, deliver, and manage virtual desktop experiences and remote
apps, for any device, on Azure. Lessons include implementing and managing networking for Azure Virtual Desktop,
configuring host pools and session hosts, creating session host images, implementing, and managing FSLogix,
monitoring Azure Virtual Desktop performance and health, and automating Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks.
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.
Candidates of this course must have solid Azure administration skills. This course assumes prior experience, including
virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backup and restore, and disaster recovery. Students should have
knowledge of on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies as they relate to migrating to Azure Virtual
Desktop. Students are expected to have used the tools common to the Azure environment, such as the Azure
PowerShell and Cloud Shell.
Audience
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.