Course Description

This course teaches Azure administrators how to plan, deliver, and manage remote applications and virtual desktop experiences for any type of device in Azure. Lessons include deploying and managing networks for Azure Virtual Desktop, configuring host groups and session hosts, creating session host images, deploying and managing FSLogix, monitoring health, and Azure Virtual Desktop performance, and automating Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks. Through a combination of demos and labs, students will learn how to deploy virtual desktop applications and experiences on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimize them to work in multisession virtual environments. Candidates for this course should have a solid understanding of Azure administration. 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 related to migrating to Azure Virtual Desktop. Students are expected to have used tools common to the Azure environment, such as Azure PowerShell and Cloud Shell.

Audience profile

Students in the AZ-140: Setting Up and Running Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop course are interested in delivering applications in Azure Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to work in multi-session virtual environments. As an Azure Virtual Desktop administrator, you'll work closely with Azure administrators and architects, as well as Microsoft 365 administrators. The responsibilities of an Azure Virtual Desktop administrator include planning, deploying, packaging, updating, and maintaining Azure infrastructure. Virtual Desktop. They also create session host images, deploy and manage FSLogix, monitor Azure Virtual Desktop performance, and automate Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks.

Items in this collection

• Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture (10 Units)
• Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture Design (10 Units)
• Design of identities and user profiles (11 Units)
• Azure Virtual Desktop Network Deployment and Management (13 Units)
• Azure Virtual Desktop Storage Deployment and Management (8 Drives)
• Create and configure host groups and session hosts for Azure Virtual Desktop (8 Units)
• Create and manage a session host image for Azure Virtual Desktop (10 Units)
• Access Management for Azure Virtual Desktop (7 Units)
• Azure Virtual Desktop Security Management (9 Units)
• Implementation and administration of FSLogix (14 Units)
• User experience configuration (12 Units)
• Installing and configuring applications on a session host (12 Units)
• Plan disaster recovery (6 Units)
• Automation of Azure Virtual Desktop administration tasks (7 Units)
• Monitoring and managing performance and health (8 Units)

Course outline

Module 1: Planning an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment

In this module, students will learn how to evaluate existing physical and virtual desktop environments, plan and configure name resolution for Active Directory (AD) and Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS), and plan client deployments. Azure Virtual Desktop. Format only. No bullets or lists.

Lessons

• Azure Virtual Desktop architecture

• Azure Virtual Desktop architecture design

• Design of identities and user profiles

Lab: Prepare an Azure Virtual Desktop (Azure AD DS) deployment

Lab: Prepare an Azure Virtual Desktop (AD DS) deployment

After completing this module, students will be able to do the following:

• Describe Azure Virtual Desktop components

• Describe personal and grouped desktops

• Recommend an operating system for an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment

• Plan a host group architecture

Module 2: Deploy an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

In this module, students will learn how to manage connectivity to the Internet and local networks, create a host group using the Azure portal, deploy host groups using Azure Resource Manager templates, apply operating system and application updates to a running Azure Virtual Desktop host and create a master image.

Lessons

• Deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop networks

• Deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop storage

• Creating and configuring host groups and session hosts

• Creating and managing session host images

Lab: Deploy host groups and session hosts using the Azure portal (AD DS)

Lab: Deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop storage (Azure AD DS)

Lab: Deploy hosts and host groups using Azure Resource Manager templates

Lab: Deploy and manage hosts and host groups using PowerShell

Lab: Create and configure host groups and session hosts (Azure AD DS)

After completing this module, students will be able to do the following:

• Implement Azure virtual network connectivity

• Manage connectivity to the Internet and local networks

• Understanding Azure Virtual Desktop network connectivity

• Set up an Azure Virtual Desktop session host with Azure Bastion

• Configure FSLogix component storage

• Configure disks and file shares

• Modify a session host image

• Create and use a Shared Image Gallery (SIG)

• 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

Module 3: Access and Security Management

In this module, students will learn how to plan and implement Azure and RBAC roles for Azure Virtual Desktop, implement conditional access policies for connections, plan and implement MFA, and manage security using Azure Security Center.

Lessons

• Access management

• Manage security

Lab: Configure conditional access policies for connections to Azure Virtual Desktop (AD DS)

After completing this module, students will be able to do the following:

• Manage roles, groups, and local rights assignments on an Azure Virtual Desktop session host

• Configure user restrictions using AD group policies and Azure AD policies

• Understanding Conditional Access Policy Components

• Prepare Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)-based conditional access for Azure Virtual Desktop

• Implement Azure AD-based conditional access for Azure Virtual Desktop

Module 4: Administration of applications and user environments

In this module, students will learn how to plan FSLogix, install FSLogix, configure cloud caching, deploy an application as a remote application, and deploy and manage OneDrive for Business for a multi-session environment.

Lessons

• FSLogix Deployment and Administration

• User experience settings

• Installing and configuring applications on a session host

Lab: Deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop profiles (Azure AD DS)

Lab: Packaging Windows Azure Desktop (AD DS) Applications

After completing this module, students will be able to do the following:

• Configure profile containers

• Configure Azure Files to store Azure Virtual Desktop profile containers in an AAD DS environment

• Deploy FSLogix-based profiles for Azure Virtual Desktop in an Azure AD DS environment

• Deploy FSLogix-based profiles for Azure Virtual Desktop

• Prepare and create MSIX application packages

• Deploy an MSIX application connection container for Azure Virtual Desktop in an AD DS environment

• Set up Office containers

• Install Microsoft Office using FSLogix application containers

• Create a profile container with Azure NetApp Files and capacity groups

• Implement the Start Virtual Machine Online feature

• Uploading MSIX images to Azure NetApp Files in Azure Virtual Desktop

Module 5: Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

In this module, students will learn how to plan and implement a disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop, configure automation in Azure Virtual Desktop, implement auto-scaling on groups of hosts, and optimize host capacity and performance of session.

Lessons

• Planning and implementing business continuity and disaster recovery

• Automate Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks

• Monitoring and managing performance and health

Lab: Implementing Autoscaling on Host Groups (AD DS)

After completing this module, students will be able to do the following:

• Plan and implement a disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop

• Set up automation in Azure Virtual Desktop

• Monitor Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure Monitor

• Customize Azure workbooks for Azure Virtual Desktop monitoring

• Configure Azure Virtual Desktop session host auto-scaling

• Check auto-scaling for an Azure Virtual Desktop session host

Language

• English course

• Labs: English