Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty AZ-140 — Study Guide
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This guide covers each AZ-140 domain in depth. Pick a domain to go deep, or work through them in order.
The domains
- Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture and Service Design — Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a Microsoft-managed desktop and app virtualization service that separates the service control plane from your
- Identity, Access and Governance — Identity, access, and governance define how users, devices, and automation interact with Azure Virtual Desktop resources. A robust design aligns
- Networking, Connectivity and Transport — Networking, connectivity, and transport underpin a stable and performant Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) deployment. The control plane is internet-facing
- Session Host Images and Provisioning — - Azure Marketplace images versus custom images - Marketplace images provide Microsoft-maintained baselines such as Windows 11 Enterprise
- FSLogix, Profiles and User Data — - Disk format: Use VHDX unless compatibility with very old OS is required. VHDX is more resilient to corruption, supports larger sizes, is less prone
- Session Host Operations, Scaling and Optimization — Session host operations in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) center on three core disciplines: right-sizing and performance engineering, intelligent scale
- Applications and End-User Experience — Applications and the end-user experience in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) center on how you package, publish, entitle, and optimize apps and desktops
- Security, Compliance and Endpoint Protection — Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments process corporate identities, data, and applications at scale, so security, compliance, and endpoint
- Monitoring, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting — Monitoring, diagnostics, and troubleshooting in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) combine resource-level platform logs, in-guest telemetry, and analytics
- Resilience, Recovery and Migration — Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) resilience, recovery, and migration planning focuses on maintaining user productivity through regional failures,
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