Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty in United States, New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas

Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty

Candidates for the Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification are Microsoft Azure administrators with subject matter expertise in planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure.

Responsibilities for this role include deploying virtual desktop experiences and apps to Azure. Professionals in this role deliver applications on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimize them to run in multi-session virtual environments. To deliver these experiences, they work closely with Azure administrators and architects, along with Microsoft 365 administrators.

Candidates for this certification should have experience in Azure technologies, including virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backups, resilience, and disaster recovery. They should understand on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies as they relate to migrating to Azure Virtual Desktop. These professionals use the Azure portal and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to accomplish many of their tasks. They might use PowerShell and Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) for more efficient automation.

Skills measured

Plan an Azure Virtual Desktop architecture
Implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure
Manage access and security
Manage user environments and apps
Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Course Outline

Design the Azure Virtual Desktop architecture

assess existing physical and virtual desktop environments
assess network capacity and speed requirements for Azure Virtual Desktop
recommend an operating system for an Azure Virtual Desktop implementation
plan and configure name resolution for Active Directory (AD) and Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS)
plan a host pools architecture
recommend resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
configure a location for the Azure Virtual Desktop metadata
calculate and recommend a configuration for performance requirements
calculate and recommend a configuration for Azure Virtual Machine capacity requirements

Implement and manage networking for Azure Virtual Desktop

implement Azure virtual network connectivity
manage connectivity to the internet and on-premises networks
implement and manage network security
secure Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts by using Azure Bastion
monitor and troubleshoot network connectivity

Implement and manage storage for Azure Virtual Desktop

configure storage for FSLogix components
configure storage accounts
configure disks
create file shares

Create and configure host pools and session hosts

create a host pool by using the Azure portal
automate creation of Azure Virtual Desktop host and host pools by using PowerShell, Command-Line Interface (CLI), and Azure Resource Manager templates
create a host pool based on Windows client or Windows Server session hosts
configure host pool settings
manage licensing for session hosts that run Windows client or Windows Server
assign users to host pools
apply OS and application updates to a running Azure Virtual Desktop host
apply security and compliance settings to session hosts

Create and manage session host images

create a gold image
modify a session host image
install language packs in Azure Virtual Desktop
deploy a session host by using a custom image
plan for image update and management
create and use a Shared Image Gallery
troubleshoot OS issues related to Azure Virtual Desktop

Implement and manage FSLogix

plan for FSLogix
install and configure FSLogix
configure Profile Containers
configure Cloud Cache
migrate user profiles to FSLogix

Configure user experience settings

configure Universal Print
configure user settings through group policies and Endpoint Manager policies
configure persistent and non-persistent desktop environments
configure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties on a host pool
configure session timeout properties
troubleshoot user profile issues
troubleshoot Azure Virtual Desktop clients

Monitor and manage performance and health

monitor Azure Virtual Desktop by using Azure Monitor
monitor Azure Virtual Desktop by using Azure Advisor
customize Azure Monitor workbooks for Azure Virtual Desktop monitoring
optimize session host capacity and performance
manage active sessions and application groups
monitor and optimize autoscaling results

About The Exam

This exam measures your 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.