This comprehensive course teaches Azure administrators the essential skills for planning, deploying, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote applications across all device types using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Learners develop practical expertise through a combination of instructor-led demonstrations and interactive laboratory exercises, gaining hands-on experience deploying virtual desktop solutions and optimizing remote applications to perform efficiently in multi-session virtual computing environments.
Course Audience and Role Focus:
This course is designed for technology professionals interested in delivering enterprise applications on Windows Virtual Desktop and optimizing them for multi-session virtual environments. As a Windows Virtual Desktop administrator, your responsibilities will encompass close collaboration with Azure administrators, cloud architects, and Microsoft 365 administrators. Key Windows Virtual Desktop administrator duties include comprehensive planning and deployment of Azure Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure, creating and managing session host image templates, implementing and maintaining FSLogix container environments, continuously monitoring Windows Virtual Desktop performance metrics, and developing automated management workflows for desktop operations.
Certification Preparation:
This course comprehensively prepares candidates for the AZ-140 certification examination.
Core Skills Development:
- Selecting and implementing appropriate Windows Virtual Desktop licensing models for organizational requirements
- Designing and implementing network infrastructure supporting Windows Virtual Desktop deployments
- Managing Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts using Azure Bastion secure administrative access
Complete Course Outline:
Module 1: Planning Windows Virtual Desktop Architecture
In this module, you will develop the ability to assess current physical desktop and virtual computing environments, design and configure name resolution for both on-premises Active Directory (AD) and cloud-based Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS), and establish deployment strategies for Windows Virtual Desktop client applications across diverse user populations.
Topics covered:
- Windows Virtual Desktop architectural design principles
- WVD architecture design methodologies
- Identity and profile management planning
- Lab: Preparation for Azure Windows Virtual Desktop deployment (Azure AD DS)
- Lab: Preparation for Azure Windows Virtual Desktop deployment (AD DS)
Module 2: Implementing Windows Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
In this module, you will gain practical knowledge for managing internet and on-premises network connectivity, creating host pools through the Azure portal, deploying host pools and session hosts using Azure Resource Manager templates, applying operating system and application updates to active WVD session hosts, and designing and creating custom session host image templates.
Topics covered:
- Implementing and managing network infrastructure for WVD
- Implementing and managing storage solutions for WVD
- Creating and configuring host pools and session hosts
- Creating and managing custom session host images
- Lab: Host pool and session host creation and configuration (Azure AD DS)
- Lab: Host pool and session host deployment via Azure portal (AD DS)
- Lab: Implementing and managing WVD storage solutions (Azure AD DS)
- Lab: Host pool and host deployment using Azure Resource Manager templates
- Lab: Host pool and host deployment and administration using PowerShell
Module 3: Access Management and Security
In this module, you will master planning and implementing Azure role-based access control (RBAC) for WVD, creating and enforcing conditional access policies for WVD connections, designing multi-factor authentication strategies, and managing security posture through Azure Security Center capabilities.
Topics covered:
- Access control planning and implementation
- Security infrastructure and hardening
- Lab: Conditional access policy configuration for WVD connections (AD DS)
Module 4: Managing User Environments and Applications
In this module, you will develop expertise in FSLogix implementation planning, installing and configuring FSLogix containers, implementing Cloud Cache for optimized user experience, deploying applications as RemoteApp services, and implementing OneDrive for Business integration in multi-session environments.
Topics covered:
- FSLogix implementation and management
- User experience configuration and optimization
- Application installation and configuration on session hosts
- Lab: Windows Virtual Desktop profile management (Azure AD DS)
- Lab: Windows Virtual Desktop profile management (AD DS)
- Lab: Windows Virtual Desktop application packaging (AD DS)
Module 5: Windows Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Monitoring and Maintenance
In this module, you will learn to develop comprehensive disaster recovery plans for WVD infrastructure, configure management automation for routine WVD tasks, implement automatic scaling policies for host pools based on demand, and optimize session host resource utilization and overall performance.
Topics covered:
- Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
- Automating WVD management operations
- Performance monitoring and health management
- Lab: Host pool autoscaling implementation (AD DS)
