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Deliver remote desktops and apps with Azure Virtual Desktop

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  • Learn how to use Azure Virtual Desktop to deliver remote desktop and remote app experiences in Microsoft Azure.

    At the end of this module, you should be able to:

    • Describe Azure Virtual Desktop and how it works
    • Decide whether Azure Virtual Desktop is a good choice for your organization
  • Learn how to prepare for Azure Virtual Desktop - a cloud-based virtualization solution running on Microsoft Azure. Azure Virtual Desktop is an elastically scalable service to deliver remote desktop and remote app experiences - without having to manage the underlying server infrastructure. Review the prerequisites and tools provided by Microsoft get ready to provision your first Azure Virtual Desktop host pool.

    At the end of this module, you should be able to:

    • Describe the steps involved and resources you need to prepare for Azure Virtual Desktop deployment.
  • Learn how to deploy Azure Virtual Desktop and customize the workspace for your users.

    In this module, you'll:

    • Learn about the key components of Azure Virtual Desktop and the deployment options
    • Deploy a customized workspace with a virtual desktop and remote app
    • Configure FSLogix user profiles
  • Learn how to optimize deployment and infrastructure costs using Azure Virtual Desktops native scaling tool Autoscale. Learn how to configure Autoscale so that session host VMs are only running when you need them to be.

    In this module, you will learn how to:

    • Configure automatic scaling of session hosts with Autoscale
  • Introduction to Microsoft security capabilities that can help keep your applications and data secure in your Azure Virtual Desktop deployment.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Secure the user identity that can access the Azure Virtual Desktop environment.
    • Use AppLocker to secure the accessed desktop.
  • Learn how to deliver applications by using MSIX app attach. MSIX app attach is an application delivery technology that separates applications and their state from the operating system and assigns applications to users dynamically.

    At the end of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Transform existing applications by using the MSIX packaging tool.
    • Deploy MSIX app attach.
  • Learn how to deploy and configure Azure Firewall to protect outbound network traffic for Azure Virtual Desktop.

    By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Deploy and configure Azure Firewall to protect outbound network traffic for Azure Virtual Desktop.
  • Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop is a cloud service that helps you give users a secure remote desktop that they can use anywhere. With Azure Virtual Desktop, you can plan appropriate business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategies to help protect against both unplanned and planned failures and to provide redundancy.

    After you've completed this module, you'll know more about:

    • How to evaluate and identify a redundancy option for Azure Virtual Desktop.
    • How to plan an appropriate business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategy to help protect against both unplanned and planned failures.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Introduction
    • What is Azure Virtual Desktop?
    • How does Azure Virtual Desktop work?
    • When to use Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Prepare for Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Introduction
    • Provision a Microsoft Entra tenant
    • Integrate Microsoft Entra ID with Active Directory Domain Services
    • Set up Azure resources, assign roles, and licenses
    • Register Azure Virtual Desktop provider with the subscription
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Introduction
    • Azure Virtual Desktop deployment overview
    • Create and share a desktop with users
    • Configure apps for users
    • Configure FSLogix user profiles
    • Customize the Azure Virtual Desktop workspace
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Optimize Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Introduction
    • Create and assign the RBAC role
    • Create a Scaling Plan
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Secure an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment
    • Introduction
    • Enable security services for an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment
    • Enable data security
    • Secure the user identity that accesses the Azure Virtual Desktop environment
    • Secure session hosts and applications
    • Secure network access
    • Exercise - Enable AppLocker in a Windows Server 2016 VM running in Azure
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Deploy applications by using MSIX app attach for Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Introduction
    • What is MSIX?
    • What is MSIX app attach?
    • Manage MSIX app attach
    • Exercise - Deploy MSIX app attach
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Protect your Azure Virtual Desktop deployment by using Azure Firewall
    • Introduction
    • Use Azure Firewall to protect Azure Virtual Desktop deployments
    • Exercise - Set up the host pool and register virtual machine host
    • Plan Azure Firewall deployment
    • Exercise - Deploy Azure Firewall
    • Allow outbound network access for Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Exercise - Route network traffic through Azure Firewall
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery for Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Introduction
    • Identify the components to protect
    • Develop a BCDR plan for Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Identify the correct disaster-recovery scenario
    • Module assessment
    • Summary

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