Exam AZ-140 Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure (beta)

Candidates for this exam are Azure administrators with subject matter expertise in planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure.

Candidates for this exam 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 Windows 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.

Candidates for this exam must have expert Azure administration skills.

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Part of the requirements for: Microsoft Certified: Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty
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Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure (beta)
Languages: English
Retirement date: none

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: plan a Windows Virtual Desktop architecture; implement a Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure; manage access and security; manage user environments and apps; and monitor and maintain a Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure.

Skills measured
Plan a Windows Virtual Desktop architecture (10-15%)
Implement a Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure (25-30%)
Manage access and security (10-15%)
Manage user environments and apps (20-25%)
Monitor and maintain a Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure (20-25%)

Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam 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 Windows Virtual Desktop and optimize them to run in multi-session virtual environments. To deliver these experiences, they work closely with the Azure administrators and architects, along with Microsoft 365 Administrators.

Candidates for this exam 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 Windows Virtual Desktop. These professionals use the Azure portal and Azure Resource Manager templates to accomplish many tasks. This role may use PowerShell and Azure Command-Line
Interface (CLI) for more efficient automation.

Candidates for this exam must have expert Azure administration skills.

Skills Measured
NOTE: The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we assess that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.
NOTE: Most questions cover features that are General Availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.

Plan a Windows Virtual Desktop Architecture (10-15%)
Design the Windows Virtual Desktop architecture
 assess existing physical and virtual desktop environments
 assess network capacity and speed requirements for Windows Virtual Desktop
 recommend an operating system for a Windows 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 Windows Virtual Desktop metadata
 calculate and recommend a configuration for performance requirements
 calculate and recommend a configuration for Azure Virtual Machine capacity requirements

Design for user identities and profiles
 select an appropriate licensing model for Windows Virtual Desktop based on requirements
 recommend an appropriate storage solution (including Azure NetApp Files versus Azure Files)
 plan for Windows Virtual Desktop client deployment
 plan for user profiles
 recommend a solution for network connectivity
 plan for Azure AD Connect for user identities

Implement a Windows Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (25-30%)
Implement and manage networking for Windows Virtual Desktop
 implement Azure virtual network connectivity
 manage connectivity to the internet and on-premises networks
 implement and manage network security
 manage Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts by using Azure Bastion
 monitor and troubleshoot network connectivity

Implement and manage storage for Windows 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 Windows 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 Windows 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 Windows 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 Windows Virtual Desktop

Manage Access and Security (10-15%)
Manage access
 plan and implement Azure roles and role-based access control (RBAC) for Windows Virtual Desktop
 manage local roles, groups and rights assignment on Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts
 configure user restrictions by using Azure AD group policies and AD policies Manage security
 plan and implement Conditional Access policies for connections to Windows Virtual Desktop
 plan and implement multifactor authentication in Windows Virtual Desktop
 manage security by using Azure Security Center
 configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus for session hosts

Manage User Environments and Apps (20-25%)
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 Windows Virtual Desktop clients

Install and configure apps on a session host
 configure dynamic application delivery by using MSIX App Attach
 implement application masking
 deploy an application as a RemoteApp
 implement and manage OneDrive for Business for a multi-session environment
 implement and manage Microsoft Teams AV Redirect
 implement and manage browsers and internet access for Windows Virtual Desktop sessions
 create and configure an application group
 troubleshoot application issues related to Windows Virtual Desktop

Monitor and Maintain a Windows Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (20- 25%)
Plan and implement business continuity and disaster recovery
 plan and implement a disaster recovery plan for Windows Virtual Desktop
 design a backup strategy for Windows Virtual Desktop
 configure backup and restore for FSLogix user profiles, personal virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs), and golden images

Automate Windows Virtual Desktop management tasks
 configure automation for Windows Virtual Desktop
 automate management of host pools, session hosts, and user sessions by using

PowerShell and Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI)
 implement autoscaling in host pools

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

QUESTION 1
You have an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com and an Azure virtual network named VNET1.
To VNET1, you deploy an Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) managed domain named litwareinc.com.
To VNET1, you plan to deploy a Windows Virtual Desktop host pool named Pool1.
You need to ensure that you can deploy Windows 10 Enterprise host pools to Pool1.
What should you do first?

A. Modify the settings of the litwareinc.com DNS zone.
B. Modify the DNS settings of VNET1.
C. Add a custom domain name to contoso.com.
D. Implement Azure AD Connect cloud sync.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 2
You plan to deploy Windows Virtual Desktop session host virtual machines based on a preconfigured master image. The master image will be stored in a shared image.
You create a virtual machine named Image1 to use as the master image. You install applications and apply configuration changes to Image1.
You need to ensure that the new session host virtual machines created based on Image1 have unique names and security identifiers.
What should you do on Image1 before you add the image to the shared image gallery?

A. At a command prompt, run the set computername command.
B. At a command prompt, run the sysprep command.
C. From PowerShell, run the rename-computer cmdlet.
D. From the lock screen of the Windows device, perform a Windows Autopilot Reset.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 3
You have a Windows Virtual Desktop host pool named Pool1 and an Azure Storage account named Storage1.
Storage1 stores FSLogix profile containers in a share folder named share1.
You create a new group named Group1. You provide Group1 with permission to sign in to Pool1.
You need to ensure that the members of Group1 can store the FSLogix profile containers in share1. The
solution must use the principle of least privilege.
Which two privileges should you assign to Group1? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

A. the Storage Blob Data Contributor role for storage1
B. the List folder / read data NTFS permissions for share1
C. the Modify NTFS permissions for share1
D. the Storage File Data SMB Share Reader role for storage1
E. the Storage File Data SMB Share Elevated Contributor role for storage1
F. the Storage File Data SMB Share Contributor role for storage1

Correct Answer: CF

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