AZ-140T00A

Configuring and
Operating
Microsoft Azure
Virtual Desktop

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Module 01: Azure Virtual Desktop
Architecture

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Introduction
• Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise
• Azure Virtual Desktop components AZ-140: Plan an Azure Virtual Desktop
architecture (10-15%)
• Personal and pooled desktops
Design the Azure Virtual Desktop
• Service updates for Azure Virtual architecture
Desktop  Conceptual knowledge of Azure
• Azure limitations for Azure Virtual compute solutions.
Desktop  Working experience with virtual
machines, virtual networks, and app
• VM sizing service.
• Azure Virtual Desktop pricing
• Summary

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Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise

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Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and application virtualization service that runs
in Azure.

Common use cases:

• Security and regulation applications: financial services, healthcare, and government.
• Elastic workforce: remote workers, contractors, and partner access.
• Employees: bring your own device (BYOD), mobile users, call centers, and branch
workers.
• Specialized workloads: design© Copyright
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Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise

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Azure Virtual Desktop components

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Azure Virtual Desktop components (Azure managed)
• Web Access: users
access virtual desktops
through an HTML5-
compatible browser
• Gateway: connects remote
users to Azure Virtual
Desktop apps and
desktops from any
internet-connected device
• Connection Broker:
manages user connections
to virtual desktops and
apps
• Diagnostics: event-based
aggregator that marks
each user or administrator
action
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Azure Virtual Desktop components (Customer managed)
• Azure Virtual Network:
Connect an Azure Virtual
Desktop to an on-premises
network using a VPN or
Azure ExpressRoute.
• Azure AD: Azure Virtual
Desktop uses Azure AD for
identity and access
management.
• AD DS: Azure Virtual
Desktop VMs must domain-
join an AD DS service, and
the AD DS must be in sync
with Azure AD to associate
users between the two
services. You can use Azure
AD Connect to associate AD
DS with Azure AD.
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• Azure Virtual Desktop
Personal and pooled desktops

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• Host pools are a collection of one or
more identical virtual machines
(VMs) within Azure Virtual Desktop
environments.
• Personal desktop solutions
(sometimes called persistent
desktops) allow users to always
connect to the same specific session
host.
• Users can modify their desktop
experience to meet personal
preferences and save files in the
desktop environment.

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Each host pool can contain an app group that users can interact with as they would on
a physical desktop.

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Service updates for Azure Virtual
Desktop

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Options for updating Azure Virtual Desktop desktops:
• Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) updates server and
desktop operating systems.
• Windows Updates for Business updates desktop operating systems like
Windows 10 multi-session.
• Azure Update Management updates server operating systems.
• Azure Log Analytics checks compliance.
• Deploy a new (custom) image to session hosts every month for the
latest Windows and applications updates. You can use an image from
the Azure Marketplace or a custom Azure managed image.

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Azure limitations for Azure Virtual
Desktop

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Azure Virtual Desktop limitations
• Can't create more than 200 application groups
per single Azure AD tenant
• Don't publish more than 50 applications per
application group
• Don't deploy more than 5,000 VMs per Azure
subscription per region
• For automated session host scaling tools, the
limits are around 2,500 VMs per Azure
subscription per region, because VM status
interaction consumes more resources
• API throttling limits don't allow more than 600
Azure VM reboots per hour
• Can deploy 399 VMs per Azure Virtual Desktop
ARM template deployment without Availability
Sets

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Virtual machine (VM) sizing

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Use the virtual machine sizing guidelines for the maximum suggested number of
users per virtual central processing unit (vCPU) and minimum VM configurations.

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Azure Virtual Desktop pricing

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Pricing
• Windows 10 multi-session: By delivering a multi-session desktop experience
for users that have identical compute requirements, you can let more users log
onto a single VM at once, resulting in considerable cost savings.
• Azure Hybrid Benefit: If you have Software Assurance, you can use
Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server to save on the cost of your Azure
infrastructure.
• Azure Reserved Instances: You can prepay for your VM usage and save
money. Combine Azure Reserved Instances with Azure Hybrid Benefit for up to
80 percent savings over list prices.
• Session host load-balancing: When setting up session hosts, Breadth-
first is the standard default mode, which spreads users randomly across
session hosts. Depth-first mode fills up a session host server with the
maximum number of users before it moves on to the next session host. You can
adjust this setting for maximum cost benefits.

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Summary
Check your knowledge What you learned:

• Explain the Azure Virtual Desktop components.

• Describe the Azure Virtual Desktop architecture.
• Choose between personal and pooled desktops.
• Identify the Azure limitations for Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Describe the options for Azure Virtual Desktop pricing.

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