Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop: The ultimate guide to the implementation and management of Azure Virtual Desktop

Learn how to design, implement, configure, and manage your Azure Virtual Desktop environment

Key Features

• Learn everything about designing and deploying an Azure Virtual Desktop environment
• Gain in-depth insights into Azure Virtual Desktop and prepare successfully for the AZ-140 exam
• Explore best practices and expert tips on how to set up Azure Virtual Desktop

Book Description

Azure Virtual Desktop is a cloud desktop virtualization platform that securely delivers virtual desktops and remote apps. Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop will guide you through designing, implementing, configuring, and maintaining an Azure Virtual Desktop environment effectively. This book can also be used as an exam preparation guide to help you sit the Microsoft AZ-140 exam.

You’ll start with an introduction to the essentials of Azure Virtual Desktop. Next, you’ll get to grips with planning an Azure Virtual Desktop architecture before learning how to implement an Azure Virtual Desktop environment. Moving ahead, you’ll learn how to manage and control access as well as configure security controls on your Azure Virtual Desktop environment. As you progress, you’ll understand how to manage user environments and configure MSIX app attach and other Azure Virtual Desktop features to enhance the user experience. You’ll also learn about the Azure Active Directory (AD) join and getting started feature. Finally, you’ll discover how to monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop environment to help you support your users and diagnose issues when they occur.

By the end of this Microsoft Azure book, you’ll have covered all the essential topics you need to know to design and manage Azure Virtual Desktop and prepare for the AZ-140 exam.

What you will learn

• Design Azure Virtual Desktop and user identities and profiles
• Implement networking and storage for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Create and configure session host images and host pools
• Manage access and security for MS Azure Virtual Desktop
• Implement FSLogix Profile Containers and FSLogix Cloud Cache
• Configure user experience and Azure Virtual Desktop features
• Plan and implement business continuity and disaster recovery
• Automate Azure Virtual Desktop tasks

Who this book is for

If you are an IT professional, workspace administrator, architect, or consultant looking to learn about designing, implementing, and managing Azure Virtual Desktop, this book is for you. You’ll also find this book helpful if you’re preparing for the Microsoft AZ-140 exam.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Azure Virtual Desktop
2. Design the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
3. Design for User Identities and Profiles
4. Implement and Manage Networking for Azure Virtual Desktop
5. Implement and Manage Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop
6. Create and Configure Host Pools and Session Hosts
7. Configure Azure Virtual Desktop Host Pools
8. Azure AD Join for Azure Virtual Desktop
9. Create and Manage Session Host Images
10. Manage Access
11. Manage Security
12. Implement and Manage FSLogix
13. Configure User Experience Settings
14. MSIX App Attach
15. Configure Apps on a Session Host
16. Plan and Implement Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
17. Automate Azure Virtual Desktop Management Tasks
18. Monitor and Manage Performance and Health
19. Azure Virtual Desktop's Getting Started Feature
20. Microsoft and Community Resources
21. Practice Exam

Ryan Mangan is an end-user computing specialist. He is a speaker, presenter and author who has helped customers and technical communities with end-user computing solutions, ranging from small to global 30,000-user enterprise deployments in various fields. Ryan is the owner and author of ryanmangansitblog, which has over 3 million + visitors and over 200+ articles. Some of Ryan's community and technical awards include: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), VMware vExpert 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021, VMware vExpert EUC 2021, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor 2021, Very Important Parallels professional program (VIPP) 2019, 20 & 21, LoginVSI Technology Advocate 19, 20.