everybody there's a new certification
course in town and that is the az140
this is a microsoft specialty in windows
virtual desktop
and we're going to help you dive into
each section of this course so that you
can be as prepared as possible
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i'm dean safola and this is the azure
academy now the link for this page that
i'm on
is in the video description as well as
the skill sheet for your future
reference
so what do you need to know in order to
pass this certification test
now this is a specialty certification so
you should be
a subject matter expert in windows
virtual desktop
in the areas of planning delivering and
managing those wbd experiences
on any device and that means you're
going to need to know how to deploy wvd
and optimize it including windows 10
multi-session
as well as be generally familiar with
azure and azure technologies
and if you don't have those azure basics
down i'd suggest the az900 which is
azure fundamentals
or the az104 which is for azure
administrators
you should also be very familiar with
virtualization
as well as a networking identity and
that's active
directory and azure active directory
storage
backups resiliency for your bcdr type
events
and also familiar with the azure portal
and the arm
templates for some of your automation
tasks and it certainly will help you if
you know powershell and the azure cli
now note that this certification exam
will be
available in march of 2021 that's why
i'm doing this course
now so you'll have plenty of time to
study now the az140 is an
associate certification in the wbd
specialty
and the test itself is over there that's
the configuring and
operating wvd in azure and there's the
link for the skill sheet that i
mentioned a second ago so let's take a
look at that now if you haven't looked
at one of these skill sheets before
they basically break down the exam and
give you the percentage
of questions that are within each
section or
topic so at the very top of the skill
sheet there's two
notes that i want to draw your attention
to and that is first
that the list that is here is not
definitive or exhaustive
so there could be some other things that
are included which is why you need to be
a subject matter expert
in order to get this certification
second
is the point that there could be preview
features that are commonly used that are
included
in this test now there may be a preview
feature that i call out in this series
that by the time you watch this video
is generally available and included in
the test
or i may talk about something that
doesn't end up in the test at all
and remember microsoft certification
tests generally pull from
a large pool of questions so that the
test that you take
is somewhat unique so you really do need
to dig into
all the details which is why we're going
to have a multi-part series here
to help you as much as possible so let
me give you a breakdown of the skill
sheet because there are different skill
sections and each one of those has sub
sections that we just want to give you
some highlights so you know what to
expect in this course
and the first section is to plan a wvd
architecture and this is 10 to 15
percent of the exam
and there are two major sections here
the first is designing wvd architecture
so you need to demonstrate an
understanding of azure governance and
the management groups subscriptions and
resource
groups and some other highlights include
assessing
existing vdi environments understanding
network
capacity and operating system
requirements and being able to set up
dns
resolution for azure ad and azure ad
domain services
and the next part in this section
focuses on designing the
user identity and profiles where we get
into wbd licensing
azure ad connect planning for your user
profile
storage with the different storage
solutions as well as
client deployment in the next major
section we'll focus on
implementing that wvd infrastructure
which is going to be 25 to 30 percent of
the test
and there are four major parts here
first is
implementing and managing your network
for wvd
so we're going to get into azure virtual
network connectivity including
your connectivity over the internet for
your clients and your on-prem
and connectivity means we need to
concern ourselves with network security
so we'll talk about things like azure
bastion
firewalls network security groups and
troubleshooting connectivity
and the next major part in this section
is implementing and managing your
storage we'll talk about fs logics which
means we need to
think about our storage accounts disks
and shares
we'll need to create and configure our
host pools and our session hosts
and you'll need to know how to do that
in the azure portal as well as arm
templates
and powershell and the azure cli and
since we have hosts we need to secure
them so we'll be looking at
general security for your session hosts
as well as compliance
os and application updates and since
those hosts have to come from somewhere
we need to talk about images
now of course there are the microsoft
gallery images which you should be
familiar with
but also how to create your own custom
golden image
and don't forget about things like your
security and monitoring tools
language packs and applications and then
also how to modify that image and get
that distributed
so we'll need something like the shared
image gallery so you should be familiar
with that
the next major skill section on the road
to your wvd specialty certification
is going to be managing access and
security for 10 to 15 percent
there are two major sections here so
we're going to focus on your azure
rbac that is the role-based access
control for wvd
as well as managing local roles and
groups and your active directory group
policies
and the next part of that would be your
identity security so we'll talk about
azure ad conditional access and
multi-factor authentication
as well as the azure security center and
microsoft defender
and the next major skill section is
managing your user experience and
applications
for 20 to 25 percent three major parts
in this one
first is implementing and managing fs
logics so we have to deal with the
installation and configuration of
fslogix get into the details of user and
office profile containers all the ins
and outs of cloud cache and
migration of your user profiles into
fslogix
moving on to the user experience section
will focus in on some new features in
azure
like universal print and the microsoft
endpoint
manager specifically around the area of
policies
configuring rdp properties and
troubleshooting any user profile
or client issues when thinking about
installing and configuring applications
on your session hosts we need to keep in
mind
things like msix app attach as well as
fslogix app
masking and we definitely don't want to
leave the office apps out of the picture
so you'll need to know how to install
and configure
onedrive for business and the teams with
av redirection
in windows 10 multi-session environments
and now we have our final section so
we're almost there this is monitoring
and maintaining your wbd infrastructure
again for 20 to 25 percent of your grade
three major parts in this section
first is planning to implement business
continuity and disaster recovery
now there's a lot to cover in this
section because there are multiple dr
strategies and different levels to dr
within wvd
as you have your session host your user
profiles and your images
there is also a whole section on
automation of your wvd management tasks
so we'll need to get deep into
powershell and the azure cli
and finally we've reached the end with
monitoring and managing your performance
and health of your environment
so you need to understand how the azure
monitor works as well as integrates with
things like
log analytics and the new wvd insights
workbook
as well as your wvd optimizations and
then how to manage all of your active
user sessions
so to help you get the most out of this
course not only will we go line by line
through that skill sheet but i'll be
demonstrating all of these things as
well as talking about it conceptually
and you should follow along so you may
have to go back and watch two or three
times just to be sure that you've got
everything that you need in that section
before we move on
and this is the first time i'm doing
something like this so i need
your help give me some feedback let me
know what you like what you don't like
how you want me to change things up to
make learning easier for you
and you can do that by commenting down
below or hit me up on social
media so it's time to start the easy 140
wvd specialty course and my playlist is
right over here on the bottom
as well as the latest video on the azure
academy so you can check that out
and i will be releasing these videos as
fast as i can so that you have time to
study
before the certification test comes
available in march
thanks for joining us today and we'll
see you in the course
happy learning