Can the program be customized?

Yes. Configure and Operate Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop supports customization around lab depth, demo context, certification focus, and team-specific scenarios.

Yes. This program includes instructor-led labs and practical exercises aligned to real implementation patterns.

How does this align with official certification or curriculum?

This program is aligned to the official Microsoft Learn curriculum and learning path referenced for this track.

How are prerequisites assessed?

We review prerequisite readiness during scoping and can recommend preparatory modules or a skills checkpoint before cohort start.

What happens after the program?

Private cohorts receive a handover summary, recommended next learning paths, and optional follow-on advisory for rollout or certification readiness.

Microsoft Official Curriculum

Role-Based Certification PrepTrack: AZ-140T00Official Source: Microsoft Learn

MicrosoftIntermediate

Configure and Operate Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

This course teaches Azure administrators how to plan, deliver, and manage virtual desktop experiences and remote apps, for any device, on Azure. Lessons include implementing and managing networking for Azure Virtual Desktop, configuring host pools and session hosts, creating session host images, implementing, and managing FSLogix, monitoring Azure Virtual Desktop performance and health, and automating Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks. Students will learn through a mix of demonstrations and hands-on lab experiences deploying virtual desktop experiences and apps on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments. Candidates of this course must have solid Azure administration skills. This course assumes prior experience, including virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backup and restore, and disaster recovery. Students should have knowledge of on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies as they relate to migrating to Azure Virtual Desktop. Students are expected to have used the tools common to the Azure environment, such as the Azure PowerShell and Cloud Shell.

Duration

4 days

Level

Intermediate

Format

Virtual, On-site, or Hybrid

Language

English

Plan Private Delivery Consult a Solutions Architect

Executive brief for stakeholdersDownload Program Brief (PDF)

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Configure and Operate Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

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AdministratorCloudCertification ReadinessTailored Team Delivery

How VNode delivers this

Who this is for, and how we run it

VNode ITeS delivers Configure and Operate Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop as an MCT-led Microsoft program for Administrator. Typical duration is 12 days (Virtual, On-site, or Hybrid). Labs follow production-shaped scenarios rather than slide-only walkthroughs. Certification prep maps to AZ-140 without turning the week into a dump of Learn modules. Private cohorts can shift emphasis by role mix, workspace or repo constraints, and rollout timing.

Audience Profile

Built for these roles

Students for AZ-140: Configure and Operate Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop are interested in delivering applications on Azure Virtual Desktop and optimizing them to run in multi-session virtual environments. As an Azure Virtual Desktop administrator, you will closely with the Azure Administrators and Architects, along with Microsoft 365 Administrators. Azure Virtual Desktop administrator responsibilities include planning, deploying, packaging, updating, and maintaining the Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure. They also create session host images, implement and manage FSLogix, monitor Azure Virtual Desktop performance, and automate Azure Virtual Desktop management tasks.

Overview

Executive overview

Readiness

Prerequisites

Relevant foundational experience in the target technology area.
Comfort with hands-on labs in a cloud or GPU-accelerated environment.

Program Outcomes

Capabilities your teams will gain

Strengthen capability in cloud scenarios

Strengthen capability in azure scenarios

Strengthen capability in role-based scenarios

Curriculum

Curriculum roadmap

Cloud

Azure

Role-Based

Module 1

Plan an Azure Virtual Desktop implementation

Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
Design the Azure Virtual Desktop architecture
Design for user identities and profiles

Module 2

Implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Implement and manage networking for Azure Virtual Desktop
Implement and manage storage for Azure Virtual Desktop
Create and configure host pools and session hosts for Azure Virtual Desktop
Create and manage session host image for Azure Virtual Desktop

Module 3

Manage access and security for Azure Virtual Desktop

Manage access for Azure Virtual Desktop
Manage security for Azure Virtual Desktop

Module 4

Manage user environments and apps for Azure Virtual Desktop

Implement and manage FSLogix
Configure user experience settings
Install and configure apps on a session host

Module 5

Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Monitor and manage performance and health
Plan and implement updates, backups, and disaster recovery

Delivery Models

Delivery models

Virtual ILTOnsiteHybridExecutive WorkshopBootcampWeekend

Engagement Fit

Engagement fit

Certification readinessImplementation-focused labsPrivate cohort deliveryIntermediate practitioner depth

Enterprise Customization

Enterprise customization

Tailor this program to your organization's priorities: Helps IT teams deliver more stable and supportable digital workspace environments on Azure.

•Align labs to your production environment and platform priorities
•Add focused exam-readiness reviews and instructor-led practice sessions
•Extend into project-specific architecture or delivery coaching

Credentials

Certification & official source

•AZ-140T00

Aligned to the official Microsoft Learn course and learning path for this program.

View Official Microsoft Learn Page

Resources

Program resources

Yes. Most enterprise clients prefer private delivery scoped to role mix, timezone, and rollout timeline. We align lab environments and scenarios to your tenant context where applicable.

Program brief (PDF)View Official Microsoft Learn Page

Enterprise Proof

Trusted delivery outcomes

“We needed a partner who understood both the technical depth of Azure OpenAI and the governance requirements of an enterprise.”

Banking & Finance

Representative Enterprise Banking Team

The focus was not just on tooling knowledge, but on helping teams work from a shared operating model as they adopted a more modern data platform.

Clearer platform operating model across teams
Improved confidence in modern data stack adoption

Read engagement

Healthcare

Representative Healthcare Product Team

The engagement helped product and engineering stakeholders move from interest in AI to clearer implementation choices, security expectations, and prototyping discipline.

Stronger alignment between product and engineering teams
Improved clarity on prototype-to-production requirements

Read engagement

Delivery Capability

Enterprise-grade instruction

View delivery capability profile

MCT-led delivery

Programs led by Microsoft Certified Trainer practitioners

Enterprise program oversight

Founder-led specialist delivery with structured rollout planning

Global delivery

APAC · EMEA · Americas · Virtual & Onsite

Implementation-focused

Hands-on labs aligned to production scenarios

Plan delivery

Configure and Operate Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure

Who this is for, and how we run it

Built for these roles

Executive overview

Prerequisites

Capabilities your teams will gain

Curriculum roadmap

Plan an Azure Virtual Desktop implementation

Implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Manage access and security for Azure Virtual Desktop

Manage user environments and apps for Azure Virtual Desktop

Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Delivery models

Engagement fit

Enterprise customization

Certification & official source

Program resources

Trusted delivery outcomes

Representative Enterprise Banking Team

Representative Healthcare Product Team

Enterprise-grade instruction

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