What The Hack - Azure Virtual Desktop

Introduction

This hack is designed to help you get hands-on experience to ramp up for the AZ-140 AVD specialst certification or if you just want to learn Azure Virtual Desktop. AVD has quickly gained adoption across the globe with companies moving to remote work for their employees.

The hack starts off by covering the basics of AVD and then digs deep into the different componets. You will encounter different types of solutions that is or could be needed in a AVD environment. Challenges 0-7 should be done in order, 8-11 can be done randomly once 0-7 are completed.

Learning Objectives

In this hack you will learn how to set up a Azure Virtual Desktop in a typical scenario and build it out in your own environment. Once your AVD environment is built you will learn how to scale. monitor and manage the environment with other Azure resources.

Challenges

Challenge 0: Getting started
Challenge 1: Design the AVD Architecture
Challenge 2: Implement and Manage Networking for AVD
Challenge 3: Implement and Manage your Storage for FSLogix
Challenge 4: Create and Manage Images
Challenge 5: Create and Configure Host Pools and Session Hosts
Challenge 6: Addressing User Profiles with FSLogix
Challenge 7: Install and Configure your Applications
Challenge 8: Plan and Implement BCDR
Challenge 9: Automate AVD Tasks
Challenge 10: Monitor and Manage the Performance and Health of your AVD Environment
Challenge 11: Configure Settings for User Experience

Prerequisites

Azure Subscription
M365 License
Hands-on Azure experience
Azure Academy Az-140 Study Guide

Repository Contents

../Coach/Solutions
- Example solutions to the challenges (If you’re a student, don’t cheat yourself out of an education!)
../Student/Resources
- Scripts and code templates to help aide with the challenges

Contributors

Dean Cefola
Charles Shea
Sherri Babylon
Jason Masten
Jonathan Core
Emily Mclaren
Fletcher Kelly
Jason Beck
Rafael Yactayo
Victor Santana
Jason Byway
Justen Graves
John Kim