Azure AZ-140 case studies
Azure AZ-140 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty is an intermediate-level Microsoft certification for administrators who plan, deliver, manage, and monitor virtual desktop experiences and remote apps on Azure for any device. It targets server or desktop administrators who already have hands-on experience with Azure compute, networking, identity, storage, and resiliency, and who manage end-user desktop environments - delivering applications and configuring user settings - using the Azure portal, templates, scripting, and command-line tools. The Azure AZ-140 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,862 words.
1Two Continents, One Host Pool
Northwind has 1,100 task workers in Chicago and 180 designers in Amsterdam. All accounts are cloud-only Microsoft Entra ID and there is no on-premises Active Directory, so session hosts are Entra joined.
964 words, about 5 min2Kerberos Without Line of Sight
Tailspin has 900 users synced from on-premises AD DS to Microsoft Entra ID with Entra Connect. Session hosts are AD DS-joined in a spoke VNet, and FSLogix profiles live on Azure Files authenticated with on-premises AD DS Kerberos.
1,001 words, about 5 min3Profiles That Eat Themselves
Adventure Works has 260 pooled multi-session users on Windows 11 23H2 with FSLogix profile containers on a 1 TiB premium Azure Files share. Each container is sized at 30 GB and expands dynamically; average utilisation is 96 percent after three months and 40 users have hit the ceiling.
993 words, about 5 min4Black Screens At 8 A.M.
Fabrikam has 38 session hosts in two pooled host pools serving 700 users, one Log Analytics workspace, and Azure Virtual Desktop Insights turned on. Users report intermittent black screens and five-minute waits between 07:45 and 08:30.
989 words, about 5 min5No Public IPs, No Shortpath
Litware runs 22 session hosts in a spoke VNet with no public IP addresses. All outbound traffic is forced-tunnelled to on-premises through an NVA, and the perimeter firewall permits TCP 443 only; UDP is blocked.
915 words, about 5 min