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Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

Standardize your team on Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop with a structured Microsoft training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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Course
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Practice exam
10
Core skills
$165
Exam fee (Microsoft)
Microsoft Azure / 365 admin team at workstations with PowerShell and identity consoles
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Microsoft)
$165
Courses on path
1
Exam code
  • AZ-140

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
No official preprequisites
Recommended experience
Server or desktop administrator with subject matter expertise in designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining Azure Virtual Desktop experiences and remote apps for any device; experience with Azure technologies including compute, networking, identity, storage, and resiliency.
Recertification
1 year

Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$165

Required — Required

Every engineer on the Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop path takes AZ-140.

  1. AZ-140Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AZ-140)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $165
    Exam length
    100 minutes
    Questions
    40-60
    Passing score
    700/1000

    Exam blueprint: AZ-140

Skills your team builds

Azure Virtual Desktop PlanningVDI Networking DesignDomain-Based Host PoolsPowerShell Deployment AutomationARM Template DeploymentStorage Resources for VDIFSLogix Profile ContainersGolden Image CreationRDP Shortpath ImplementationUser Experience Customization

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    AZ-140

    This AZ-140 training prepares you to design, implement, and manage Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments and remote apps for any device. Earning the Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification validates your expertise in configuring host pools, session hosts, and FSLogix storage. Whether you are migrating on-premises VDI to the cloud, or optimizing existing virtual desktops, this course provides the hands-on training needed to earn Microsoft’s premier desktop virtualization certification and pass the AZ-140 exam.

    Knox Hutchinson
    142 videosPractice exam16h
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Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Microsoft career ladder

Where Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop sits in your team's Microsoft progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    6 certs

    Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)

    AI-900

    Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

    DP-900

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (AB-900)

    AB-900

    Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

    AZ-900

    Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

    PL-900

    Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)

    SC-900

  2. Associate level

    13 certs

    Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)

    DP-300

    Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)

    AZ-700

    Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)

    AZ-500

    Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)

    MD-102

    Exam MO-310: Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-310

    Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)

    DP-600

    Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)

    SC-300

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate (MS-721)

    MS-721

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)

    MS-700

    Microsoft Azure Administrator

    AZ-104

    Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)

    PL-300

    Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200)

    PL-200

    Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)

    SC-200

  3. Professional level

    10 certs

    AI Business Professional

    AB-730

    AI Transformation Leader

    AB-731

    Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

    AZ-140

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    Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution

    AI-103

    Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

    AZ-400

    Exam MO 211: Microsoft Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-211

    Exam MO-110: Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-110

    Exam MO-210: Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-210

    Microsoft Word Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-111

    Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800 & AZ-801)

  4. Expert level

    3 certs

    Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)

    SC-100

    Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

    AZ-305

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102)

    MS-102

Customer outcome

Build AZ-140 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Microsoft skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make AZ-140 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on AZ-140 gives leadership a clear picture of Microsoft skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

Exam
  • AZ-140

Frequently asked questions about Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop training for their team.

How does the AZ-140 certification fit into our compliance and governance program?

Teams often cite AZ-140 when documenting that the engineers who run Azure Virtual Desktop have trained on host pools, profile storage and secure connectivity to Azure. CBT Nuggets team reporting provides per-learner progress, completion and completion exports for audit evidence, while your auditor's control crosswalk decides the formal mapping to any framework.

Who on the team should hold AZ-140, and what can a certified team own?

The credential suits the systems and cloud administrators responsible for virtual desktop delivery, plus the network engineers who connect on-premises sites to Azure. A certified team can own VDI planning and networking, IPSec tunnels and RDP Shortpath, domain-based host pools, FSLogix profile containers and storage, and golden images built with Image Builder and deployed through PowerShell or ARM templates.

What does CBT Nuggets Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Microsoft's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on AZ-140?

The linked CBT Nuggets training totals about 16 hours of video. Actual time to certify depends on each engineer's starting point with Azure networking, identity and PowerShell, and team reporting shows who has completed the course before anyone schedules the exam.

What if Microsoft updates the Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Microsoft course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Microsoft restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

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