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Windows Virtual Desktop Certification
The Windows Virtual Desktop certification – Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure, which is in beta as of this writing, has gone live today.
Microsoft is providing an 80% discount on the beta exam for the first 300 registrants by using the code ‘AZ140LAHAINA’. The exam code can be used to take the exam on or before April 29, 2021. Please note that the beta exam is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China.
Learning path
- Deliver remote desktops and apps from Azure with Windows Virtual Desktop
- AZ-140 study guide created by Microsoft Cloud Advocate @thomasmaurer
- AZ-140 study guide video series created by Azure FastTrack Engineer @Dean Cefola.
Skills measured
- Plan a Windows Virtual Desktop architecture (10-15%)
- Implement a Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure (25-30%)
- Manage access and security (10-15%)
- Manage user environments and apps (20-25%)
- Monitor and maintain a Windows Virtual Desktop infrastructure (20-25%)
Good luck and happy studying!
Continue reading “Windows Virtual Desktop Certification”How to add Azure virtual machines to inventory
Azure Inventory feature allows you to find out what software is installed on the virtual machines. You can collect and view inventory for software, files, Linux daemons, Windows services, and Windows Registry keys on your computers.
Here are all the virtual machines that are part of the inventory list.
I choose the first option ‘ Enable on all available machines’ but you can choose the second option as well ‘Enable on all available and future machines’.
You can keep track of any changes through this page.
Azure Automation State Configuration is an Azure configuration management service that allows you to write, manage, and compile PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) configurations for nodes in any cloud or on-premises datacenter.
Here is the list for machines that can be managed by Azure Automation State Configuration:
- Azure virtual machines
- Azure virtual machines (classic)
- Physical/virtual Windows machines on-premises, or in a cloud other than Azure (including AWS EC2 instances)
- Physical/virtual Linux machines on-premises, in Azure, or in a cloud other than Azure
For nodes running Windows, the following versions are supported:
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2012R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Windows 10
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 7