Category: 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%)

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Good luck and happy studying!

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Microsoft recently release the Azure Stack Hub certification, exam AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

Candidates operate Azure Stack Hub in their own datacenter and have significant experience managing and operating Azure Stack Hub environments.

Skills measured

• Provide services (30-35%)
• Implement data center integration (15-20%)
• Manage identity and access (10-15%)
• Manage infrastructure (30-35%)

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As part of the Enterprise Skills Initiative, Microsoft is working with organization to skill up their employees with Microsoft Azure and other technologies.

There are ton of resources to gain knowledge about Microsoft technologies as this is not limited to Azure. One the the benefits are the discounted Microsoft Certifications. You can click on “Schedule’ under Microsoft Certifications and it will show eligible exams.

Since PL-900 was not listed when I click on “Schedule’ under Microsoft Certification, I wanted to know if I am eligible for the discount exam.

I prefer Pearson VUE hence choose that option.

Although, I have selected the PL-900 exam, you can choose a different exam to check discount.

Enter your work email and click ‘Check Eligibility’

You will be asked to link you personal email with your work email

As you can see, I am eligible for 100% discount for the PL 100 exam. Once I hit ‘claim’, it will redirect me to the Pearson VUE website for registration.

Good luck and let me how it goes!