Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty — Requirements & Free Practice
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
Microsoft certification for planning, delivering, managing, and monitoring Azure Virtual Desktop experiences and remote apps.
Licensing authority: Microsoft · Application information
Initial by examination
- Candidate Recommendations
- The current page recommends server or desktop administrator expertise and Azure compute, networking, identity, storage and resiliency experience; these are should statements, not additional mandatory exam dependencies.
- Examination Requirement
- Pass AZ-140. Microsoft states that passing this exam is the only certification requirement; its current certification page schedules the same exam and adopts the current study guide.
- Identity And Account
- The Learn Profile legal name must match legal ID. Microsoft strongly recommends a personal MSA; organizational account exam records may be lost upon leaving the organization.
- Language
- This task freezes English skills measured as of July 20, 2026. The guide states that localized versions follow separate update timing.
- Optional Facts
- No fixed AZ-140 total/scored/unscored question count or exact US price is adopted from the retrieved evidence.
- Scheduling
- Rolling Pearson VUE appointments through the certification page; at most two Microsoft certification exams scheduled simultaneously and no more than 90 days in advance. Actual appointment availability is determined during scheduling.
Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop
- Provider
- Pearson VUE
- Format
- Proctored certification examination; interactive components may be included.
- Time limit
- 100 minutes
- Passing score
- 700 or greater on a scaled score of 1 to 1,000
Examination outline
The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.
Plan and implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure — Official range: 40–45% (Practice allocation: 44.74%)
- Plan, implement, and manage networking for Azure Virtual Desktop
- Plan and implement storage for Azure Virtual Desktop user data
- Plan host pools and session hosts
- Implement host pools and session hosts
- Create and manage session host images
Plan and implement identity and security — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.42%)
- Plan and implement identity integration
- Plan and implement security
Plan and implement user environments and apps — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 23.68%)
- Plan and implement FSLogix
- Plan and implement user experience and client settings
- Install and configure apps on a session host
Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.16%)
- Monitor and manage Azure Virtual Desktop services
- Plan and implement updates, backups, and disaster recovery
Examination sources
- AZ-140 official study guide
Skills measured as of July 20, 2026 heading
- Microsoft certification page
Certification resources, Exam AZ-140 study guide
- AZ-140 official study guide
Skills at a glance, complete four functional groups
- AZ-140 official study guide
Updates to the exam, first Note
- AZ-140 official study guide
Updates to the exam, second Note
- AZ-140 official study guide
Useful links table, Exam scoring and score reports row
- Microsoft exam scoring and score reports
How exams are scored, first bullet
- Microsoft certification page
Take the exam, duration
- Microsoft exam scoring and score reports
Scores needed to pass exams, Technical exams
- Microsoft certification page
Take the exam, Exam policy
- Microsoft exam scoring and score reports
How exams are scored, unscored questions
- Microsoft certification page
Schedule exam, account recommendation
- Microsoft register and schedule an exam
How to register and schedule an exam, simultaneous appointments
- Microsoft certification page
Take the exam, languages
- Microsoft certification page
Take the exam, scheduling provider
- Microsoft register and schedule an exam
How to register and schedule an exam, advance scheduling
- Microsoft register and schedule an exam
Step-by-step exam registration instructions, step 3