Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
The AZ-140 exam is designed for professionals who implement and configure Azure. It validates your ability to plan and implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure, plan and implement identity and security, plan and implement user environments and apps, and monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure.
Exam details
- Certification
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
- Exam code
- AZ-140
- Level
- Specialty
- Duration
- Approximately 100 minutes
- Questions
- Typically 40–60 questions
- Passing score
- 700 out of 1000
- Cost
- USD $165 — typical price; the exact fee varies by country/region and currency, and local taxes may apply.
- Prerequisites
- None required
- Languages
- English (also available in German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified))
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
- Renewal
- Free online assessment, every 12 months
Skills measured
Plan and implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure (40–45%)
- Plan networking, RDP Shortpath, Private Link, and storage for user data and FSLogix.
- Design and create host pools, session hosts, licensing, and automation with ARM, Bicep, or CLI.
- Create and manage session host images, including Azure Compute Gallery and image lifecycle.
Plan and implement identity and security (15–20%)
- Select identity scenarios, Conditional Access, RBAC, SSO, and authentication options.
- Protect session hosts with Defender, NSGs, Firewall, Bastion, JIT access, and trusted launch.
Plan and implement user environments and apps (20–25%)
- Configure FSLogix profile, ODFC, Cloud Cache, and application masking.
- Deploy clients, device and multimedia redirection, Intune or Group Policy, and Start VM on Connect.
- Publish RemoteApps, Microsoft 365 Apps, Teams, OneDrive, and App attach packages.
Monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure (10–15%)
- Monitor session hosts with Azure Monitor, Insights, autoscaling, and active session management.
- Plan updates, backup, disaster recovery, and restore for profiles, personal desktops, and images.
Study resources & practice tests
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Frequently asked questions
Who should take AZ-140?
AZ-140 is for Azure Virtual Desktop specialists, EUC engineers, and desktop or server administrators. Most work in IT departments, at outsourcing firms, or at Microsoft partners serving professional services, the public sector, and large enterprises.
What is the average salary for an Azure Virtual Desktop specialist?
Azure Virtual Desktop specialists are usually hired as Azure administrators or EUC engineers. As of 2026, US Azure administrator averages are about $89,000 on ZipRecruiter, with desktop-virtualisation specialists often toward $95,000 to $110,000 in listed US jobs. UK Azure roles have a median advertised salary around £65,000. Western European cloud administrator pay is typically about €60,000 to €80,000 in Germany. There is no single published EMEA average.
Where do I find exam questions to practice?
You will find websites selling exam dumps or brain dumps that claim to be real AZ-140 questions. Those materials are not official. Microsoft treats using brain dumps as cheating. It can invalidate your score, revoke certifications you already hold, and ban you from future exams. Microsoft publishes a free Practice Assessment for AZ-140 on Microsoft Learn. Those questions are examples only, not the live exam. MeasureUp also sells the official practice test linked in the study resources on this page. You can try the Microsoft exam sandbox to see the question types and timer, but it does not use real exam questions. Practise the skills measured in a real product environment rather than memorising leaked items.
Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?
Microsoft does not publish a stable list of which certification exams include labs, and a lab can be dropped for a candidate if the live environment is unavailable. Role-based Azure and security exams such as AZ-140 may include performance-based labs in a live cloud environment. You only find out at the start of your sitting. For practice, Microsoft Learn modules for this exam often include a free Azure sandbox, and official instructor-led AZ-140T00 training delivered by a Microsoft Learning Partner includes labs. Those labs are for the course, not a copy of the exam. Applied Skills assessment labs are a separate Microsoft credential, not AZ-140 exam labs. The Microsoft exam sandbox shows traditional question types only. It does not give you the lab virtual machine.