Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty Advanced Practice Exam: Hard Questions 2025

You manage an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) deployment with pooled Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session host pools across two Azure regions (active/active). Users are assigned to a single workspace with a RemoteApp group and a Desktop group. During a regional outage, users must continue launching the SAME feed items (same names/icons) without reconfiguring the client, and you must minimize administrative overhead. You already use Azure Traffic Manager for public endpoints. What should you implement?

A pooled host pool (Breadth-first) with 40 session hosts experiences intermittent user logon failures at peak. FSLogix profile containers are stored on Azure Files. Investigation shows many failures correlate with SMB timeouts and high metadata operations on the share. You must reduce profile-related logon failures while keeping Azure Files (no NetApp Files) and without increasing user wait time by adding more session hosts. What is the most effective change?

You need to deploy 1,200 AVD session hosts across multiple host pools using a standardized image that includes line-of-business apps. Security requires that session hosts have NO public IPs, management ports must not be exposed, and updates to the image must roll out with minimal downtime. You also must ensure that new hosts can be provisioned quickly during autoscale events. Which approach best meets these requirements?

A multinational company uses AVD with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) joined session hosts and Kerberos-based access to Azure Files for FSLogix. Some users intermittently get profile mount failures after password changes. The environment uses Conditional Access with MFA, and users sign in via the AVD client. You must minimize these mount failures without weakening security. What should you do?

You have two host pools: one for contractors and one for employees. Both publish the same RemoteApp set. Contractors must be blocked from accessing AVD unless they sign in from compliant devices and from specific countries; employees can sign in from anywhere but must use MFA. You must enforce the rules without modifying the AVD clients and while keeping administration centralized. What should you use?

Your AVD pooled host pool uses MSIX app attach for several large applications. After adding a new MSIX package version, some users receive an error that the app cannot start, while others start the previous version. You confirm the package is correctly staged on the file share and the new version is in the same app attach application group. You need consistent versioning and must avoid forcing users to log off during business hours. What is the best solution?

A financial services company requires that user data never leaves a specific region. They use FSLogix profile containers and also use OneDrive. They want to optimize user experience while ensuring data residency. Which configuration best satisfies both requirements in AVD?

Users report that in AVD pooled sessions, Teams works but audio intermittently cuts out and video is choppy. Network tests show adequate bandwidth, but CPU spikes occur on session hosts during calls. The environment uses the AVD Windows client on managed Windows endpoints. You must improve call quality and reduce session host CPU usage. What should you do?

After implementing autoscale (scaling plan) for a pooled host pool, you notice that outside business hours some session hosts remain running even when there are no active sessions. The scaling plan is configured to deallocate hosts when not needed. You must identify the most likely cause and fix it with the least disruption. What is the most likely cause?

You receive alerts that a subset of session hosts frequently become 'Unavailable' in the AVD host pool, then recover after several minutes. Users connected to those hosts are often disconnected. Azure Monitor shows spikes in DNS resolution time and intermittent failures resolving AVD service endpoints. The session hosts use custom DNS servers (IaaS domain controllers) and a forced-tunneling VPN to on-premises. You must restore reliability while keeping name resolution for on-premises resources. What should you do?