Correct Answer: Personal host pool with Automatic assignment
A Personal host pool provides dedicated VMs. 'Automatic' assignment allocates a VM dynamically to a user during their first logon and permanently links them to that VM for future s...
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Personal host pool with Automatic assignment
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A Personal host pool provides dedicated VMs. 'Automatic' assignment allocates a VM dynamically to a user during their first logon and permanently links them to that VM for future sessions. 'Direct' requires the admin to manually assign the VM beforehand.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Azure Virtual Desktop Host Pools — a core concept tested in Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140). Understanding Azure Virtual Desktop Host Pools is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
You need to configure a pooled host pool with 20 session hosts. You want to minimize the number of running VMs to save costs. You want new user sessions to populate a single session host up to its maximum session limit before directing new users to the next host. Which configuration should you apply?
You want to deploy session hosts in a new host pool. You want to ensure that all VMs are deployed using the exact same virtual hardware, applications, and operating system updates. What is the recommended way to manage this deployment pattern at scale?
You are configuring a host pool for a team of graphic designers. The users run CAD software that requires dedicated GPU hardware. Which Azure Virtual Machine SKU series should you select for the session hosts?
You want to deploy session hosts using an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template. You need to ensure the VMs are correctly registered to your specific AVD host pool during provisioning. What piece of information must you provide to the AVD agent installation extension?
You need to update a generalized image used for a pooled host pool. After updating the golden VM and running sysprep, what is the most efficient way to update the existing session hosts?