nerdexam
Microsoft

AZ-140 · Question #169

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment that contains the host pools shown in the following table. You need to create a disaster recovery environment in the West US region. The solution must mini

The correct answer is D. Create an Azure Site Recovery plan.. To create a disaster recovery environment for Azure Virtual Desktop host pools in a different region while minimizing costs and administrative effort, an Azure Site Recovery plan should be used.

Submitted by stefanr· Apr 18, 2026Plan and implement an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Question

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment that contains the host pools shown in the following table. You need to create a disaster recovery environment in the West US region. The solution must minimize costs and administrative effort. What should you do?

Options

  • ARegenerate the token and reregister the virtual machines in the host pools.
  • BCreate two new host pools in the West US region.
  • CRun the Invoke-RdsUserSessionLogoff cmdlet.
  • DCreate an Azure Site Recovery plan.

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    17% (8)
  • D
    72% (34)

Why each option

To create a disaster recovery environment for Azure Virtual Desktop host pools in a different region while minimizing costs and administrative effort, an Azure Site Recovery plan should be used.

ARegenerate the token and reregister the virtual machines in the host pools.

Regenerating tokens and reregistering VMs is a management task, not a disaster recovery solution, and would imply re-deploying or extensively reconfiguring VMs, which is inefficient for DR.

BCreate two new host pools in the West US region.

Creating two new host pools manually in the West US region would be administratively intensive, require separate ongoing management, and potentially incur higher continuous costs, failing to minimize effort or cost.

CRun the Invoke-RdsUserSessionLogoff cmdlet.

The `Invoke-RdsUserSessionLogoff` cmdlet is used to log off user sessions from AVD session hosts and is entirely unrelated to establishing a disaster recovery environment.

DCreate an Azure Site Recovery plan.Correct

Creating an Azure Site Recovery plan enables automated replication of the session host virtual machines to the West US region, significantly minimizing administrative effort for both initial setup and ongoing management. This solution is also cost-effective as you primarily pay for storage, with compute costs incurred only during a disaster failover, fulfilling the requirements for a robust yet efficient DR environment.

Concept tested: AVD disaster recovery planning with ASR

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/disaster-recovery

Topics

#Azure Virtual Desktop#Disaster Recovery#Azure Site Recovery#Host Pools

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full AZ-140 Practice