AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

Get prepared for the AZ-801 exam with instructor led labs and hands on simulations available 24/7

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Have access to the following:

• Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer

• Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material

• Instructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experience

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:

Introduction

• Welcome to the course

• Understanding the Microsoft Environment

• Having a Solid Foundation of Active Directory Domains

• Having a Solid Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

• Having a Solid Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services

• IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course

Setting up for hands on

• This is a follow up from the AZ-800

• Introduction to practicing hands on

• Downloading Windows Server 2022 ISO

• Getting Hyper-V Installed on Windows

• Creating a Virtual Switch in Hyper-V

• Installing a Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine

• Installing a second Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine

• Downloading the Windows 11 ISO

• Installing a Windows 11 virtual machine

• Deploy and manage domain controllers on-premises

• Joining a server to a domain

• Joining Windows 11 to a domain

• Creating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure Account

• Adding a subscription to your Azure account

• Connect your On-Premise ADDS Domain to Azure AD using Azure AD Connect

Secure Windows Server operating system

• Configure and manage exploit protection

• Configure and manage Windows Defender Application Control

• Activating a free trial for Windows Defender for Endpoint

• Configure and manage Windows Defender for Endpoint

• Configure and manage Windows Defender Credential Guard

• Configure SmartScreen

• Implement operating system security by using Group Policies

Secure a hybrid Active Directory (AD) infrastructure

• Configure password policies

• Enable password block lists

• Manage protected users

• Manage account security on a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)

• Harden domain controllers

• Configure authentication policies silos

• Restrict access to domain controllers

• Configure account security

• Manage AD built-in administrative groups

• Manage AD delegation

• Implement and manage Microsoft Defender for Identity

Identify and remediate Windows Server security issues by using Azure services

• Monitor on-premises servers & Azure IaaS VMs by using Microsoft Sentinel

• Identify & remediate security issues on-premises servers & VMs by using Defender for Cloud

Secure Windows Server networking

• Manage Windows Defender Firewall

• Implement domain isolation and connection security rules

Secure Windows Server storage

• Manage Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker)

• Manage and recover encrypted volumes

• Enable storage encryption by using Azure Disk Encryption

• Manage disk encryption keys for IaaS virtual machines

Implement a Windows Server failover cluster

• Implement a failover cluster on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-only

• Configure storage for failover clustering

• Create a Windows failover cluster

• Stretch cluster across datacenter or Azure regions

• Modify quorum options

• Configure network adapters for failover clustering

• Configure cluster workload options

• Configure cluster sets

• Configure Scale-Out File Server

• Create an Azure witness

• Visualizing floating IP address and load balancing for failover clusters

Manage failover clustering

• Implement cluster-aware updating for installing updates on node

• Recover a failed cluster node and failover workloads between nodes

• Upgrade a node to Windows Server 2022

• Manage failover clusters using Windows Admin Center

Implement and manage Storage Spaces Direct

• Create and configure storage spaces

• Understanding storage spaces direct

Manage backup and recovery for Windows Server

• Back up and restore files and folders to Azure Recovery Services vault

• Install and manage Azure Backup Server

• Back up and recover using Azure Backup Server

• Manage backups in Azure Recovery Services vault

• Create a backup policy

• Configure backup for Azure Virtual Machines using the built-in backup agent

• Recover a VM using temporary snapshots

• Recover VMs to new Azure Virtual Machines

• Restore a VM

Implement disaster recovery by using Azure Site Recovery

• Understanding Azure Site Recovery

• Configure Azure Site Recovery networking

• Understanding recovery plans

• Cleaning up to save Azure credit

• Configure Site Recovery for Azure Virtual Machines and on premise VMs

• Implement VM replication to secondary datacenter or Azure region

• Configure Azure Site Recovery policies

Protect virtual machines by using Hyper-V replicas

• Configuring your Hyper-V host with nested virtualization to support replication

• Configure and manage Hyper-V replica's

Migrate on-premises storage to on-premises servers or Azure

• Transfer and Migrate data to Azure file shares

• Cut over to a new server by using Storage Migration Service (SMS)

• Basics of using Storage Migration Service to migrate to Azure VMs

Migrate on-premises servers to Azure

• Overview of Azure Migration

• Configure an Azure Migration Project

• Installing an Azure Migration appliance virtual machine

• Perform an Azure Migration discovery using a Migration appliance

• Creating an assessment using Azure Migration

• Removing AD from a DC in order to perform migration

• Migrate by using Azure Migrate

Migrate workloads from previous versions to Windows Server 2022, IIS workloads, & AD DS

• Understanding migration of IIS, Hyper-V, RDS, DHCP, and print services

• Installing the Windows Server Migration tool

• Overview of App Service Plans

• Migrate IIS workloads to Azure Web Apps

• Overview of Azure Containers

• Migrate IIS workloads to containers

• Migrate AD DS objects using Active Directory Migration Tool

Monitor Windows Server by using Windows Server tools and Azure services

• Monitor Windows Server by using Performance Monitor

• Create and configure Data Collector Sets

• Monitor servers by using Windows Admin Center

• Monitor by using System Insights

• Manage event logs

• Deploy Log Analytics agents

• Collect performance counters to Azure

• Create alerts

• Monitor Azure Virtual Machines by using Azure diagnostics extension

• Monitor Azure Virtual Machines performance by using VM insights

Troubleshoot Windows Server on-premises and hybrid networking

• Troubleshoot hybrid network connectivity

• Troubleshoot on-premises connectivity with Azure

Troubleshoot Windows Server virtual machines in Azure

• Troubleshoot deployment failures

• Troubleshoot booting failures

• Troubleshoot VM performance issues

• Troubleshoot VM extension issues

• Troubleshoot disk encryption issues

• Troubleshoot storage

• Troubleshoot VM connection issues

Troubleshoot Active Directory

• Restore objects from AD recycle bin

• Recover Active Directory database using Directory Services Restore Mode

• Recover SYSVO

• Troubleshoot Active Directory replication

• Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues

• Troubleshoot on-premises Active Directory

Finishing Up

• BONUS Where do I go from here?