MS AZ 800 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure

Course Length: 4-Days

About this Course

This course teaches IT professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.

Audience Profile

This instructor-led course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.

Expected Learning

• Use administrative techniques and tools in Windows Server.
• Identify tools used to implement hybrid solutions, including Windows Admin Center and PowerShell.
• Implement identity Services in Windows Server.
• Implement identity in Hybrid scenarios, including Azure AD DS on Azure IaaS and managed AD DS.
• Integrate Azure AD DS with Azure AD.
• Manage network infrastructure services.
• Deploy Azure VMs running Windows Server, and configure networking and storage.
• Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely.
• Manage and maintain Azure VMs running Windows Server.
• Configure file servers and storage.
• Implement File Services in hybrid scenarios, using Azure Files and Azure File Sync.

Prerequisites

• Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DNS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services.
• Experience with common Windows Server management tools (implied in the first prerequisite).
• Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implied in the first prerequisite).
• Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Experience working with and an understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts.
• Basic experience with implementing and managing IaaS services in Microsoft Azure.
• Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory.
• Experience working hands-on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Win-dows 11.
• Basic experience with Windows PowerShell.

Course Outline

Identity Services in Windows Server

• Introduction to AD DS
• Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles
• Implement Group Policy Objects
• Manage advanced features of AD DS

Implementing Identity in Hybrid Scenarios

• Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
• Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure

Windows Server Administration

• Perform Windows Server secure administration
• Describe Windows Server administration tools
• Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server
• Just Enough Administration in Windows Server

Facilitating Hybrid Management

• Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines remotely
• Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc

Hyper-V Virtualization in Windows Server

• Configure and manage Hyper-V
• Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines
• Secure Hyper-V workloads
• Run containers on Windows Server
• Orchestrate containers on Windows Server using Kubernetes

Deploying and Configuring Azure VMs

• Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
• Customize Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine images
• Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

Network Infrastructure Services in Windows Server

• Deploy and manage DHCP
• Implement Windows Server DNS
• Implement IP Address Management

Implementing Hybrid Networking Infrastructure

• Implement hybrid network infrastructure
• Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs
• Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing

File Servers and Storage Management in Windows Server

• Manage Windows Server file servers
• Implement Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct
• Implement Windows Server Data Deduplication
• Implement Windows Server iSCSI
• Implement Windows Server Storage Replica

Implementing a Hybrid File Server Infrastructure

• Overview of Azure file services
• Implementing Azure File Sync