AZ-801T00: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

This four-day 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 who already implement and manage on-premises core technologies want to secure and protect their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure Iaas, enable a highly available, fully redundant environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting.

·         MODULE Secure Windows Server user accounts

·         MODULE Hardening Windows Server

·         MODULE Windows Server update management

·         MODULE Secure Windows Server DNS

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security

·         MODULE Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

·         MODULE Manage Azure updates

·         MODULE Create and implement application allowlists with adaptive application control

·         MODULE Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

·         MODULE Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows IaaS VMs

·         MODULE Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server failover clustering

·         MODULE Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server File Server high availability

·         MODULE Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM

·         MODULE Implement Hyper-V Replica

·         MODULE Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery

·         MODULE Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS

·         MODULE Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery

·         MODULE Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

·         MODULE Active Directory Domain Services migration

·         MODULE Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service

·         MODULE Migrate Windows Server roles

·         MODULE Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines

·         MODULE Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines

·         MODULE Containerize and migrate ASP.NET applications to Azure App Service

·         MODULE Monitor Windows Server performance

·         MODULE Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics

·         MODULE Troubleshoot Active Directory

·         MODULE Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances

·         MODULE Monitor the health of your Azure virtual machine by using Azure Metrics Explorer and metric alerts

·         MODULE Monitor performance of virtual machines by using Azure Monitor VM Insights

·         MODULE Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking

·         MODULE Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure

Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

Candidates for the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification should have subject matter expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform workloads.

Responsibilities for this role include integrating Windows Server environments with Azure services and managing Windows Server in on-premises networks. This role manages and maintains Windows Server IaaS workloads in Azure, in addition to migrating and deploying workloads to Azure.

This role typically collaborates with Azure administrators, enterprise architects, Microsoft 365 administrators, and network engineers.

Candidates for this certification administer core and advanced Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. These professionals should have expertise in implementing and managing on-premises and hybrid solutions, such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage. They are also experts at performing tasks related to security, migration, monitoring, high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. These professionals use administrative tools and technologies, including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, and IaaS virtual machine administration. They also work with Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.

A candidate for this certification should have extensive experience working with Windows Server operating systems.

Required Exams : AZ-800 & AZ-801 

Before attending this course, students must have:

·         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

·         An awareness of basic security best practices

·         Basic understanding of security-related technologies (firewalls, encryption, multi-factor authentication, SIEM/SOAR).

·         Basic knowledge of on-premises resiliency Windows Server-based compute and storage technologies (Failover Clustering, Storage Spaces).

·         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 Windows 11

·         Basic experience with Windows PowerShell

An understanding of the following concepts as related to Windows Server technologies:

·         High availability and disaster recovery

·         Automation

·         Monitoring

·         Troubleshooting