AZ-800T00: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure

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 implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.

·         MODULE Introduction to AD DS

·         MODULE Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles

·         MODULE Implement Group Policy Objects

·         MODULE Manage advanced features of AD DS

·         MODULE Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server

·         MODULE Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure

·         MODULE Perform Windows Server secure administration

·         MODULE Describe Windows Server administration tools

·         MODULE Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server

·         MODULE Just Enough Administration in Windows Server

·         MODULE Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely

·         MODULE Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc

·         MODULE Configure and manage Hyper-V

·         MODULE Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines

·         MODULE Secure Hyper-V workloads

·         MODULE Run containers on Windows Server

·         MODULE Orchestrate containers on Windows Server using Kubernetes

·         MODULE Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

·         MODULE Customize Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine images

·         MODULE Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

·         MODULE Deploy and manage DHCP

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server DNS

·         MODULE Implement IP Address Management

·         MODULE Implement remote access

·         MODULE Implement hybrid network infrastructure

·         MODULE Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing

·         MODULE Manage Windows Server file servers

·         MODULE Implement Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server Data Deduplication

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server iSCSI

·         MODULE Implement Windows Server Storage Replica

·         MODULE Implement a hybrid file server infrastructure

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.

You need to be familiar with software development cycle methodologies, data integrity, and data security compliance. And you must have deep knowledge and experience using the underlying framework, data structures, and objects associated with finance and operations solutions in Dynamics 365 that deliver best-in-class functionality.

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

·         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