AZ-801 - Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

This course builds on AZ-800 and expands knowledge primarily in the areas of security, high availability, and monitoring. It also focuses on migrating services to the cloud and disaster recovery solutions in on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Participants will learn to work with advanced Windows Server features and use a combination of on-premise and cloud technologies. The course shows how to take advantage of Azure capabilities, how to move virtual and physical servers to the Azure environment, and how to ensure their security.

It also includes work with management, automation, and monitoring tools such as Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, and Azure services. The emphasis is on practical mastery of high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery.

Knowledge of TCP/IP and DNS technologies
Completion or coverage of the AZ-800 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure course.

• Windows Server Hybrid Administrators
• IT professionals with experience in Windows Server administration
• Administrators who already work with on-premise environments and want to move to a hybrid model
• Administrators who want to combine on-premises infrastructure with the cloud (Azure)
• Administrators planning to migrate virtual and physical servers to Azure IaaS
• Users with basic knowledge of hybrid technologies who want to expand their skills

Windows Server Security

• Secure Windows Server User Accounts
• Hardening Windows Server
• Windows Server Update Management
• Secure Windows Server DNS
• Lab: Configuring Security in Windows Server
• Configuring Windows Defender Credential Guard
• Finding Problematic Accounts
• Performing LAPS

Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios

• Implement Network Security for Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines.
• Audit Windows Server IaaS VM security
• Manage Azure updates
• Create and deploy application whitelists with adaptive application control
• Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS VMs
• Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows Server IaaS VMs
• Lab: Using Azure Security Center in hybrid scenarios
• Provisioning Azure VMs with Windows Server
• Configure Azure Security Center
• Integrate on-premises Windows Server with Azure Security Center
• Verify Azure Security Center hybrid capabilities
• Configure Windows Server security in Azure VMs

Implement high availability

• Introduction to clustered shared volumes.
• Implement Windows Server failover clustering.
• Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs.
• Implement high availability of Windows Server File Server.
• Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VMs.
• Lab: Implement Failover Clustering
• Configure iSCSI Storage
• Configure Failover Clustering
• Deploy and Configure a Highly Available File Server
• Verify a Highly Available File Server Deployment

Disaster Recovery in Windows Server

• Implement a Hyper-V Replica
• Protect Your On-Premises Infrastructure from Disasters with Azure Site Recovery
• Lab: Implement Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup
• Implement a Hyper-V Replica
• Implement Backup and Recovery with Windows Server Backup

Implement Recovery Services in Hybrid Scenarios

• Implement Hybrid Backup and Recovery with Windows Server IaaS
• Protect Your Azure Infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery
• Protect Your Virtual Machines with Azure Backup
• Lab: Implement Azure-Based Recovery Services
• Implement a Lab Environment
• Create and Configure an Azure Site Recovery Vault
• Implement Protection of Hyper-V Virtual Machines with Azure Site Recovery Vault
• Implement Azure Backup

Upgrade and Migration in Windows Server

• Active Directory Domain Services Migration
• Migrate File Server Workloads with Storage Migration Service
• Migrate Windows Server Roles
• Lab: Migrate Windows Server Tasks to IaaS VMs
• Deploy AD DS Domain Controllers in Azure
• Migrating File Server Shares with Storage Migration Service

Implementing Migration in Hybrid Scenarios

• Migrate On-Premises Windows Server Instances to Azure IaaS VMs
• Upgrade and Migrate Windows Server IaaS VMs
• Containerize and Migrate ASP.NET Applications to Azure App Service
• Lab: Migrate On-Premises VM Servers to IaaS VMs
• Implement Hyper-V VM Assessment and Discovery with Azure Migrate
• Implement Hyper-V Workload Migration with Azure Migrate

Server and Performance Monitoring in Windows Server

• Monitor Windows Server Performance
• Manage and Monitor Windows Server Event Logs
• Implement Windows Server Auditing and Diagnostics
• Troubleshoot Active Directory
• Lab: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Windows Server issues
• Establish a performance baseline
• Identify the source of a performance issue
• View and configure centralized event logs

Implement operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios

• Monitor Windows Server IaaS and hybrid instance VMs
• Monitor the health of your Azure VMs with Azure Metrics Explorer and metric alerts
• Monitor VM performance with Azure Monitor VM Insights
• Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networks
• Troubleshoot Windows Server VMs in Azure
• Lab: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server IaaS VMs
• Enabling Azure Monitor for VMs
• Set up a VM with boot diagnostics
• Set up a Log Analytics and Azure Monitor VM Insights workspace

Materials are in electronic form.

• Teach participants to secure Windows Server in on-premises and hybrid environments
• Master the design and management of high availability (HA) and redundancy solutions
• Learn to plan and implement disaster recovery
• Be able to migrate servers and workloads to Azure
• Gain the ability to effectively monitor infrastructure and troubleshoot issues
• Learn to manage Windows Server across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments
• Master the use of tools such as Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, and Azure services