AZ-801T00

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Mobile access

Certificate of Completion

Introduction

This course teaches IT Professionals to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to leverage the hybrid capabilities of Azure, how to migrate virtual and physical server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure VMs running Windows Server. The course also teaches IT Professionals how to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. The course highlights administrative tools and technologies including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.

Audience Profile

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.

Prerequisites

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:

Onsite Training?

If you need training for three or more people, ask us about training at your site. You can enjoy the convenience of reduced travel cost and time, as well as a familiar environment for your staff. Additionally, we can customise the course for your business needs.

Module 1: Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security

In this module, you’ll focus on how to improve the network security for Windows Server infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machines (VMs) and how to diagnose network security issues with those VMs.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Implement Network Security Groups (NSGs) with Windows Server IaaS VMs.
Implement adaptive network hardening.
Implement Azure Firewall.
Implement Windows Defender Firewall in Windows Server IaaS VMs.
Choose an appropriate filtering solution.
Capture network traffic with Network Watcher.

Module 2: Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

Learn about Microsoft Defender for Cloud and how to onboard Windows Server computers to Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Also learn about Microsoft Sentinel, security information and event management (SIEM), and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR).

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud in hybrid environments.
Onboard Windows Server computers to Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Implement and assess security policies.
Describe Microsoft Sentinel.
Implement SIEM and SOAR.
Protect your resources with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Module 3: Manage Azure updates

You’ll be able to enable Azure Update Management, deploy updates, review an update assessment, and manage updates for your Azure VMs.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Module 4: Create and implement application allowlists with adaptive application control

You’re able to implement Adaptive application controls within your organization to protect your Windows Server IaaS VMs.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 5: Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

You’re able to configure Azure Disk Encryption for Windows IaaS VMs and back up and recover encrypted data.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 6: Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows IaaS VMs

In this module, learn how to monitor Windows Server Azure IaaS VMs for changes in files and the registry, and other monitor modifications made to application software.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Implement Change Tracking and Inventory
Manage Change Tracking and Inventory
Manage tracked files
Implement File Integrity Monitoring
Select and monitor entities
Use File Integrity Monitoring

Module 7: Manage Azure updates

You’ll be able to enable Azure Update Management, deploy updates, review an update assessment, and manage updates for your Azure VMs.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Module 8: Secure Windows Server DNS

Learn how to secure Windows Server DNS to help protect your network name resolution infrastructure and also learn how to implement DNS policies.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 9: Secure Windows Server user accounts

Protect your Active Directory environment by securing user accounts to least privilege and placing them in the Protected Users group. Learn how to limit authentication scope and remediate potentially insecure accounts.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Configure and manage user accounts to limit security threats across an organization
Apply Protected Users settings, policies, and authentication silos to protect highly privileged user accounts
Describe and configure Windows Defender Credential Guard
Configure Group Policy to block the use of NTLM for authentication

Module 10: Hardening Windows Server

Learn how to harden the security configuration of your Windows Server operating system environment. Secure administrative access to Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs), apply security baselines, and secure domain controllers and SMB traffic.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Manage local administrator passwords using Local Administrator Password Solution
Limit administrative access to Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs)
Explain how to secure domain controllers from being compromised
Describe how to use the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit to harden servers
Secure SMB traffic using SMB encryption

Module 11: Windows Server update management

Learn how to use Windows Server Update Services to deploy operating system updates to computers on your network. Select the appropriate deployment option and combine WSUS with Microsoft Azure Update Management to manage server updates.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 12: Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) in Windows Server 2019.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 13: Implement Windows Server failover clustering

Learn about the core functionality of Windows Server failover clustering, various configuration options for failover clustering, and the use of cluster sets.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 14: Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of highly available Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) in Windows Server.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 15: Implement Windows Server File Server high availability

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of the highly available File Server role in Windows Server 2019.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Provide a high-level overview of Windows Server File Server high-availability options.
Describe the characteristics of, and high-level implementation steps for Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV).
Describe the characteristics of, and high-level implementation steps for Scale-Out File Server (SOFS).
Describe the characteristics of, and high-level implementation steps for Storage Replica.

Module 16: Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM

Learn how to implement scaling for virtual machine scale sets and load-balanced VMs. Also learn how to implement Azure Site Recovery.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 17: Implement Hyper-V Replica

Learn about Hyper-V Replica, scenarios for its use, and prerequisites to use it. Learn about Azure Site Recovery and the benefits of using it, focusing on implementing Site Recovery in on-premises scenarios.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Describe Hyper-V Replica, pre-requisites for its use, and its high-level architecture and components.
Describe Hyper-V Replica usage scenarios, available replication settings, and security considerations.
Configure Hyper-V Replica settings, health monitoring, and failover options.
Implement Hyper-V Replica.
Describe extended replication.
Describe Site Recovery.
Implement Site Recovery.

Module 18: Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS

Learn about Azure Backup before learning to implement Recovery Vaults and Azure Backup Policies. Learn to implement Windows IaaS VM recovery, perform backup and restore of on-premises workloads, and manage Azure VM backups.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Describe Azure Backup.
Implement Recovery Vaults.
Implement Azure Backup policies.
Recover Windows IaaS VMs.
Perform file and folder recovery.
Perform backup and recovery of on-premises workloads.
Explain how to manage Azure VM backups with Azure Backup.

Module 19: Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery

Learn how to provide disaster recovery for your on-premises infrastructure by using Azure Site Recovery to manage and orchestrate replication. Use Site Recovery to perform failover and failback of VMware virtual machines, Hyper-V virtual machines, and physical servers.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Module 20: Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery

In this module, you’ll learn to provide disaster recovery for your Azure infrastructure by customizing replication, failover, and failback of Azure virtual machines with Azure Site Recovery.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Module 21: Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

Use Azure Backup to help protect on-premises servers, virtual machines, SQL Server, Azure file shares, and other workloads.

Learning objectives

In this module, you’ll:

Module 22: Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines

You’re able to plan a migration and select appropriate server migration tools. You’ll also learn how to use Azure Migrate, how to assess physical servers, and how to migrate those servers.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 23: Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines

Learn to migrate a workload running in Windows Server to an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machine (VM) and to Windows Server 2025 by using Windows Server migration tools or the Storage Migration Service.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 24: Active Directory Domain Services migration

Determine the best approach to moving domain controllers to Windows Server 2025. Learn how the Active Directory Migration Tool can consolidate domains within a forest or migrate domains to a new AD DS forest.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 25: Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service

Learn to use Storage Migration Service to migrate files and files shares from existing file server to new servers running Windows Server. Configure storage migration for optimum performance of data migration.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 26: Migrate Windows Server roles

Learn how to install and use the Windows Server Migration Tools cmdlets to migrate commonly used server roles from earlier versions of Windows Server.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 27: Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances

Learn to implement Azure Monitor for IaaS VMs in Azure, implement Azure Monitor in on-premises environments, and use dependency maps.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Enable Azure Monitor for VMs.
Monitor an Azure VM with Azure Monitor.
Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios.
Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment.
Integrate Azure Monitor with Microsoft Operations Manager.

Module 28: Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor

Learn how to monitor your Azure VMs by using Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host and client metrics and logs.

Learning objectives

Understand which monitoring data you need to collect from your VM.
Enable and view recommended alerts and diagnostics.
Use Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host metrics data.
Use Azure Monitor Agent to collect VM client performance metrics and event logs.

Module 29: Monitor Windows Server performance

Learn to use a range of Windows Server tools to monitor the operating system and applications on a server computer. You’ll also learn to configure your system to optimize efficiency and to troubleshoot problems.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 30: Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs

Learn how Event Viewer provides a convenient and accessible location for you to observe events that occur. Access event information quickly and conveniently. Learn how to interpret the data in the event log.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 31: Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics

Learn to audit and diagnose your Windows Server environment for regulatory compliance, user activity, and troubleshooting. Implement security best practices through regular audits of your network environment to gain early warning of potential malicious activity.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 32: Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking

Learn to troubleshoot on-premises connectivity and hybrid network connectivity. Diagnose common issues with DHCP, name resolution, IP configuration, and routing that can cause reliability and connectivity problems in an on-premises and a hybrid environment.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 33: Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure

Learn to troubleshoot configuration issues that affect connectivity to your Azure-hosted Windows Server virtual machines (VMs). Explore approaches to resolve issues with VM startup, extensions, performance, storage, and encryption.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

Module 34: Troubleshoot Active Directory

Learn how to troubleshoot AD DS service failures or degraded performance. Learn how to recover deleted security objects and the AD DS database, and how to troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

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AZ-801T00 – Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

This Course Includes

Videos & Lectures

Quizzes & Assessments

Mobile access

Certificate of Completion

Introduction

Audience Profile

Prerequisites

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

Onsite Training?

Requirements

Material Included

Course Brochure

Price:

$

Code:

AZ-801T00

Duration:

Days

Location:

Virtual Classroom

Schedule:

Coming Soon

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