Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam Ref AZ-801

Prepare for the AZ-801 exam and learn everything you need to know to administer core and advanced Windows Server and Infrastructure-as-a-Service workloads

Key Features

• Gain practical knowledge essential to pass the AZ-801 certification and tackle real-world challenges
• Learn to secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures
• Leverage hands-on examples to monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

Book Description

Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam Guide explains various cloud and data center management concepts in detail to help grow your expertise in configuring and managing Window Server on-premises, as well as hybrid and cloud-based workloads. Throughout the book, you'll cover all the topic areas needed to pass the AZ-801 exam and use the skills acquired in the preparation process to advance your career.

This book starts by taking you through securing your on-premises Windows Server resources and your Azure IaaS workloads.

First, you'll dive into exploring the potential vulnerabilities of your resources and learn to fix or mitigate them. Next, you'll implement high availability Windows Server virtual machine (VM) workloads with Hyper-V Replica, Windows Server Failover Clustering, and Windows Server File Server high availability.

You'll also implement disaster recovery in Windows Server on-premises and hybrid environments, migrating servers and workloads in on-premises and hybrid environments, as well as monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments.

By the end of this book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills you need to pass the AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam certification exams and have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide.

What you will learn

• Understand the core exam objectives and plan to successfully pass the AZ-801 exam
• Secure Windows Server for on-premises and in hybrid infrastructures using security best practices
• Successfully implement, manage, and monitor Windows Server high availability features
• Configure and implement disaster recovery services using Hyper-V features, Azure Recovery Services, and Azure Site Recovery
• Learn how to migrate various servers, workloads, and tools from previous versions of Windows Server to 2022
• Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments both on-premises using both Windows Server tools and Azure services

Who This Book Is For

This book is for Cloud and Datacenter Management administrators and engineers, Enterprise Architects, Microsoft 365 Administrators, Network Engineers, and anyone seeking to gain additional working knowledge with Windows Server operating systems and managing on-premises, hybrid and cloud workloads with administrative tools. To get started, you'll need to have a basic understanding of how to configure advanced Windows Server services utilizing existing on-premises technology in combination with hybrid and cloud technologies.

Table of Contents

1. Exam Preparation and the Current State of On-Premises, Hybrid, and Cloud Workflows
2. Secure Windows Server Operating System
3. Secure a Hybrid Active Directory (AD) Infrastructure
4. Identify and Remediate Windows Server Security Issues by Using Azure Services
5. Secure Windows Server Networking
6. Secure Windows Server Storage
7. Implement a Windows Server Failover Cluster
8. Manage Failover Clustering
9. Implement and Manage Storage Spaces Direct
10. Manage Backup and Recovery for Windows Server
11. (N.B. Additional chapters to be confirmed upon publication)