AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services | Udemy

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Have access to the following:

• Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer
• Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material
• Instructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experience

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:

Introduction

• Welcome to the course
• Understanding the Microsoft Environment
• Having a Solid Foundation of Active Directory Domains
• Having a Solid Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization
• Having a Solid Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services
• IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course

Setting up for hands on

• This is a follow up from the AZ-800
• Introduction to practicing hands on
• Downloading Windows Server 2022 ISO
• Getting Hyper-V Installed on Windows
• Creating a Virtual Switch in Hyper-V
• Installing a Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine
• Installing a second Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine
• Downloading the Windows 11 ISO
• Installing a Windows 11 virtual machine
• Deploy and manage domain controllers on-premises
• Joining a server to a domain
• Joining Windows 11 to a domain
• Creating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure Account
• Adding a subscription to your Azure account
• Connect your On-Premise ADDS Domain to Azure AD using Azure AD Connect

Secure Windows Server operating system

• Configure and manage exploit protection
• Configure and manage Windows Defender Application Control
• Activating a free trial for Windows Defender for Endpoint
• Configure and manage Windows Defender for Endpoint
• Configure and manage Windows Defender Credential Guard
• Configure SmartScreen
• Implement operating system security by using Group Policies

Secure a hybrid Active Directory (AD) infrastructure

• Configure password policies
• Enable password block lists
• Manage protected users
• Manage account security on a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)
• Harden domain controllers
• Configure authentication policies silos
• Restrict access to domain controllers
• Configure account security
• Manage AD built-in administrative groups
• Manage AD delegation
• Implement and manage Microsoft Defender for Identity

Identify and remediate Windows Server security issues by using Azure services

• Monitor on-premises servers & Azure IaaS VMs by using Microsoft Sentinel
• Identify & remediate security issues on-premises servers & VMs by using Defender for Cloud

Secure Windows Server networking

• Manage Windows Defender Firewall
• Implement domain isolation and connection security rules

Secure Windows Server storage

• Manage Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker)
• Manage and recover encrypted volumes
• Enable storage encryption by using Azure Disk Encryption
• Manage disk encryption keys for IaaS virtual machines

Implement a Windows Server failover cluster

• Implement a failover cluster on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-only
• Configure storage for failover clustering
• Create a Windows failover cluster
• Stretch cluster across datacenter or Azure regions
• Modify quorum options
• Configure network adapters for failover clustering
• Configure cluster workload options
• Configure cluster sets
• Configure Scale-Out File Server
• Create an Azure witness
• Visualizing floating IP address and load balancing for failover clusters

Manage failover clustering

• Implement cluster-aware updating for installing updates on node
• Recover a failed cluster node and failover workloads between nodes
• Upgrade a node to Windows Server 2022
• Manage failover clusters using Windows Admin Center

Implement and manage Storage Spaces Direct

• Create and configure storage spaces
• Understanding storage spaces direct

Manage backup and recovery for Windows Server

• Back up and restore files and folders to Azure Recovery Services vault
• Install and manage Azure Backup Server
• Back up and recover using Azure Backup Server
• Manage backups in Azure Recovery Services vault
• Create a backup policy
• Configure backup for Azure Virtual Machines using the built-in backup agent
• Recover a VM using temporary snapshots
• Recover VMs to new Azure Virtual Machines
• Restore a VM

Implement disaster recovery by using Azure Site Recovery

• Understanding Azure Site Recovery
• Configure Azure Site Recovery networking
• Understanding recovery plans
• Cleaning up to save Azure credit
• Configure Site Recovery for Azure Virtual Machines and on premise VMs
• Implement VM replication to secondary datacenter or Azure region
• Configure Azure Site Recovery policies

Protect virtual machines by using Hyper-V replicas

• Configuring your Hyper-V host with nested virtualization to support replication
• Configure and manage Hyper-V replica’s

Migrate on-premises storage to on-premises servers or Azure

• Transfer and Migrate data to Azure file shares
• Cut over to a new server by using Storage Migration Service (SMS)
• Basics of using Storage Migration Service to migrate to Azure VMs

Migrate on-premises servers to Azure

• Overview of Azure Migration
• Configure an Azure Migration Project
• Installing an Azure Migration appliance virtual machine
• Perform an Azure Migration discovery using a Migration appliance
• Creating an assessment using Azure Migration
• Removing AD from a DC in order to perform migration
• Migrate by using Azure Migrate

Migrate workloads from previous versions to Windows Server 2022, IIS workloads, & AD DS

• Understanding migration of IIS, Hyper-V, RDS, DHCP, and print services
• Installing the Windows Server Migration tool
• Overview of App Service Plans
• Migrate IIS workloads to Azure Web Apps
• Overview of Azure Containers
• Migrate IIS workloads to containers
• Migrate AD DS objects using Active Directory Migration Tool

Monitor Windows Server by using Windows Server tools and Azure services

• Monitor Windows Server by using Performance Monitor
• Create and configure Data Collector Sets
• Monitor servers by using Windows Admin Center
• Monitor by using System Insights
• Manage event logs
• Deploy Log Analytics agents
• Collect performance counters to Azure
• Create alerts
• Monitor Azure Virtual Machines by using Azure diagnostics extension
• Monitor Azure Virtual Machines performance by using VM insights

Troubleshoot Windows Server on-premises and hybrid networking

• Troubleshoot hybrid network connectivity
• Troubleshoot on-premises connectivity with Azure

Troubleshoot Windows Server virtual machines in Azure

• Troubleshoot deployment failures
• Troubleshoot booting failures
• Troubleshoot VM performance issues
• Troubleshoot VM extension issues
• Troubleshoot disk encryption issues
• Troubleshoot storage
• Troubleshoot VM connection issues

Troubleshoot Active Directory

• Restore objects from AD recycle bin
• Recover Active Directory database using Directory Services Restore Mode
• Recover SYSVO
• Troubleshoot Active Directory replication
• Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues
• Troubleshoot on-premises Active Directory

Finishing Up

• BONUS Where do I go from here?