AZ-801: Configure Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

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 Policy, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and IaaS virtual machine administration.

Why choose this course?

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.

This course is ideal for:

IT professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of hybrid server environments by integrating on-premises infrastructure with Azure services.
Windows Server administrators seeking to migrate physical or virtual workloads to Azure IaaS while ensuring security and performance.
System administrators looking to enhance their disaster recovery, high availability, and troubleshooting capabilities using modern tools like Windows Admin Center and Azure Arc.
Candidates pursuing the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification who need practical, job-ready skills in hybrid configuration and administration.

Prerequisites

Experience with Windows Server administration, including managing core infrastructure services such as Active Directory, networking, and virtualization.
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure fundamentals, including basic knowledge of Azure services like virtual machines, storage, and networking.
Understanding of on-premises and hybrid infrastructure concepts, such as virtualization, high availability, and disaster recovery.
Proficiency with tools like PowerShell and Windows Admin Center, as these are commonly used throughout the course for configuration and management tasks.

Optional but beneficial: Completion of AZ-800T00-A: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure, which covers foundational hybrid concepts that lead into the advanced topics of this course.

Course Content

Module 1: Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures
Implement security settings and baselines

Configure Windows Defender technologies
Implement Just Enough Administration (JEA)
Configure Privileged Access Workstations (PAW)

Module 2: Implement Windows Server high availability
Configure failover clustering and storage

Implement highly available applications and services
Configure stretch clusters across hybrid environments
Manage cluster quorum and witness settings

Module 3: Implement disaster recovery
Configure backup and restore for Windows Server

Implement Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
Set up Hyper-V Replica
Manage recovery and failover

Module 4: Migrate servers and workloads
Migrate workloads using Windows Server Migration Tools

Migrate file servers and storage
Use Azure Migrate to move on-premises workloads to Azure
Transition domain controllers and Active Directory roles

Module 5: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments
Use Windows Admin Center and Azure Monitor

Configure Azure Update Manager
Implement monitoring and alerting in hybrid environments
Troubleshoot performance and reliability issues

Hardware Requirements

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