Windows Server Training Overview
This Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure training (Microsoft course AZ-800) teaches IT professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. This course prepares students for the AZ-800 exam for which every attendee receives a voucher.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Understand the fundamentals of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server
- Maintain and deploy AD DS domain controllers
- Implement Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server
- Build advanced AD DS administration tasks
- Configure an Azure environment so that Windows IaaS workloads requiring Active Directory are supported
- Extend an existing Active Directory environment into Azure
- Select the most appropriate Windows Server administration tool for a given situation and learn how to use that tool
- Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server by using several methods and tools
- Streamline administration of Windows Server environments with Just Enough Administration (JEA)
- Use suitable tools and techniques to manage Windows IaaS VMs remotely
- Describe Azure Arc, implement Azure Arc with on-premises server instances
- Deploy Azure policies with Azure Arc
- Use role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict access to Log Analytics data
- Use best practices for preparing Hyper-V hosts
- Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines in Windows Server
- Describe the features and functionality of the HGS in Windows Server
- Work with Kubernetes, containers, container orchestration, and Kubernetes orchestration
- Create new VMs from generalized images
- Use Azure Image Builder templates to create and manage images in Azure
- Implement automatic IP configuration with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) in Windows Server
- Implement IPAM to help manage your organization’s DHCP and DNS servers and IP address space
- Manage Microsoft Azure virtual networks (VNets) and IP address configuration
- Deploy Azure File Sync, migrate from DFS, and use Storage Migration Services to migrate file servers to Azure
Prerequisites
- 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 with 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
- 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
Outline
Introduction to AD DS
Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles
Implement Group Policy Objects
Manage advanced features of AD DS
Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure
Perform Windows Server secure administration
Describe Windows Server administration tools
Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server
Just Enough Administration in Windows Server
Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely
Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc
Configure and manage Hyper-V
Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines
Secure Hyper-V workloads
Run containers on Windows Server
Orchestrate containers on Windows Server using Kubernetes
Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
Customize Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine images
Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
Deploy and manage DHCP
Implement Windows Server DNS
Implement IP Address Management
Implement remote access
Implement hybrid network infrastructure
Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs
Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing
Manage Windows Server file servers
Implement Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct
Implement Windows Server Data Deduplication
Implement Windows Server iSCSI
Implement Windows Server Storage Replica
Implement a hybrid file server infrastructure
Training Materials
All Microsoft Azure training students receive Microsoft official courseware.
For all Microsoft Official Courses taught in their entirety that have a corresponding certification exam, an exam voucher is included for each participant.
Software Requirements
Attendees will not need to install any software on their computer for this class. The class will be conducted in a remote environment that Accelebrate will provide; students will only need a local computer with a web browser and a stable Internet connection. Any recent version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome will be fine.
