Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services AZ-801 Practice Exam
Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services AZ-801 Practice Exam
About Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam AZ-801 Practice Exam
The Microsoft Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services AZ-801 Exam is suitable for candidates working as Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification exam with subject matter expertise to configure and manage Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform workloads.
Roles and Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities of a Windows Server Hybrid Administrator include -
- Ability to integrate Windows Server environments with Azure services and managing Windows Server in on-premises networks.
- The ability to manage and maintain Windows Server IaaS workloads in Azure
- Ability to migrate and deploying workloads to Azure.
Typical Job Roles
Candidates taking the Microsoft AZ-801 exam includes role typically include -
- Azure administrators
- Enterprise architects
- Microsoft 365 administrators
- Network engineers
Skills Acquired
The candidates taking the Microsoft AZ-801 exam develops skills including
- Firstly, configuring advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies
- Secondly, develop expertise in implementing and managing on-premises and hybrid solutions
- Thirdly, competency to utilize 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.
Who should take the exam?
The Microsoft AZ-801 is suitable for candidates for this exam who should have proficiency and expertise working with Windows Server operating systems.
Course Outline
The Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services (AZ-801) exam covers the following topics as per exam updates as on August 24, 2023 -
Module 1 - Describe securing Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures (25–30%)
1.1 Understand securing Windows Server operating system
- Learn configuring and managing exploit protection
- Learn to configure and manage Windows Defender Application Control
- Explain configuring and managing Windows Defender for Servers
- Explain configuring and managing Windows Defender Credential Guard
- Explain configuring SmartScreen
- Explain implementing operating system security (using Group Policies)
1.2 Understand securing a hybrid Active Directory (AD) infrastructure
- Explain configuring password policies
- Learn to enable password blocklists
- Learn to manage protected users
- Learn managing account security on a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)
- Explain harden domain controllers
- Learn configuring authentication policy silos
- Ability to restrict access to domain controllers
- Explain configuring account security
- Explain managing AD built-in administrative groups
- Learn managing AD delegation
- Learn implementing and managing Microsoft Defender for Identity
1.3 Understand identifying and remediating Windows Server security issues by using Azure services
- Learn monitoring on-premises servers and Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) by use Azure Sentinel
- Learn identifying and remediating security issues on-premises servers and Azure IaaS VMs by using Azure Security Center
1.4 Understand to secure Windows Server networking
- Learn managing Windows Defender Firewall
- Learn implementing domain isolation
- Learn implementing connection security rules
1.5 Understand secure Windows Server storage
- Learn managing Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker)
- Learn to manage and recovering encrypted volumes
- Learn enabling storage encryption by using Azure Disk Encryption
- Learn managing disk encryption keys for IaaS virtual machines
Module 2 - Describe implementing and managing Windows Server high availability (10–15%)
2.1 Understand implementing a Windows Server failover cluster
- Learn implementing a failover cluster on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-only
- Learn creating a Windows failover cluster
- Learn to Implement a stretch cluster across datacenters or Azure regions
- Explain configuring storage for failover clustering
- Explain modifying quorum options
- Explain configuring network adapters for failover clustering
- Explain configuring cluster workload options
- Learn configuring cluster sets
- Learn configuring Scale-Out File Servers
- Learn creating an Azure witness
- Learn configuring a floating IP address for the cluster
- Ability to implement load balancing for the failover cluster
2.2 Understand managing failover clustering
- Explain implementing cluster-aware updating
- Learn to recover a failed cluster node
- Learn to upgrade a node to Windows Server 2022
- Explain failover workloads between nodes
- Learn installing Windows updates on cluster nodes
- Learn managing failover clusters using Windows Admin Center
2.3 Understand the process of implemening and managing Storage Spaces Direct
- Learn to create a failover cluster using Storage Spaces Direct
- Learn to upgrade a Storage Spaces Direct node
- Learn implementing networking for Storage Spaces Direct
- Learn configuring Storage Spaces Direct
Module 3 - Describe implementing disaster recovery (10–15%)
3.1 Understand managing backup and recovery for Windows Server
- Learn to back up and restore files and folders to Azure Recovery Services vault
- Learn installing and managing Azure Backup Server
- Learn to back up and recover using Azure Backup Server
- Learn managing backups in Azure Recovery Services vault
- Learn to create a backup policy
- Learn configuring backup for Azure Virtual Machines using the built-in backup agent
- Learn to recover a VM using temporary snapshots
- Learn to recover VMs to new Azure Virtual Machines
- Learn to restore a VM
3.2 Understand implementing disaster recovery by using Azure Site Recovery
- Learn configuring Azure Site Recovery networking
- Learn configuring Site Recovery for on-premises VMs
- Learn configuring a recovery plan
- Learn configuring Site Recovery for Azure Virtual Machines
- Explain implementing VM replication to secondary datacenter or Azure region
- Explain configuring Azure Site Recovery policies
3.3 Understand to Protect virtual machines by using Hyper-V replicas
- Explain configuring Hyper-V hosts for replication
- Explain managing Hyper-V replica servers
- Explain configuring VM replication
- Explain performing a failover
Module 4 - Describe migrating servers and workloads (20–25%)
4.1 Understand Migrating on-premises storage to on-premises servers or Azure
- Learn transferring data and share
- Learn to cut over to a new server by using Storage Migration Service
- Learn utilizing Storage Migration Service to migrate to Azure Virtual Machines
- Learn migrating to Azure file shares
4.2 Understand Migrate on-premises servers to Azure
- Explain deploying and configure Azure Migrate appliance
- Explain migrating VM workloads to Azure IaaS
- Explain migrating physical workloads to Azure IaaS
- Explain to migrate by using Azure Migrate
4.3 Understand migrating workloads from previous versions to Windows Server 2022
- Learn to migrate Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Learn to migrate Hyper-V hosts
- Learn to migrate Remote Desktop Services (RDS) host servers
- Learn to migrate Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Learn to migrate print servers
4.4 Understand migrating IIS workloads to Azure
- Overview of migrating IIS workloads to Azure Web Apps
- Overview of migrating IIS workloads to containers
4.5 Understand migrating an AD DS infrastructure to Windows Server 2022 AD DS
- Overview of migrating AD DS objects, including users, groups and Group Policies, using Active Directory Migration Tool
- Overview of migrating to a new Active Directory forest
- Overview of upgrading an existing forest
Module 5 - Describe monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server environments (20–25%)
5.1 Understand and monitor Windows Server using Windows Server tools and Azure services
- Learn monitoring Windows Server by using Performance Monitor
- Learn creating and configure Data Collector Sets
- Learn monitoring servers and configure alerts by using Windows Admin Center
- Learn to analyze Windows Server system data by using System Insights
- Learn managing event logs
- Learn deploying Log Analytics agents
- Learn collecting performance counters to Azure
- Learn creating alerts
- Learn monitoring Azure Virtual Machines by using Azure diagnostics extension
- Learn monitoring Azure Virtual Machines performance by using VM insights
5.2 Understand troubleshooting Windows Server on-premises and hybrid networking
- Learn troubleshooting hybrid network connectivity
- Learn troubleshooting on-premises connectivity
5.3 Understand troubleshooting Windows Server virtual machines in Azure
- Learn troubleshooting deployment failures
- Learn to troubleshoot booting failures
- Learn troubleshooting VM performance issues
- Learn troubleshooting VM extension issues
- Learn troubleshooting disk encryption issues
- Learn troubleshooting storage
- Learn troubleshooting VM connection issues
5.4 Understand Troubleshooting Active Directory
- Learn restoring objects from AD recycle bin
- Learn recovering Active Directory database using Directory Services Restore Mode
- Learn recovering SYSVOL
- Learn troubleshooting Active Directory replication
- Learn troubleshooting hybrid authentication issues
- Learn troubleshooting on-premises Active Directory
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