Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure (AZ-800)

Module 1: Introduction to AD DS

• Learn about the fundamentals of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server 2019, including forests, domains, sites, domain controllers, organizational units (OUs), users, and groups.

Module 2: Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles

• Learn about essential AD DS domain controllers management and maintenance tasks, including their deployment, backup and recovery, and schema management. Find out about design considerations for optimal number, roles, and location of domain controllers.

Module 3: Implement Group Policy Objects

• Learn to implement Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server 2019.

Module 4: Manage advanced features of AD DS

• Learn about advanced AD DS administration tasks, including creating trust relationships, implementing Enhanced Security Administrative Environment (ESAE) forests, monitoring and troubleshooting AD DS replication, and creating custom AD DS partitions.

Module 5: Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server

• In this module, you’ll learn to configure an Azure environment so that Windows IaaS workloads requiring Active Directory are supported. You’ll also learn to integrate on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment into Azure.

Module 6: Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure

• In this module, you’ll learn how to extend an existing Active Directory environment into Azure by placing IaaS VMs configured as domain controllers onto a specially configured Azure virtual network (VNet) subnet.

Module 7: Perform Windows Server secure administration

• Understand the principle of least privilege, know when to use privileged access workstations, and be able to identify built-in privileged accounts.

Module 8: Describe Windows Server administration tools

• Select the most appropriate Windows Server administration tool for a given situation and learn how to use that tool.

Module 9: Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server

• Learn to perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server by using several methods and tools.

Module 10: Just Enough Administration in Windows Server

• Streamline administration of Windows Server environments with Just Enough Administration (JEA). Limit privileged operations to a set of specified PowerShell cmdlets, parameters and variables, and limit which users can connect to JEA endpoints.

Module 11: Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely

• You’ll be able to use suitable tools and techniques to manage Windows IaaS VMs remotely. You'll also be able to restrict administrative connections to those VMs.

Module 12: Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc

• You'll learn to describe Azure Arc, implement Azure Arc with on-premises server instances, deploy Azure policies with Azure Arc, and use role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict access to Log Analytics data

Module 13: Configure and manage Hyper-V

• Learn about virtualization and the Microsoft Hyper-V role with Windows Server. Learn about best practices for preparing Hyper-V hosts, in addition to Hyper-V networking features and implementing nested virtualization.

Module 14: Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines

• Learn about configuring and managing Hyper-V virtual machines in Windows Server 2019.

Module 15: Secure Hyper-V workloads

• Learn about securing Hyper-V workloads in Windows Server 2019, installing and configuring the Host Guardian Service (HGS), the attestation modes available with the HGS, and the creation and deployment of shielded virtual machines (VMs).

Module 16: Run containers on Windows Server

• Learn about Windows Server and Hyper-V containers, associated isolation modes, running containers, and preparing the Windows Server host for running containerized workloads. Learn about Docker, preparing Windows Server for running container workloads, and managing containers.

Module 17: Orchestrate containers on Windows Server using Kubernetes

• Learn about Kubernetes, containers, container orchestration, and Kubernetes orchestration in Windows Server 2019. Also learn the process for deploying a Kubernetes cluster on Windows and describe how to use Azure Arc for Kubernetes.

Module 18: Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

• You'll be able to describe Azure compute and storage in relation to Azure VMs, and deploy Azure VMs by using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or templates.

Module 19: Customize Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine images

• You'll be able to create new VMs from generalized images and use Azure Image Builder templates to create and manage images in Azure.

Module 20: Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

• You'll be able to deploy Desired State Configuration (DSC) extensions, implement those extensions to remediate noncompliant servers, and use custom script extension.

Module 21: Deploy and manage DHCP

• Learn to implement automatic IP configuration with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) in Windows Server 2019.

Module 22: Implement Windows Server DNS

• Learn to deploy and configure name resolution with Windows Server DNS.

Module 23: Implement IP Address Management

• Learn to implement IPAM to help manage your organization’s DHCP and DNS servers and to manage IP address space.

Module 24: Implement remote access

• Learn to enable remote access within your organization, and to publish your organization’s applications and websites by using Windows Server Web Application Proxy (WAP).

Module 25: Implement hybrid network infrastructure

• You'll learn to connect your on-premises environment to Azure, implement subnets and routing between your on-premises and cloud environments, and ensure that workloads in the cloud and on-premises perform DNS resolution to locate each other.

Module 26: Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs

• In this module, you’ll learn to configure DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs, choose the appropriate DNS solution for your organization’s needs, and run a DNS server in a Windows Server Azure IaaS VM.

Module 27: Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing

• In this module, you’ll learn how to manage Microsoft Azure virtual networks (VNets) and IP address configuration for Windows Server infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machines (VM)s.

Module 28: Manage Windows Server file servers

• Learn about the core functionality of the Windows Server File Server role, and how to configure and manage that core functionality.

Module 29: Implement Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct

• Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2019.

Module 30: Implement Windows Server Data Deduplication

• Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2019.

Module: 31:Implement Windows Server iSCSI

• Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) in Windows Server 2019.

Module 32: Implement Windows Server Storage Replica

• Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Storage Replica in Windows Server 2019.

Module: 33: Implement a hybrid file server infrastructure

• In this module, you’ll learn to deploy Azure File Sync, migrate from DFS, and use Storage Migration Services to migrate file servers to Azure.