AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure

The course is intended for IT professionals and Windows Server administrators who configure and manage Windows Server-based workloads in On-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, or want to extend on-Prem environments to the cloud, or perform security, migration, monitoring, or troubleshooting related activities in hybrid environments. 

This course prepares you for the certification exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure which is one of the two required exams (the other exam is AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services) to obtain the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certificate.

The course provides intensive exercises, so you get valuable hands-on experience implementing hybrid solutions.

• 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 (Admin Center, command line tools, PowerShell).
• Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies.
• Experience 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

Identity services in Windows Server  

• Introduction to AD DS  
• Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles  
• Implement Group Policy Objects  
• Manage advanced features of AD DS  

Implementing identity in hybrid scenarios  

• Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server  
• Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure  

Windows Server administration  

• Perform Windows Server secure administration  
• Describe Windows Server administration tools  
• Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server  
• Just Enough Administration in Windows Server  

Facilitating hybrid management  

• Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines remotely  
• Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc  

Hyper-V virtualization in Windows Server  

• 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  

Deploying and configuring Azure VMs  

• Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines  
• Customize Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine images  
• Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines  

Network infrastructure services in Windows Server  

• Deploy and manage DHCP  
• Implement Windows Server DNS  
• Implement IP Address Management  
• Implement remote access  

Implementing hybrid networking infrastructure  

• Implement hybrid network infrastructure  
• Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs  
• Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing  

File servers and storage management in Windows Server  

• 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  

Implementing a hybrid file server infrastructure  

• Overview of Azure file services  
• Implementing Azure File Sync