Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure (AZ-800)

This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course 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.

Course Objectives:

• Use administrative techniques and tools in Windows Server.

• Identify tools used to implement hybrid solutions, including Windows Admin Center and PowerShell.

• Implement identity services in Windows Server.

• Implement identity in hybrid scenarios, including Azure AD DS on Azure IaaS and managed AD DS.

• Integrate Azure AD DS with Azure AD.

• Manage network infrastructure services.

• Deploy Azure VMs running Windows Server, and configure networking and storage.

• Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely.

• Manage and maintain Azure VMs running Windows Server.

• Configure file servers and storage.

• Implement File Services in hybrid scenarios, using Azure Files and Azure File Sync.

Audience:

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 implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have:

• 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 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