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This course teaches IT Professionals to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to leverage the hybrid capabilities of Azure, how to migrate virtual and physical server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure VMs running Windows Server. The course also teaches IT Professionals how to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. The course highlights 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.

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What You'll Learn

  • Configure and manage user accounts to limit security threats across an organization
  • Apply Protected Users settings, policies, and authentication silos to protect highly privileged user accounts
  • Describe and configure Windows Defender Credential Guard
  • Configure Group Policy to block the use of NTLM for authentication
  • Manage local administrator passwords using Local Administrator Password Solution
  • Limit administrative access to Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs)
  • Explain how to secure domain controllers from being compromised
  • Describe how to use the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit to harden servers
  • Secure SMB traffic using SMB encryption
  • Describe the role of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
  • Describe the WSUS update management process
  • Deploy updates with WSUS
  • Describe split-horizon DNS and explain how to implement it.
  • Create DNS policies.
  • Implement DNS policies.
  • Describe the options for protecting the DNS server role.
  • Implement DNS security.
  • Implement Network Security Groups (NSGs) with Windows Server IaaS VMs.
  • Implement adaptive network hardening.
  • Implement Azure Firewall.
  • Implement Windows Defender Firewall in Windows Server IaaS VMs.
  • Choose an appropriate filtering solution.
  • Capture network traffic with Network Watcher.
  • Describe Azure Security Center.
  • Enable Azure Security Center in hybrid environments.
  • Onboard Windows Server computers to Azure Security Center.
  • Implement and assess security policies.
  • Describe Azure Sentinel.
  • Implement SIEM and SOAR.
  • Protect your resources with Azure Security Center.
  • Describe Azure updates.
  • Enable Update Management.
  • Deploy updates.
  • Review an update assessment.
  • Manage updates for your Azure VMs.
  • Enable Adaptive application controls.
  • Implement adaptive application control policies.
  • Describe Azure Disk Encryption.
  • Configure Key Vault to support Azure Disk Encryption.
  • Explain how to encrypt Azure IaaS VM hard disks.
  • Back up and recover encrypted data from IaaS VM hard disks.
  • Implement Change Tracking and Inventory
  • Manage Change Tracking and Inventory
  • Manage tracked files
  • Implement File Integrity Monitoring
  • Select and monitor entities
  • Use File Integrity Monitoring
  • Describe the functionality of CSV.
  • Describe the architecture and components of CSV.
  • Implement CSV.
  • Describe Windows Server failover clustering.
  • Implement Windows Server failover clustering.
  • Manage Windows Server failover clustering.
  • Implement stretch clusters.
  • Describe cluster sets.
  • Describe the Hyper-V high availability options.
  • Describe Hyper-V VMs load balancing.
  • Implement Hyper-V VMs live migration.
  • Implement Hyper-V VMs storage migration.
  • Provide a high-level overview of Windows Server File Server high-availability options.
  • Describe the characteristics of, and high-level implementation steps for Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV).
  • Describe the characteristics of, and high-level implementation steps for Scale-Out File Server (SOFS).
  • Describe the characteristics of, and high-level implementation steps for Storage Replica.
  • Describe virtual machine scale sets.
  • Implement scaling.
  • Implement load-balancing virtual machines.
  • Implement Azure Site Recovery.
  • Describe Hyper-V Replica, pre-requisites for its use, and its high-level architecture and components.
  • Describe Hyper-V Replica usage scenarios, available replication settings, and security considerations.
  • Configure Hyper-V Replica settings, health monitoring, and failover options.
  • Implement Hyper-V Replica.
  • Describe extended replication.
  • Describe Site Recovery.
  • Implement Site Recovery.
  • Identify the features and protection capabilities Azure Site Recovery provides to on-premises infrastructure
  • Identify the requirements for enabling protection of on-premises infrastructure
  • Describe Azure Backup.
  • Implement Recovery Vaults.
  • Implement Azure Backup policies.
  • Recover Windows IaaS VMs.
  • Perform file and folder recovery.
  • Perform backup and recovery of on-premises workloads.
  • Explain how to manage Azure VM backups with Azure Backup.
  • Protect Azure virtual machines with Azure Site Recovery
  • Run a disaster recovery drill to validate protection
  • Failover and failback your virtual machines
  • Identify the scenarios for which Azure Backup provides backup and restore capabilities
  • Back up and restore an Azure virtual machine
  • Compare upgrading an AD DS forest and migrating to a new AD DS forest
  • Describe how to upgrade an existing AD DS forest
  • Describe how to migrate to a new AD DS forest
  • Describe Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)
  • Describe Storage Migration Service and its usage scenarios
  • Identify the requirements for using Storage Migration Service
  • Describe how to migrate a server with storage migration
  • List the considerations for using Storage Migration Service
  • Describe the Windows Server Migration Tools
  • Use the migration tools to migrate specific Windows Server roles
  • Plan your migration.
  • Describe Azure Migrate.
  • Migrate server workloads using Windows Server Migration Tools.
  • Assess physical servers with Azure Migrate.
  • Migrate on-premises servers to Azure.
  • Describe Windows Server IaaS migration.
  • Explain how to migrate workloads using Windows Server Migration tools.
  • Describe storage migration.
  • Migrate file servers by using the Storage Migration Service.
  • Discover and containerize your ASP.NET app running on Windows machines using Azure Migrate: App Containerization.
  • Build a container image for your ASP.NET application.
  • Deploy your containerized application to Azure App Service using Azure Migrate: App Containerization.
  • Use built-in tools in Windows Server to monitor server performance
  • Understand the fundamentals of server performance tuning
  • Describe event logs
  • Use Server Manager and Windows Admin Center to - Review event logs
  • Implement custom views
  • Configure an event subscription
  • Audit Windows Server events
  • Configure Windows Server to record diagnostic information
  • Recover the AD DS database, objects in AD DS, and SYSVOL
  • Troubleshoot AD DS replication
  • Troubleshoot Hybrid authentication issues
  • Enable Azure Monitor for VMs.
  • Monitor an Azure VM with Azure Monitor.
  • Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios.
  • Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment.
  • Integrate Azure Monitor with Microsoft Operations Manager.
  • Understand which monitoring data you need to collect from your VM.
  • Enable and view recommended alerts and diagnostics.
  • Use Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host metrics data.
  • Use Azure Monitor Agent to collect VM client performance metrics and event logs.
  • Diagnose DHCP and DNS problems in on-premises contexts
  • Diagnose IP configuration and routing problems
  • Implement Packet Monitor to help diagnose network problems
  • Use Azure Network Watcher to troubleshoot Microsoft Azure virtual networks
  • Troubleshoot VM deployment and extension issues
  • Troubleshoot VM startup and performance issues
  • Troubleshoot VM storage and encryption issues
  • Troubleshoot connectivity to VMs

Who Should Attend

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 who already implement and manage on-premises core technologies want to secure and protect their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure Iaas, enable a highly available, fully redundant environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting.

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Prerequisites

Please review the prerequisites listed for each module in the course content and click on the provided links for more information.

Learning Journey

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  • Azure Network Engineer
  • Cloud Administrator
  • Cloud Network Architect
  • Systems Administrator

1. Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures

Learn to secure your on-premises Windows Server resources and your Azure IaaS workloads. Determine if those resources have any security vulnerabilities, and remediate those potential security vulnerabilities.

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2. Implement Windows Server high availability

Learn to implement high availability Windows Server virtual machine (VM) workloads with Hyper-V Replica, Windows Server Failover Clustering, and Windows Server File Server high availability.

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3. Implement disaster recovery in Windows Server on-premises and hybrid environments

Learn how to use Hyper-V Replica to provide an affordable BCDR solution for a virtual environment. Learn also how to implement Azure Site Recovery for in on-premises scenarios and to protect your Azure infrastructure.

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4. Migrate servers and workloads in on-premises and hybrid environments

Learn to migrate a workload running in Windows Server to an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machine (VM) and to Windows Server by using Windows Server migration tools or the Storage Migration Service.

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5. Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

Learn to use monitoring and troubleshooting tools, processes, and best practices to streamline app performance and availability of your Windows Server environment and your Windows Server IaaS VMs and hybrid instances.

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Skills measured

  • Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments
  • Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment
  • Manage virtual machines and containers
  • Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure
  • Manage storage and file services
  • Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures
  • Implement and manage Windows Server high availability
  • Implement disaster recovery
  • Migrate servers and workloads
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

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