Description

Candidates for this exam administer core Windows Server workloads using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. These professionals should have expertise in implementing and managing on-premises and hybrid solutions, such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage. They use administrative tools and technologies, such as Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, and IaaS virtual machine administration. 

A candidate for this exam should have extensive experience working with Windows Server operating systems. 

Note: Currently the exam is available in beta version 

Course Fee: £1,799+VAT

Objectives

• 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  

Who Should Attend

Candidates for the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification should have subject matter expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform workloads. Responsibilities for this role include integrating Windows Server environments with Azure services and managing Windows Server in on-premises networks. This role manages and maintains Windows Server IaaS workloads in Azure, in addition to migrating and deploying workloads to Azure. This role typically collaborates with Azure administrators, enterprise architects, Microsoft 365 administrators, and network engineers. Candidates for this exam administer core Windows Server workloads using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. These professionals should have expertise in implementing and managing on-premises and hybrid solutions, such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage. They use administrative tools and technologies, such as Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, and IaaS virtual machine administration. A candidate for this exam should have extensive experience working with Windows Server operating systems. 

Prerequisites

 Extensive experience in working with Windows Server Operating Systems

Course Outline

Module 1: Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in onpremises and cloud environments  

Deploy and manage AD DS domain controllers  

• Deployand manage domain controllers on-premises  
• Deployand manage domain controllers in Azure  
• DeployRead-Only Domain Controllers (RODCs)  
• Troubleshootflexible single master operations (FSMO) roles  

Configure and manage multi-site, multi-domain, and multi-forest environments  

• Configureand manage forest and domain trusts  
• Configureand manage AD DS sites  
• Configureand manage AD DS replication  

Create and manage AD DS security principals  

• Createand manage AD DS users and groups  
• Manageusers and groups in multi-domain and multi-forest scenarios  
• Implementgroup managed service accounts (gMSAs)  
• JoinWindows Servers to AD DS, Azure AD DS, and Azure AD  

Implement and manage hybrid identities  

• ImplementAzure AD Connect  
• ManageAzure AD Connect Synchronization  
• ImplementAzure AD Connect cloud sync  
• IntegrateAzure AD, AD DS, and Azure AD DS  
• ManageAzure AD DS  
• ManageAzure AD Connect Health  
• Manageauthentication in on-premises and hybrid environments  
• Configureand manage AD DS passwords  

Manage Windows Server by using domain-based Group Policies  

• ImplementGroup Policy in AD DS  
• ImplementGroup Policy Preferences in AD DS  
• ImplementGroup Policy in Azure AD DS  

Module 2: Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment 

Manage Windows Servers in a hybrid environment  

• Deploya Windows Admin Center gateway server  
• Configurea target machine for Windows Admin Center  
• ConfigurePowerShell Remoting  
• ConfigureCredSSP or Kerberos delegation for second hop remoting  
• ConfigureJEA for PowerShell Remoting  

Manage Windows Servers and workloads by using Azure services  

• ManageWindows Servers by using Azure Arc  
• AssignAzure Policy Guest Configuration  
• DeployAzure services using Azure Virtual Machine extensions on non-Azure machines  
• Manageupdates for Windows machines  
• IntegrateWindows Servers with Log Analytics  
• IntegrateWindows Servers with Azure Security Center  
• ManageIaaS virtual machines (VMs) in Azure that run Windows Server  
• ImplementAzure Automation for hybrid workloads  
• Createrunbooks to automate tasks on target VMs  
• ImplementDSC to prevent configuration drift in IaaS machines  

Module 3: Manage virtual machines and containers 

Manage Hyper-V and guest virtual machines  

• EnableVM enhanced session mode  
• ManageVM using PowerShell Remoting, PowerShell Direct, and HVC.exe  
• Configurenested virtualization  
• ConfigureVM memory  
• ConfigureIntegration Services  
• ConfigureDiscrete Device Assignment  
• ConfigureVM Resource Groups  
• ConfigureVM CPU Groups  
• Configurehypervisor scheduling types  
• ManageVM Checkpoints  
• Implementhigh availability for virtual machines  
• ManageVHD and VHDX files  
• ConfigureHyper-V network adapter  
• ConfigureNIC teaming  
• ConfigureHyper-V switch  

Create and manage containers  

• CreateWindows Server container images  
• ManageWindows Server container images  
• ConfigureContainer networking  
• Managecontainer instances  

Manage Azure Virtual Machines that run Windows Server  

• Managedata disks  
• ResizeAzure Virtual Machines  
• Configurecontinuous delivery for Azure Virtual Machines  
• Configureconnections to VMs  
• ManageAzure Virtual Machines network configuration  

Module 4: Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure  

Implement on-premises and hybrid name resolution  

• IntegrateDNS with AD DS  
• Createand manage zones and records  
• ConfigureDNS forwarding/conditional forwarding  
• IntegrateWindows Server DNS with Azure DNS private zones  
• ImplementDNSSEC  

Manage IP addressing in on-premises and hybrid scenarios  

• Implementand manage IPAM  
• Implementand configure the DHCP server role (on-premises only)  
• ResolveIP address issues in hybrid environments  
• Createand manage scopes  
• Createand manage IP reservations  
• ImplementDHCP high availability  

Implement on-premises and hybrid network connectivity  

• Implementand manage the Remote Access role  
• Implementand manage Azure Network Adapter  
• Implementand manage Azure Extended Network  
• Implementand manage Network Policy Server role  
• ImplementWeb Application Proxy  
• ImplementAzure Relay  
• Implementsite-to-site virtual private network (VPN)  
• ImplementAzure Virtual WAN  
• ImplementAzure AD Application Proxy  

Module 5: Manage storage and file services 

Configure and manage Azure File Sync  

• CreateAzure File Sync service  
• Createsync groups  
• Createcloud endpoints  
• Registerservers  
• Createserver endpoints  
• Configurecloud tiering  
• MonitorFile Sync  
• MigrateDFS to Azure File Sync 

Configure and manage Windows Server file shares  

• ConfigureWindows Server file share access  
• Configurefile screens  
• ConfigureFile Server Resource Manager (FSRM) quotas  
• ConfigureBranchCache  
• Implementand configure Distributed File System (DFS)  

Module 6: Configure Windows Server storage  

• Configuredisks and volumes  
• Configureand manage Storage Spaces  
• Configureand manage Storage Replica  
• ConfigureData Deduplication  
• ConfigureSMB direct  
• ConfigureStorage Quality of Service (QoS)  
• Configurefile systems 

About The Trainer

A Certified Microsoft Azure Trainer

Course Fee

£1,799+VAT