AZ-801: Configure Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

AZ-801 Course: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

This course teaches IT professionals how to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT professionals how to leverage Azure hybrid capabilities, how to migrate physical and virtual server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure virtual machines running Windows Server. It also teaches IT professionals how to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. Administrative tools and technologies are highlighted, including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.

Virtual course with a complimentary certification exam included. Don't miss this opportunity! The exam is valued at €126 + VAT and is included at no additional cost.

Promotion valid until December 31, 2026. One-attempt exam available only in Virtual - Tele-training mode. Not applicable to Self-Learning mode.

Level: Intermediate - Product: Windows Server - Role: Administrator

Target audience

This four-day course is intended for hybrid Windows Server administrators who have experience with Windows Server and wish to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Hybrid Windows Server administrators who are already implementing and managing basic on-premises technologies want to secure their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure IaaS, enable a fully redundant high-availability environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting.

Training objectives

• Extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies.
• Migrate physical and virtual server workloads from on-premises to Azure and enable a highly available, secure, and fully redundant environment.

Elements of the AZ-801 training: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

• Securing hybrid and on-premises Windows Server infrastructures (10 modules)
• Implementing Windows Server high availability (5 modules)
• Implementing disaster recovery in on-premises and hybrid Windows Server environments (5 modules)
• Migrating servers and workloads in on-premises and hybrid environments (5 modules)
• Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server environments (8 modules)

AZ-801 Course Content

Module 1: Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures (Windows Server security)

• Secure Windows Server user accounts
  
• Hardening Windows Server
  
• Secure Windows Server DNS
  
• Windows Server update management
  
• Lab 01 – Configuring security in Windows Server

Module 2: Secure Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Infrastructures (Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios)

• Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security
  
• Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
  
• Manage Azure updates
  
• Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines
  
• Lab 02: Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios
  

Module 3: Implementing Windows Server high Availability

• Implement Windows Server failover clustering
  
• Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs
  
• Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VMs
  
• Implement Windows Server File Server high availability
  
• Lab 03: Implementing failover clustering
  

Module 4: Implement Disaster Recovery in Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Disaster Recovery in Windows Server)

• Implement Hyper-V Replica
  
• Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery
  
• Lab 04 – Implementing Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup 
  

Module 5: Implement Disaster Recovery in Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Implementing Disaster Recovery Services in Hybrid Scenarios)

• Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS
  
• Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery
  
• Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
  
• Lab 05 – Implementing Azure-based recovery services

Module 6: Migrate Servers and Workloads in on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Upgrade and migrate in Windows Server)

• Active Directory Domain Services migration
  
• Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service
  
• Migrate Windows Server roles
  
• Lab 06 – Upgrade and migrate in Windows Server
  

Module 7: Migrate Servers and Workloads in on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Implementing migration in hybrid scenarios)

• Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines
  
• Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines
  
• Containerize and migrate ASP.NET applications to Azure App Service
  
• Lab 07 – Migrating Hyper-V VMs to Azure by using Azure Migrate
  

Module 8: Monitor and Troubleshoot Windows Server Environment (Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server)

• Monitor Windows Server performance
  
• Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs
  
• Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics
  
• Troubleshoot Active Directory
  
• Lab 08 – Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server
  

Module 9: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environment (Implementing operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios)

• Monitor Windows Server Virtual Machines and hybrid instances
  
• Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor
  
• Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure
  
• Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking
  
• Lab 09 – Implementing operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios
  

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students should have:

• Experience in administering the 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 (implicit in the first prerequisite).
• Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implicit in the first prerequisite).
• Experience and understanding of core networking technologies, such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Experience working with and understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts.
• Knowledge of basic security best practices.
• Basic knowledge of security-related technologies (firewalls, encryption, multi-factor authentication, SIEM/SOAR).
• Basic knowledge of Windows Server-based local resiliency compute and storage technologies (failover clusters, storage spaces).
• Basic experience in implementing and administering IaaS services in Microsoft Azure.
• Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory.
• Hands-on experience with Windows client operating systems, such as Windows 10 or Windows 11.
• Basic experience with Windows PowerShell.

Understanding of the following concepts related to Windows Server technologies:

• High availability and disaster recovery
• Automation
• Monitoring
• Troubleshooting

Language

• Course: English / Spanish

• Labs: English / Spanish

Related Microsoft Certification: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

As a candidate for this certification, you are responsible for configuring and managing on-premises, hybrid, and Windows Server Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform workloads.

Level: Intermediate
Role: Administrator, Identity and Access Administrator, Compliance and Information Protection Administrator, Network Engineer, Security Engineer, Support Engineer, Technology Administrator
Product: Azure

Required exams:

• AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure
• AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services