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Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure AZ-800 Exam Guide

By : Steve Miles
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Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure AZ-800 Exam Guide

By: Steve Miles

Overview of this book

Written by an Azure MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer with 20 years of experience in data center infrastructure, this AZ-800 study guide is an essential preparation tool for administrators who want to take the exam and acquire key skills that will help them thrive in their careers. This book will guide you through all the ways Windows Server can be used to manage hybrid solutions on-premises and in the cloud, starting with deploying and managing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments. You’ll then dive into managing virtual machines and containers and progress to implementing and managing an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure. The later parts of the book focus on managing storage and file services, concluding with a detailed overview of all the knowledge needed to pass the AZ-800 exam with practical examples throughout the chapters. In the final chapter, you’ll be able to test your understanding of the topics covered with the help of practice exams to make sure that you’re completely prepared for the contents and structure of the exam. By the end of the book, you’ll have gained the knowledge, both practical and conceptual, that's required to administer Windows Server hybrid core infrastructure confidently.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Hybrid Identity
6
Part 2: Hybrid Networking
9
Part 3: Hybrid Storage
12
Part 4: Hybrid Compute
18
Part 5: Exam Prep
19
Chapter 14: Exam Preparation Practice Tests

Managing Windows Server file servers

This section will look at the file-based storage solutions in Windows Server. We will start this chapter by looking at definitions and concepts to help set a baseline and foundation of knowledge that you can build from.

What is a Windows Server filesystem?

When a disk is presented to a computer, for it to be used for stored data, volumes must be created for it, which you then format with a filesystem. In this section, we will examine the question of what is a filesystem.

A filesystem is a mechanism or structure that allows you to hierarchically organize files and their access. It contains directories and folders created on a volume. It allows you to control a naming convention and format that can be stored. It also provides security and protection through access control.

The following filesystem types can be used with Windows Server storage systems:

  • File Allocation Table (FAT), FAT32, Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT)
  • ...