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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

Implementing Azure Files

The most common use case for Azure Files is to provide a replacement for on-premises file servers in a lift-and-shift manner to an Azure scenario. This will require you to provide access to network file shares via Server Message Block (SMB), Network File System (NFS), and HTTP(S) protocols. Client connections can be made by Windows, Linux, and macOS devices when the appropriate connectivity and access permissions are implemented.

Azure Files can also be used for backup and disaster recovery scenarios for the on-premise locations of file servers . Azure File Sync can be used to replicate file shares from on-premise file servers, providing a cloud tiering capability.

Azure Files is based on a serverless deployment, meaning there are no file servers to manage; this layer has been abstracted so that you can focus on creating shares and managing their access.

Azure Files uses the standard SMB 3.x protocol and can provide granular file permissions with support...