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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

Creating and managing Hyper-V virtual machines

We can create and manage Hyper-V using the New Virtual Machine Wizard area in the Hyper-V Manager console or with PowerShell using the New-VM cmdlet.

The process for implementing a VM consists of the following steps:

  1. Create a VM through Hyper-V Manager or PowerShell.
  2. Install the guest OS on the VM using Hyper-V Manager.
  3. Install or upgrade Integration Services using Hyper-V Manager.

We will learn how to create and manage VMs in more detail in the Hands-on exercises section of this chapter.

VM generation versions

The VM generation determines what hardware features and capabilities are available to the VM, such as the OS type supported, size of boot volume, boot methods, and so on.

Hyper-V supports generation 1 and generation 2 VMs.

Generation 1 VMs support the following features:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit guest OS
  • Maximum of 2 TB boot volume with four partitions
  • Legacy BIOS
  • VHD and VHDX format...