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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

GPO administrative templates

These provide the basis for registry-based policy. As the name implies, the settings you configure are used to make changes to the registry; deploying configurations, apps, and software in this way is often the most efficient approach for centralized deployments.

Templates have the following settings that can be configured:

  • Computer-related: The settings defined here will edit the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive
  • User-related: The settings defined here will edit the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive

If settings conflict, the computer settings registry changes take precedence.

Templates are located under the Administrative Templates node of the GPOs Computer Configuration and User Configuration nodes, as seen in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.5 – Administrative templates

The administrative template is made up of two file types, as follows:

  • .admx file: This specifies the group policy settings...