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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 management and troubleshooting tools

GPOs can be managed primarily through a GUI. The GPMC is the built-in group policy management tool in the Windows OS. This has a built-in editor feature, Group Policy Management Editor. The GPMC can be launched with the gpedit.msc command.

This tool allows you to create, link, edit, and delete GPOs, provide reports, and model how they will affect users and the computers they are applied to.

The following command-line tools can also be used to manage and troubleshoot GPOs:

  • GPMC
  • GPRESULT
  • GPUPDATE
  • LDIFDE
  • PowerShell

When you create a new GPO or edit a GPO, the GPO files are replicated to every member server every 90 minutes (DC servers are replicated every 5 minutes). You don’t need to have a user log off or reboot to apply the policy. You can also force an application if you don’t want to wait by using the gpupdate/force command.

The Group Policy Management Editor pane in the following screenshot...