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Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam Ref AZ-801

By : Chris Gill
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Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam Ref AZ-801

By: Chris Gill

Overview of this book

Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam Ref AZ-801 helps you master various cloud and data center management concepts in detail, helping you grow your expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server in on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based workloads. Throughout the book, you'll cover all the topics needed to pass the AZ-801 exam and use the skills you acquire to advance in your career. With this book, you’ll learn how to secure your on-premises Windows Server resources and Azure IaaS workloads. First, you’ll explore the potential vulnerabilities of your resources and learn how to fix or mitigate them. Next, you'll implement high availability Windows Server virtual machine workloads with Hyper-V Replica, Windows Server Failover Clustering, and Windows File Server. You’ll implement disaster recovery and server migration of Windows Server in on-premises and hybrid environments. You’ll also learn how to monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills required to ace the AZ-801 exam, and you'll have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide.
Table of Contents (31 chapters)
1
Part 1: Exam Overview and the Current State of On-Premises, Hybrid, and Cloud Workflows
3
Part 2: Secure Windows Server On-Premises and Hybrid Infrastructures
9
Part 3: Implement and Manage Windows Server High Availability
13
Part 4: Implement Disaster Recovery
17
Part 5: Migrate Servers and Workloads
23
Part 6: Monitor and Troubleshoot Windows Server Environments

Configuring Windows Server Failover Cluster storage options

Any clustering technology must incorporate support for a distributed filesystem that allows for efficient operations and access to shared storage across all cluster nodes while reducing data corruption and improving failover speed and workload distribution.

The options that can be used for Failover Cluster shared storage are as follows:

  • Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) or internal/direct attached storage enables a highly available and incredibly scalable replication of storage across nodes by providing an easy approach to pooling and distributing locally attached storage across multiple cluster nodes.
  • iSCSI, shared Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), Storage Area Network (SAN), or Fibre Channel (FCoE) storage.
  • CSV with NT File System (NTFS) or Resilient File System (ReFS) provides a multi-host read/write access filesystem to a shared disk. Hosted applications can then read/write to the same shared data location from...