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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

Implementing cluster-aware updating

In Chapter 7, Implementing a Windows Server Failover Cluster, we learned about failover clustering regarding the network, storage, and overall requirements. Now, we wish to focus on how to keep failover clustering up to date and operating at peak performance.

Let’s continue learning more about Windows Server Failover Clustering features by introducing cluster-aware updating.

Introduction to cluster-aware updating for Windows Server failover clusters

Cluster-aware updating (CAU) is a feature introduced with Windows Server 2012 that allows administrators to manage Windows Updates for an entire cluster of hosts and services. CAU attempts to reduce or eliminate the amount of service and guest downtime while providing an automated approach for applying orchestrated updates and maintenance across an entire failover cluster. During what’s called an updating run, CAU puts each node into a temporary maintenance mode and fails over any...