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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

Introduction to Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)

In Chapter 7, Implementing a Windows Server Failover Cluster, we learned how to quickly create an S2D cluster for our AZ801 failover cluster lab and discussed the benefits of this S2D design for any failover cluster. We’re now going to go a bit deeper into the subject of S2D to gain a better understanding of the power of Microsoft Storage Spaces and S2D technologies.

Microsoft S2D was first introduced in Windows Server 2016 as an evolution of the Storage Spaces technology introduced in Windows Server 2012. S2D is considered a software-defined storage technology designed to protect data from drive failures by grouping three or more drives into a common disk resource pool, allowing for multiple copies of stored data. Additionally, the technology is designed to utilize locally attached drives from different industry-standard servers, allowing for a highly scalable and resilient storage array without the traditional network-attached...