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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

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to configure S2D and then use it within a failover cluster to provide resiliency and redundancy for a failover cluster. We also discussed how to upgrade an S2D node, as well as implement proper security and networking configurations for S2D, while discovering topics such as converged and hyper-converged deployments consistent with the AZ-801 exam objectives.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to implement disaster recovery patterns and practices. We will discuss managing backup and recovery options for Windows Server. We will also cover how to install and use Azure Backup Server for general backup and recovery of files and folders.

After, we will discuss how to configure and use Azure Recovery Services vault to manage file and folder backups using backup policies. Finally, we will learn how to recover virtual machines from snapshots, how to recover a VM to a new Azure Virtual Machine, and how to successfully restore a VM to its previous...