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Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam Ref AZ-801

By : Chris Gill
Book Image

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

Using Azure Recovery Services vault to manage, back up, and restore files and folders

Now, let’s switch focus to the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent or the Azure Backup Agent. Previously, we learned that we could back up files, folders, and system state from both on-premises machines and Azure VMs with this agent in use as part of Microsoft Azure Backup Server. This agent is meant to be lightweight without the overhead of MABS while still storing backup data in an Azure Recovery Services vault. Later in this chapter, we will cover using the Azure Backup extension for Azure VMs. The subtle difference between the extension versus the MARS agent is that the agent can handle specific files and folders on the VM, whereas the extension backs up the entire VM. This means that file and folder-level recovery will require both components to be configured on Azure VMs.

In addition, as this agent is wholly dependent on connection to Azure Active Directory, Azure Storage...