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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 backups for Azure Virtual Machines using the built-in backup agent

Here’s where the fun begins! We have read about it, and now we truly get to experience the one-click backup approach directly in Microsoft Azure. Once you have Azure VMs created and have a configured Azure Recovery Services vault, within Backup center, you can simply navigate to the Policy and Compliance | Protectable datasources section, as shown in Figure 10.30, to review any virtual machines that are not currently configured for backup:

Figure 10.30 – Reviewing VM data sources that are not currently backed up

Figure 10.30 – Reviewing VM data sources that are not currently backed up

Right-clicking and selecting Backup from the menu provides us with a Welcome to Azure Backup for Azure VMs page that gives us a simple and straightforward approach to enabling backup for VMs with configurable backup policies and policy sub-types, with a simple Enable backup button to begin the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)-based process, as shown in...