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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

Restoring or recovering VMs to existing or new Azure Virtual Machines

There are several restore options available to administrators when attempting to recover Azure VMs from the recovery points stored within Azure Recovery Services vaults. Let’s review some of the restore options:

  • Create a new VM allows you to create a new virtual machine quickly and efficiently from a selected restore point, giving you flexibility in naming and placing the resource group, the storage location, and the virtual network for the restored VM.
  • Restore disk recovers a disk that can be used to create a new VM or add to an existing VM. Template functionality is available for customizing the destination VM for creation.
  • Replace existing restores the disk directly on top of the existing disk. This requires that the current VM persists/exists.
  • Cross Region (secondary region) allows you to restore the Azure VM and selected recovery point if – and only if – the backup is...