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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

Introduction to Azure Site Recovery

ASR is a cloud-native Azure cloud data protection and disaster recovery service that protects both on-premises and Azure-hosted virtual machines and servers. ASR provides a single replication solution for protecting and restoring data from virtual machines running on either VMware or Hyper-V clusters and physical servers. In the event of a failure and based on your organization’s disaster recovery strategy (let’s be honest, this will happen at some point), ASR provides a fully automated disaster recovery service that encrypts data both in transit and at rest, while also providing the ability to fail over services to a secondary site or even another Azure region while meeting your organizational requirements and policies.

Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans typically require recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) for your workloads and applications, identifying a maximum amount of time...