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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)
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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

Managing Hyper-V replica servers

While we have primarily reviewed a two-Hyper-V-host replica setup, we can also establish replica clusters for Hyper-V failover clusters. With the Hyper-V Replica Broker Role configured within the cluster, the cluster can be configured as either a primary cluster or a replica cluster. A replica cluster can use either the Kerberos (HTTP) or certificate-based (HTTPS) authentication type, and setting up allowed replication from a wildcard server configuration (e.g., *.domain.com) with the use of the cluster shared storage as a storage location gives high availability to this Hyper-V replica role.

Hyper-V Replica settings are modified using the Hyper-V Manager interface for standalone Hyper-V servers. Conversely, Hyper-V failover clusters are configured using the Failover Cluster Manager interface. Hyper-V replica health can then be seen per VM by using the Replication > View Replication Health… option for the replicated VM, as shown in Figure...