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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

Migrating On-Premises Storage to On-Premises Servers or Azure

In this chapter, we will identify how to successfully transfer data and share configurations from on-premises Windows servers to other available Windows servers running on-premises or in Microsoft Azure. We will learn how to use Windows Admin Center and Storage Migration Service to migrate services from one server to another.

We will then learn how to use Storage Migration Service to successfully integrate with and migrate to Microsoft Azure and Azure Virtual Machines. Finally, we will learn what Azure File shares bring to the table, and how we can migrate existing shares to Azure File shares quickly and securely.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Technical requirements and lab setup
  • Introduction to Storage Migration Service
  • Transferring data and sharing configuration
  • Cutting over to a new server by using Storage Migration Service
  • Using Storage Migration Service to migrate...