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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

Migrating RDS host servers

As a rule of thumb for RDS deployments, all Remote Desktop (RD) Connection Broker servers must be migrated first, unless your architecture does not contain any RD Connection Broker servers.

The order of migration and recommendations for multiple role servers for RDS are as follows:

  1. RD Connection Broker(s):
    1. If the RD Connection Brokers are deployed in a high-availability cluster, one host with the Connection Broker role can be left in the cluster while in-place upgrades are completed on the other hosts. Then, they can be added back to the cluster once upgraded.
    2. Ensure that all certificates for the RDS configuration have been exported (preferably as a PFX with a password) and imported into the new RDS configuration or environment.
  2. RD Session Host(s):
    1. Farms can contain Session Hosts with different Windows OS versions – it is highly recommended to use hosts with the same Windows Server version within the same RDS collection.
    2. Ensure that the...