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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

Deploying Azure Monitor Agents

In Chapter 4, Identifying and Remediating Windows Server Security Issues Using Azure Services, in the Installing the Azure Arc Connected Machine Agent section, we learned that once a list of prerequisites is met, setting up Azure Monitor Agent (as part of the Azure Connected Machine agent) happens behind the scenes. In this section, we will discuss Azure Monitor Agent while reviewing the various ways to install Azure Monitor Agent on a server.

It is important to know that Log Analytics Agent will be deprecated by August 2024 (announcement available at the following URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-migration), and it is recommended to migrate to Azure Monitor Agent before this date to avoid service interruption in any log data ingestion to Azure Monitor and other services. For more details, be sure to check out this article: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-migration...