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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

Troubleshooting booting failures

Throughout this book, we have discussed the overall reliability of both the Windows Server operating system and Microsoft Azure. However, nothing is perfect and we do occasionally encounter a virtual machine that simply refuses to boot up properly. This could be due to a wide variety of reasons including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Filesystem or disk stability or corruption
  • Disk encryption (such as BitLocker or Azure Disk Encryption)
  • Blue screen errors
  • Post update processing
  • Critical service failed error on startup or via blue screen error
  • A Windows reboot loop

Let’s begin by reviewing some of the built-in tools that can assist with identifying and potentially resolving a boot failure that is encountered due to the issues previously listed.

Reviewing Boot diagnostics

Boot diagnostics is enabled by default on Azure Virtual Machines and can be accessed using the following steps:

  1. Within the...