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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 storage

The available tiers of Azure storage, called Standard and Premium, allow you to store Azure VM disk files. Generally, the disks exist as .vhd files and are stored as optimized page blobs. Do remember that Standard storage has the equivalent performance of hard disk drives (HDDs), whereas Premium storage gives superior (and even Ultra disk) performance equivalent to the latest solid-state drive (SSD) technologies on the market.

In addition, there is quite a bit of consideration regarding managed versus unmanaged disks. Unmanaged disks have been traditionally designed and made available for low-priority, testing, disaster backup, or proof-of-concept workloads and are only available in HDDs. This approach of unmanaged disks also has a higher administrative overhead with planning, naming, availability and resiliency options, and storage constraints regarding support and service maximums.

For managed disks, there are far more available benefits:

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