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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

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to effectively troubleshoot Windows Server virtual machine workloads in Microsoft Azure. We learned how to troubleshoot deployment and booting failures, VM performance and extension issues, disk encryption, storage, and overall VM connection issues. We also learned about a wide range of tools that will help us successfully address typical issues experienced with running Windows Servers in Microsoft Azure, consistent with the AZ-801 exam objectives.

In the next chapter, we will learn about valuable tools that help you troubleshoot and recover from typical issues experienced when running Active Directory Domain Services workloads. We will discuss how to enable and use the Active Directory Recycle Bin to restore deleted objects, how to use Directory Services Restore Mode to recover a corrupt Active Directory database and/or corrupted objects, and how to recover the SYSVOL folder and files necessary for running Active Directory services. We will...