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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 on-premises AD

When it comes to troubleshooting on-premises AD, there are a ton of tools, built-in logs, and general commands for troubleshooting and resolving domain controller issues. However, we will focus on the key tools that help to uncover another layer of detail that logs simply do not provide when troubleshooting:

  • As discussed previously, repadmin.exe is still a great friend to have in your corner for on-premises troubleshooting.
  • Dcdiag.exe gives you access to a tool that runs tests across domain controllers and can be selectively targeted to specific DCs that have reported issues or faults. The tests include replication checks, Netlogon checks, advertising of roles, intersite checks and balances, FSMO checks, SYSVOL replication, and most importantly, DNS tests, which are the root cause of many an outage.
  • Task Manager, MSInfo32.exe, and AutoRuns.exe can be used to identify any superfluous applications that may be running during startup, applications...