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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

Technical requirements and lab setup

To successfully follow along and complete tasks and exercises throughout this chapter and the following chapters in this book, we will need to establish a custom domain name for use with Azure AD, set up Azure AD Connect to synchronize our on-premises lab AD with Azure AD, and finally establish Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR). Let’s begin with the following set of steps to configure these lab components in our Azure Active Directory tenant and our on-premises Hyper-V lab.

Establishing a custom domain name

When we established our tenant subscription within Azure back in Chapter 1, there is a default domain registered to the tenant that reflects the naming convention of tenantname.onmicrosoft.com. This Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is unique throughout all of Azure AD, and this tenant FQDN becomes a permanent and public part of your Azure AD tenant. As part of your organization’s brand and naming conventions, it may be...