Exam Ref AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

by Orin Thomas

Overview

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-801 and demonstrate your real-world mastery of configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform workloads. Designed for professionals with Windows Server and Azure experience, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures
• Implement and manage Windows Server high availability
• Implement disaster recovery
• Migrate servers and workloads
• Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
• Assumes you have significant experience with Windows Server operating systems

About the Exam

Exam AZ-801 focuses on knowledge needed to secure Windows Server operating systems, networking, and storage; secure hybrid Active Directory infrastructures; use Azure Services to identify and remediate Windows Server security issues; implement and manage Windows Server failover clusters and Storage Spaces Direct; manage Windows Server backup and recovery; use Azure Site Recovery to implement disaster recovery; protect VMs with Hyper-V replicas; migrate on-premises storage and services; move workloads and AD DS infrastructure to Windows Server 2022 from previous versions; migrate IIS workloads to Azure; use Windows Server tools and Azure services to monitor Windows Server; troubleshoot on-premises networking, hybrid networking, virtual machines in Azure, and Active Directory.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam and Exam AZ-800 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate credential. This demonstrates your expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and IaaS platform workloads; integrating Windows Server environments with Azure services; managing and maintaining Windows Server IaaS workloads in Azure, and moving workloads to Azure. This certification supports your goals as an IT, cloud, identity/access, or information protection administrator; a network, security, or support engineer, and a technology manager.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780137729494
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	10/27/2022
Series:	Exam Ref
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

ORIN THOMAS is a Principal Hybrid Cloud Advocate at Microsoft and has written more than 3 dozen books for Microsoft Press on topics including Windows Server, Windows Client, Azure, Office 365, System Center, Exchange Server, Security, and SQL Server. He holds a Master’s degree in Computing Research, has authored Azure Architecture courses at Pluralsight, and has authored multiple Microsoft Official Curriculum courses on a variety of IT Pro topics. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/orinthomas or find out more at https://aka.ms/orin.

Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructure

CHAPTER 2 Implement and manage Windows Server High Availability

CHAPTER 3 Implement disaster recovery

CHAPTER 4 Migrate servers and workloads

CHAPTER 5 Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments