Course - Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services (AZ-801T00)

This module discusses how to safeguard an Active Directory environment by safeguarding user accounts to the least privilege & placing them in the Safeguarded Users group. The module encloses how to limit authentication scope & remediate potentially insecure accounts. The module also explains how to harden the security construct of a Windows Server operating system environment. In addition, the module tells about the operating system deployment using Windows Server Update to computers on the network. Finally, the module covers securing Windows Server DNS to help safeguard the network name resolution infrastructure.

Lessons

•         Secure Windows Server user accounts

•         Hardening Windows Server

•         Windows Server Update Management

•         Secure Windows Server DNS

Lab: Configuring security in Windows Server

•         Configuring Windows Defender Credential Guard

•         Locating problematic accounts

•         Implementing LAPS

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         Diagnose & remediate security vulnerabilities in Windows Server resources.

•         Harden the security construct of the Windows Server operating system environment.

•         Utilize Windows Server Update Services to distribute operating system updates to a networked device.

•         Secure Windows Server DNS to safeguard the network name resolution infrastructure.

•         Apply DNS policies.

This module explains how to secure on-premises Windows Server resources & Azure IaaS workloads. The module covers how to upgrade Windows Server infrastructure as a services service's network security VMs & how to diagnose network security issues using VMs. In addition, the module tells  Azure Security Center &explains the process for adding Windows Server machines to Security Center. The module also explains how to enable Azure Update Management, deploy updates, review an updated assessment, & manage updates for Azure VMs. The module explains how Adaptive application controls & BitLocker disk encryption are used to safeguard Windows Server IaaS VMs. Finally, the module describes how to detect (IaaS VMs)  Windows Server Azure for changes in files & the registry and monitoring modifications made to application software.

Lessons

•          Windows Server IaaS VM can be applied for network security.

•         Examine the virtual machines running Windows Server IaaS for security.

•         Control Azure updates

•         Create & implement application allow lists with adaptive application control

•         Set up BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

•         Implement change tracking & file integrity monitoring for Windows Server IaaS VMs

Lab: Hybrid scenarios using Azure Security Center

•         Checking the hybrid capabilities of Azure Security Center

•          Construct Azure Security Center

Provisioning Azure VMs running Windows Server

•         Windows Server on-premises integration with Azure Security Center        

•          Construct Windows Server security in Azure VMs

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•          Network security issues can be diagnosed in Windows Server IaaS virtual apparatus.

•         Windows Server machines are added to Azure Security Center.

•         Deploy & manage updates for Azure VMs by enabling Azure Automation Update Management.

•         Implement Adaptive application controls to safeguard Windows Server IaaS VMs.

•         Construct Azure Disk Encryption for Windows IaaS VMs.

•         Back up & recover encrypted data.

•         Track changes to files on Windows Server Azure IaaS VMs & the registry.

This module describes technologies & options to create an available Windows Server environment. The section introduces Clustered Shared Volumes for shared storage access across different cluster nodes. The module also highlights stretch clusters,  failover clustering, & cluster sets for applying high availability of Windows Server workloads. The module then tells about high availability provisions for Hyper-V & Windows Server VMs, such as network load balancing, live migration, & storage migration. The module also includes high availability options for shares hosted on Windows Server file servers. Finally, the module explains how to implement scaling for virtual machine scale sets & load-balanced VMs, & how to implement Azure Site Recovery.

Lessons

•         Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes.

•         Implement Windows Server failover clustering.

•         Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs.

•         Implement Windows Server File Server high availability.

•         Implement scale & high availability with Windows Server VMs.

Lab: Implementing failover clustering

•         Configuring iSCSI storage

•         Configuring a failover cluster

•         Deploying & configuring a highly available file server

•         Checking the highly available file server's deployment

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         apply highly available storage volumes by using Clustered Share Volumes.

•         Apply highly available Windows Server workloads using failover clustering.

•         Describe Hyper-V VMs load balancing.

•         Implement Hyper-V VMs live migration & Hyper-V VMs storage migration.

•         Explain Windows Server File Server high availability options.

•         Implement scaling for virtual machine scale sets & load-balanced VMs.

•         Implement Azure Site Recovery.

This module Hyper-V Replica is a business continuity & disaster recovery solution for a virtual environment. The module discusses Hyper-V Replica scenarios & uses cases, & prerequisites to use it. The module also discusses implementing Azure Site Recovery in on-premises systems to recover from disasters.

Lessons

•         Implement Hyper-V Replica

•         Safeguard your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery

Lab: Implementing Hyper-V Replica & Windows Server Backup

•         Implementing Hyper-V Replica

•         Implementing backup & restore with Windows Server Backup

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         Describe Hyper-V Replica, the prerequisites for its use, & its high-level architecture & components

•         Describe Hyper-V Replica use cases & security considerations.

•         Configure Hyper-V Replica settings, health monitoring, & failover options.

•         Describe extended replication.

•         Replicate, failover, & failback virtual machines & physical servers with Azure Site Recovery.

This module covers tools & technologies for applying disaster recovery in hybrid scenarios, whereas the prior module emphasizes BCDR solutions for on-premises systems. The module starts with Azure Backup as an assistance to safeguard files & folders before highlighting how to implement Recovery Vaults & Azure Backup Policies. The module explains how to recover Windows IaaS virtual machines, perform backup & restore of on-premises workloads, & manage Azure VM backups. The module also includes how to provide disaster recovery for Azure infrastructure by managing & orchestrating replication, failover, & failback of Azure virtual machines with Azure Site Recovery.

Lessons

•         Implement hybrid backup & recovery with Windows Server IaaS

•         Safeguard your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery

•         Safeguard your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

Lab: Implementing Azure-based recovery services

•         Implementing the lab environment

•         Creating & configuring an Azure Site Recovery vault

•         Implementing Hyper-V VM safeguarding by using Azure Site Recovery vault

•         Implementing Azure Backup

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         restore Windows Server IaaS virtual machines by using Azure Backup.

•         Use Azure Backup to help safeguard the data for on-premises servers & virtualized workloads.

•         Implement Recovery Vaults & Azure Backup policies.

•         Safeguard Azure VMs with Azure Site Recovery.

•         Run a disaster recovery drill to validate safeguarding.

•         Failover & failback Azure virtual machines.

This module discusses approaches to migrating & updating Windows Server workloads running in prior versions of Windows Server. The module encloses the necessary strategies needed to move domain controllers to Windows Server 2022 & explains how the Active Directory Migration Tool can merge areas within a forest or migrate domains to a new AD DS forest. The module also tells the use of Storage Migration Service to migrate files & file shares from already existing file servers to new servers running Windows Server 2022. Finally, the section covers how to install & use the Windows Server Migration Tools cmdlets to move mainly used server roles from earlier versions of Windows Server.

Lessons

•         Active Directory Domain Services migration

•         Migrate file server workloads using the Storage Migration Service

•         Windows Server roles must be moved.

Lab: Migrating workloads from Windows Server to IaaS VMs

•         Deployment of AD DS domain controllers in Azure

•         Utilizing Storage Migration Service to migrate file server shares

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         Compare upgrading an AD DS forest & migrating to a new AD DS forest.

•         Describe the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT).

•         Identify the requirements & considerations for using Storage Migration Service.

•         Explain how to migrate a server with storage migration.

•         Checking the highly available file server' server's deployment

This module discusses approaches to drifting workloads running in Windows Server to a framework as a service virtual machine. The module uses Azure Migrate to assess & migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Microsoft Azure. The module also encloses migrating a workload working in Windows Server to a framework as a service virtual machine (VM) & to Windows Server 2022 using the Windows Server migration tool or the Storage Migration Service. Finally, this module explains how to use the Azure Migrate App Containerization tool to containerize & migrate ASP.NET applications to Azure App Service.

Lessons

•         Migrate on-premises Windows system instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines

•         Upgrade & migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines

•         Containerize & migrate ASP.NET applications to Azure App Service

Lab: Migrating on-premises VMs to IaaS VMs

•         Applying assessment & discovery of Hyper-V VMs using Azure Migrate

•         Applying migration of Hyper-V workloads using Azure Migrate

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         Plan a migration strategy & choose the appropriate migration tools.

•         Perform server assessment & discovery using Azure Migrate.

•         Drift Windows Server workloads to Azure VM workloads using Azure Migrate.

•         Describe how to migrate workloads using Windows Server Migration tools.

•         Transfer file servers by using the Storage Migration Service.

•         Discover & containerize ASP.NET applications running on Windows.

•         Drift a containerized application to Azure App Service.

This module presents a range of tools to monitor the operating system & applications on a Windows Server computer, as well as describes how to configure a system to optimize efficiency & troubleshoot problems. The module encloses how Event Viewer provides a convenient & accessible location for observing events that occur, & how to clarify the data in the event log. The module also encloses how to audit & diagnose a Windows Server environment for user activity, regulatory compliance, & troubleshooting. Finally, the module describes how to troubleshoot AD DS service failure performance, including recovery of deleted objects & the AD DS database, & how to troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues.

Lessons

•         Monitor Windows Server performance

•         Manage & monitor Windows Server event logs

•         Implement Windows Server auditing & diagnostics

•         Troubleshoot Active Directory

Lab: Monitoring & troubleshooting Windows Server

•         Establishing a performance baseline

•         Identifying the source of a performance problem

•         Viewing & configuring centralized event logs

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         Describe the fundamentals of server performance tuning.

•         Use built-in tools in Windows Server to check server performance.

•         Use Server Manager & Windows Admin Center to review event logs.

•         Implement custom views.

•         Configure an event subscription.

•         Audit Windows Server events.

•         Configure Windows Server to record diagnostic information.

•         Recover the AD DS database & objects in AD DS.

•         Troubleshoot AD DS replication.

•         Troubleshoot hybrid authentication problems.

This module encloses using monitoring & troubleshooting tools, processes, & best practices to streamline app performance & availability of Windows Server IaaS VMs & hybrid instances. The module explains how to implement Azure Monitor for IaaS VMs in Azure, apply Azure Monitor in on-premises environments, & use dependency maps. The module then explains how to view VM metrics in Azure Metrics Explorer and use diagnostics to gather information about a VM, view VM metrics in Azure Metrics Explorer, use diagnostics to obtain information about a VM, & create a metric alert to monitor VM performance. The module then covers monitoring VM performance using Azure Monitor VM Insights. The module then explains various aspects of troubleshooting on-premises & hybrid network connectivity, involving how to diagnose common issues with DHCP, IP configuration, name resolution, & routing. Finally, the module checks how to troubleshoot configuration problem that impacts connectivity to Azure-hosted Windows Server virtual machines (VMs) and approaches to resolving problems with VM startup, extensions, performance, storage, & encryption.

Lessons

•         Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines & hybrid instances

•         Monitor the health of your Azure virtual appliance by using Azure Metrics Explorer & metric alerts

•         Monitor the performance of virtual machines by using Azure Monitor VM Insights

•         Troubleshoot on-premises & hybrid networking

•         Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure

Lab: Monitoring & troubleshooting of IaaS VMs running Windows Server

•         Enabling Azure Monitor for virtual machines

•         Setting up a VM with boot diagnostics

•         Setting up a Log Analytics workspace & Azure Monitor VM Insights

After completing this module, professionals will be able to:

•         Apply Azure Monitor for IaaS VMs in Azure & on-premises environments.

•         Apply Azure Monitor for IaaS VMs in Azure & on-premises environments.

•         View VM metrics in Azure Metrics Explorer.

•         Use monitoring data to diagnose problems.

•         Evaluate Azure Monitor Logs & configure Azure Monitor VM Insights.

•         Configure a Log Analytics workspace.

•         Troubleshoot on-premises connectivity & hybrid network connectivity.

•         Check AD DS service failures or degraded performance.

•         reinstall deleted security objects & the AD DS database.

•         Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues.

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