AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

Posted on 7 July, 2023 by Micheal Alexander

This course teaches IT professionals to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT professionals how to take advantage of the hybrid capabilities of Azure, how to migrate physical and virtual server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure virtual machines running Windows Server. IT professionals are also taught to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. Administrative tools and technologies are highlighted, including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor. Course AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

Module 1: Windows Server security

This module discusses how to protect an Active Directory environment by securing user accounts to least privilege and placing them in the Protected Users group. The module covers how to limit authentication scope and remediate potentially insecure accounts. The module also describes how to harden the security configuration of a Windows Server operating system environment. In addition, the module discusses the use of Windows Server Update Services to deploy operating system updates to computers on the network. Finally, the module covers how to secure Windows Server DNS to help protect the network name resolution infrastructure. Hardening con Docker

Lesson

Secure Windows Sever 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, students will be able to:

Diagnose and remediate potential security vulnerabilities in Windows Server resources.

Harden the security configuration of the Windows Server operating system environment.

Deploy operating system updates to computers on a network by using Windows Server Update Services.

Secure Windows Server DNS to help protect the network name resolution infrastructure.

Implement DNS policies.

Module 2: Implementing security solutions in hybrid scenarios

This module describes how to secure on-premises Windows Server resources and Azure IaaS workloads. The module covers how to improve the network security for Windows Server infrastructure as a service (IaaS) VMs and how to diagnose network security issues with those VMs. In addition, the module introduces Azure Security Center and explains how to onboard Windows Server computers to Security Center. The module also describes how to enable Azure Update Management, deploy updates, review an update assessment, and manage updates for Azure VMs. The module explains how Adaptive application controls and BitLocker disk encryption are used to protect Windows Server IaaS VMs. Finally, the module explains how to monitor Windows Server Azure IaaS VMs for changes in files and the registry, as well as monitoring modifications made to application software.

Lesson

Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security.

Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

Manage Azure updates

Create and implement application allowlists with adaptive application control

Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows Server IaaS VMs

Lab : Using Azure Security Center in hybrid scenarios

Provisioning Azure VMs running Windows Server

Configuring Azure Security Center

Onboarding on-premises Windows Server into Azure Security Center

Verifying the hybrid capabilities of Azure Security Center

Configuring Windows Server security in Azure VMs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Diagnose network security issues in Windows Server IaaS virtual machines.

Onboard Windows Server computers to Azure Security Center.

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

Implement Adaptive application controls to protect Windows Server IaaS VMs.

Configure Azure Disk Encryption for Windows IaaS VMs.

Back up and recover encrypted data.

Monitor Windows Server Azure IaaS VMs for changes in files and the registry.

Module 3: Implementing high availability

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

Lesson

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 and high availability with Windows Server VMs.

Lab : Implementing failover clustering

Configuring iSCSI storage

Configuring a failover cluster

Deploying and configuring a highly available file server

Validating the deployment of the highly available file server

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement highly available storage volumes by using Clustered Share Volumes.

Implement highly available Windows Server workloads using failover clustering.

Describe Hyper-V VMs load balancing.

Implement Hyper-V VMs live migration and Hyper-V VMs storage migration.

Describe Windows Server File Server high availablity options.

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

Implement Azure Site Recovery.

Module 4: Disaster recovery in Windows Server

This module introduces Hyper-V Replica as a business continuity and disaster recovery solution for a virtual environment. The module discusses Hyper-V Replica scenarios and use cases, and prerequisites to use it. The module also discusses how to implement Azure Site Recovery in on-premises scenarios to recover from disasters.

Lesson

Implement Hyper-V Replica

Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery

Lab : Implementing Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup

Implementing Hyper-V Replica

Implementing backup and restore with Windows Server Backup

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Hyper-V Replica, pre-requisites for its use, and its high-level architecture and components

Describe Hyper-V Replica use cases and security considerations.

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

Describe extended replication.

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

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