Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

Overview

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 leverage the hybrid capabilities of Azure, how to migrate virtual and physical server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure VMs running Windows Server. The course also teaches IT Professionals how to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. The course highlights administrative tools and technologies including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.

This course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who already implement and manage on-premises core technologies want to secure and protect their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure Iaas, enable a highly available, fully redundant environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting.

Module 1: Secure Windows Server user accounts

Module 2: Hardening Windows Server

Module 3: Windows Server update management

Module 4: Secure Windows Server DNS

Module 5: Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security

Module 6: Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

Module 7: Manage Azure updates

Module 8: Create and implement application allowlists with adaptive application control

Module 9: Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

Module 10: Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows IaaS VMs

Module 11: Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes

Module 12: Implement Windows Server failover clustering

Module 13: Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs

Module 14: Implement Windows Server File Server high availability

Module 15: Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM

Module 16: Implement Hyper-V Replica

Module 17: Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery

Module 18: Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS

Module 19: Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery

Module 20: Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

Module 21: Active Directory Domain Services migration

Module 22: Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service

Module 23: Migrate Windows Server roles

Module 24: Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines

Module 25: Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines

Module 26: Containerize and migrate ASP.NET applications to Azure App Service

Module 27: Monitor Windows Server performance

Module 28: Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs

Module 29: Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics

Module 30: Troubleshoot Active Directory

Module 31: Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances

Module 32: Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor

Module 33: Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking

Module 34: Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who should attend?

This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who already implement and manage on-premises core technologies want to secure and protect their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure Iaas, enable a highly available, fully redundant environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting.

Are there any prerequisites for this course?

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DNS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services
• Experience with common Windows Server management tools (implied in the first prerequisite).
• Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implied in the first prerequisite).
• Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Experience working with and an understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts
• An awareness of basic security best practices
• Basic understanding of security-related technologies (firewalls, encryption, multi-factor authentication, SIEM/SOAR).
• Basic knowledge of on-premises resiliency Windows Server-based compute and storage technologies (Failover Clustering, Storage Spaces).
• Basic experience with implementing and managing IaaS services in Microsoft Azure
• Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory
• Experience working hands-on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Basic experience with Windows PowerShell

An understanding of the following concepts as related to Windows Server technologies:

• High availability and disaster recovery
• Automation
• Monitoring
• Troubleshooting

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