Configure Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services
(4 days)
Course Description
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 Policy, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and IaaS virtual machine administration.
Learning Objectives
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Harden the security configuration of the Windows Server operating system environment
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Enhance hybrid security using Azure Security Center, Azure Sentinel, and Windows Update Management
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Apply security features to protect critical resources
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Implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions
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Implement recovery services in hybrid scenarios
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Plan and implement hybrid and cloud-only migration, backup, and recovery scenarios
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Perform upgrades and migration related to AD DS, and storage • Manage and monitor hybrid scenarios using WAC, Azure Arc, Azure Automation and Azure Monitor • Implement service monitoring and performance monitoring, and apply troubleshooting.
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.
Prerequisites
- Windows Server Management: Experience managing Windows Server (2012 or later) environments, core workloads (AD DS, DNS, DFS, File & Storage Services), and common administrative tools.
- Infrastructure & Resiliency: Familiarity with virtualization (Hyper-V, virtual machines), backup/restore concepts, high availability, autoscaling, and on-premises resiliency.
- Azure & Cloud Services: Experience implementing and managing Azure IaaS services and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
- Networking, Security, & Automation: Fundamental knowledge of core networking, security technologies (firewalls, encryption, MFA, SIEM/SOAR), and basic PowerShell scripting.
Course Outline
Module 1: Secure Windows Server onpremises and hybrid infrastructures
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Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security
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Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
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Manage Azure updates
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Create and implement application allowlists with adaptive application control
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Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines
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Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows IaaS VMs
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Secure Windows Server DNS
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Secure Windows Server user accounts
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Hardening Windows Server
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Windows Server update management
Module 2: Implement Windows Server high availability
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Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes
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Implement Windows Server failover clustering
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Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs
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Implement Windows Server File Server high availability
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Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM
Module 3: Implement disaster recovery in Windows Server onpremises and hybrid environments
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Implement Hyper-V Replica
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Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS
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Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery
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Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery
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Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
Module 4: Migrate servers and workloads in onpremises and hybrid environments
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Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines
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Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines
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Active Directory Domain Services migration
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Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service
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Migrate Windows Server roles
Module 5: Course Labs
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Configuring security in Windows Server
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Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios
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Implementing failover clustering
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Implementing Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup
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Implementing Azure-based recovery services
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Upgrade and migrate in Windows Server
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Migrating Hyper-V VMs to Azure by using Azure Migrate
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Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server
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Implementing operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios
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Configuring security in Windows Server
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Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios
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Implementing Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup
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Implementing Azure-based recovery services
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Upgrade and migrate in Windows Server
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Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server
