Cloud & M365
AZ-800 — Administering Windows Server hybrid core infrastructure
Administer a Windows Server foundation extended into Azure: hybrid identity, virtualisation, networking and file services in a mixed environment.
Prerequisites: Windows Server administration (AD DS, DNS, Hyper-V, file services), a grounding in Azure compute, storage and networking.
Related certification: Microsoft Certified — Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (with AZ-801)
1 · Windows Server identity services
- AD DS
- domain controllers and FSMO roles
- group policies
- advanced features
2 · Identity in hybrid scenarios
- hybrid identity
- AD DS domain controllers in Azure IaaS
- Entra Connect
3 · Windows Server administration
- secure administration
- administration tools
- post-installation configuration
- Just Enough Administration
4 · Hybrid management
- remote administration of IaaS VMs
- managing hybrid workloads with Azure Arc
- Windows Admin Center
5 · Hyper-V virtualisation
- configuring and managing Hyper-V and virtual machines
- securing workloads
- containers and Kubernetes orchestration
6 · Deploying Azure VMs
- planning and deploying IaaS VMs
- customising images
- automation through ARM templates
7 · Windows Server network services
- DHCP
- DNS
- IP address management
- remote access
8 · Hybrid networking
- hybrid network infrastructure
- DNS and addressing of IaaS VMs
- routing
9 · File servers and storage
- file servers
- Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct
- deduplication
- iSCSI
- Storage Replica
10 · Hybrid file infrastructure
- Azure file services
- Azure File Sync
- cloud tiering
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