AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced

Module: Secure Windows Server On-Premises and Hybrid Infrastructures (25–30%)

• Harden OS

  • Exploit Protection

  • Credential Guard

  • SmartScreen

  • Password policies

• Secure hybrid AD

  • RODC

  • NTLM audit

  • Defender for Identity

  • OSConfig policies

Module: Implement and Manage Windows Server High Availability (15–20%)

• Deploy and manage failover clusters (on-prem, hybrid, cloud)

• Configure Storage Spaces Direct, cluster quorum, scale-out file servers, Azure witness

Module: Implement Disaster Recovery (10–15%)

• Backup and restore using Azure Recovery Services Vault, Azure Backup Server

• Implement Azure Site Recovery and Hyper-V Replicas for disaster recovery

Module: Migrate Servers and Workloads (20–25%)

• Use Storage Migration Service for storage and server migrations

• Migrate on-prem servers or physical servers to Azure VMs using Azure Migrate

• Migrate IIS, AD DS, RDS, DHCP, print servers, and perform in-place upgrades

Module: Monitor and Troubleshoot Windows Server Environments (15–20%)

• Monitor using Performance Monitor, Admin Center, System Insights, Event Logs, Azure Monitor, VM Insights

• Troubleshoot connectivity, DNS, Windows Update, time synchronization, VM issues, disk encryption, Active Directory replication, hybrid authentication