This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.

Audience Profile

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 implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.

Course Syllabus

Deploy and manage identity infrastructure

• Introduction to AD DS
• Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles
• Implement Group Policy Objects
• Manage advanced features of AD DS
• Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
• Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure

Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment

• Perform Windows Server secure administration
• Describe Windows Server administration tools
• Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server
• Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely
• Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc
• Optimizing IT operations and management with Azure Automanage
• Just Enough Administration in Windows Server

Manage virtualization and containers in a hybrid environment

• Secure Hyper-V workloads
• Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
• Customize Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine images
• Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
• Run containers on Windows Server
• Orchestrate containers on Windows Server using Kubernetes

Implement and operate an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure

• Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs
• Deploy and manage DHCP
• Implement Windows Server DNS
• Implement IP Address Management
• Implement remote access
• Implement hybrid network infrastructure
• Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing

Configure storage and file services

• Manage Windows Server file servers
• Implement Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct
• Implement Windows Server Data Deduplication
• Implement Windows Server iSCSI
• Implement Windows Server Storage Replica
• Implement a hybrid file server infrastructure