AZ-801T00: Configure Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

Module 1: Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security

• Introduction
• Implement Network Security Groups and Windows IaaS VMs
• Implement Azure Firewall and Windows IaaS VMs
• Implement Windows Firewall with Windows Server IaaS VMs
• Choose the Appropriate Filtering Solution
• Deploy and Configure Azure Firewall Using the Azure Portal
• Capture Network Traffic with Network Watcher
• Log Network Traffic to and from a VM Using the Azure Portal
• Module Assessment
• Summary

Module 2: Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines

• Introduction
• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud in Hybrid Environments
• Implement and Assess Security Policies
• Protect Your Resources with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Implement Microsoft Sentinel
• Module Assessment
• Summary

Module 3: Manage Azure updates

• Introduction
• Describe Update Management
• Enable Update Management
• Deploy Updates
• View Update Assessments
• Manage Updates for Your Azure Virtual Machines
• Module Assessment
• Summary

Module 4: Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

• Introduction
• Describe Azure Disk Encryption and server-side encryption
• Configure Key Vault for Azure Disk Encryption
• Encrypt Azure IaaS Virtual Machine hard disks
• Back up and recover data from encrypted disks
• Create and encrypt a Windows Virtual Machine
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 5: Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows IaaS VMs

• Introduction
• Implement Change Tracking and Inventory
• Manage Change Tracking and Inventory
• Manage tracked files
• Implement File Integrity Monitoring
• Select and monitor entities
• Use File Integrity Monitoring
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 6: Secure Windows Server DNS

• Introduction
• Implement split-horizon DNS
• Create DNS policies
• Implement DNS policies
• Secure Windows Server DNS
• Implement DNSSEC
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 7: Secure Windows Server user accounts

• Introduction
• Configure user account rights
• Protect user accounts with the Protected Users group
• Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard
• Block NTLM authentication
• Locate problematic accounts
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 8: Hardening Windows Server

• Introduction
• Describe Local Password Administrator Solution
• Configure Privileged Access Workstations
• Secure domain controllers
• Analyze security configuration with Security Compliance Toolkit
• Secure SMB traffic
• Module assessment
• Summary and Resources

Module 9: Windows Server update management

• Introduction
• Explore Windows Update
• Outline Windows Server Update Services server deployment options
• Define Windows Server Update Services update management process
• Describe the process of Update Management
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 10: Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes

• Introduction
• Determine the functionality of Cluster Shared Volumes
• Explore the architecture and components of Cluster Shared Volumes
• Implement Cluster Shared Volumes
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 11: Implement Windows Server failover clustering

• Introduction
• Define Windows Server failover clustering
• Plan Windows Server failover clustering
• Implement Windows Server failover clustering
• Manage Windows Server failover clustering
• Implement stretch clusters
• Define cluster sets
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 12: Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs

• Introduction
• Select high-availability options for Hyper-V
• Consider network load balancing for Hyper-V VMs
• Implement Hyper-V VM live migration
• Implement Hyper-V VMs storage migration
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 13: Implement Windows Server File Server high availability

• Introduction
• Explore the Windows Server File Server high-availability options
• Define Cluster Shared Volumes
• Implement Scale-Out File Server
• Implement Storage Replica
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 14: Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM

• Introduction
• Describe virtual machine scale sets
• Implement scaling
• Implement load-balancing VMs
• Create a virtual machine scale set in the Azure portal
• Describe Azure Site Recovery
• Implement Azure Site Recovery
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 15: Implement Hyper-V Replica

• Introduction
• Define Hyper-V Replica
• Plan for Hyper-V Replica
• Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica
• Define extended replication
• Define Azure Site Recovery
• Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to Azure
• Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to on-premises site
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 16: Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS

• Introduction
• Describe Azure Backup
• Implement Recovery Vaults
• Implement Azure Backup Policies
• Recover Windows IaaS Virtual Machines
• Perform File and Folder Recovery
• Perform Backup and Restore of On-Premises Workloads
• Manage Azure Virtual Machine Backups with Azure Backup Service
• Module Assessment
• Summary

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

• Introduction
• Azure Site Recovery overview
• Workloads supported for protection with Azure Site Recovery
• Run a disaster recovery drill
• Failover and failback
• Summary

Module 18: Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery

• Introduction
• What is Azure Site Recovery
• Prepare for disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery
• Exercise – Set up disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery
• Run a disaster recovery drill
• Exercise – Run a disaster recovery drill
• Failover and failback using Azure Site Recovery
• Exercise – Failover and failback using Azure Site Recovery
• Summary

Module 19: Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

• Introduction
• Azure Backup features and scenarios
• Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
• Exercise – Back up an Azure virtual machine
• Restore virtual machine data
• Exercise – Restore Azure virtual machine data
• Summary

Module 20: Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines

• Introduction
• Plan your migration
• Describe Azure Migrate
• Perform server assessment
• Assess physical servers with Azure Migrate
• Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 21: Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines

• Introduction
• Describe Azure Migrate
• Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate
• Describe storage migration
• Migrate file servers by using Storage Migration Service
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 22: Active Directory Domain Services migration

• Introduction
• Examine upgrade vs. migration
• Upgrade a previous version of Active Directory Domain Services to Windows Server 2025
• Migrate to Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2025 from a previous version
• Explore the Active Directory Migration Tool
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 23: Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service

• Introduction
• Storage Migration Service overview and usage scenarios
• Storage migration requirements
• Migrate a server with Storage Migration
• Evaluate storage migration considerations
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 24: Migrate Windows Server roles

• Introduction
• Describe the Windows Server Migration Tools
• Install the Migration Tools
• Migrate roles using the Migration Tools
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 25: Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances

• Introduction
• Enable Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines
• Monitor an Azure Virtual Machine with Azure Monitor
• Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios
• Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment
• Integrate Azure Monitor with Microsoft Operations Manager
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 26: Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor

• Introduction
• Monitoring for Azure VMs
• Monitor VM host data
• Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
• Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
• Collect VM client event logs
• Summary

Module 27: Monitor Windows Server performance

• Introduction
• Use Performance Monitor to identify performance problems
• Use Resource Monitor to review current resource usage
• Review reliability with Reliability Monitor
• Implement a performance monitoring methodology
• Use Data Collector Sets to analyze server performance
• Monitor network infrastructure services
• Monitor virtual machines running Windows Server
• Monitor performance with Windows Admin Center
• Use System Insights to help predict future capacity issues
• Optimize the performance of Windows Server
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Module 28: Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs

• Introduction
• Describe Windows Server event logs
• Use Windows Admin Center to review logs
• Use Server Manager to review logs
• Use custom views
• Implement event log subscriptions
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 29: Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics

• Introduction
• Describe basic auditing categories
• Describe advanced categories
• Log user access
• Enable setup and boot event collection
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 30: Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking

• Introduction
• Diagnose DHCP problems
• Diagnose DNS problems
• Diagnose IP configuration issues
• Diagnose routing problems
• Use Packet Monitor to help diagnose network problems
• Use Azure Network Watcher to help diagnose network problems
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 31: Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure

• Introduction
• Troubleshoot VM deployment
• Troubleshoot VM startup
• Troubleshoot VM extensions
• Troubleshoot VM connectivity
• Troubleshoot VM performance
• Troubleshoot VM storage
• Module assessment
• Summary

Module 32: Troubleshoot Active Directory

• Introduction
• Recover objects from the AD Recycle Bin
• Recover the AD DS database
• Recover SYSVOL
• Troubleshoot AD DS replication
• Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues
• Module assessment
• Summary