Build the skills to administer, secure, and troubleshoot Windows Server across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Modern Windows Server administration extends beyond the data center.

This course develops the practical skills to manage identity, virtualization, networking, storage, security, and monitoring while using Azure services to administer Windows Server workloads across hybrid infrastructure.

  • Why get trained: Learn to administer AD DS, Hyper-V, Azure VMs, networking, storage, security, monitoring, and hybrid Windows Server environments
  • Why it matters: Build the administration skills required to manage secure, reliable Windows Server workloads across on-premises, Azure, and hybrid infrastructure
  • Who should attend: Windows Server administrators and IT professionals responsible for server infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments

Gain practical Windows Server administration skills across hybrid environments and prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate certification. HRD Corp Claimable.

Overview

This course teaches IT professionals how to deploy, manage, secure, and troubleshoot Windows Server workloads across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

The course covers Active Directory Domain Services, Hyper-V and Azure virtual machines, on-premises and hybrid networking, storage and file services, Windows Server security hardening, and monitoring and troubleshooting.

It highlights administrative tools and technologies including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Skills Covered

  • Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services
  • Manage Windows Server instances and workloads in a hybrid environment
  • Manage virtual machines
  • Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure
  • Manage storage and file services
  • Secure Windows Server infrastructure
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

Prerequisites

Candidates should have experience administering Windows Server using technologies such as Windows Admin Center, Hyper-V, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and should be familiar with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Target Audience

This course is intended for Windows Server administrators who deploy, implement, manage, and troubleshoot Windows Server as a workload in on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.

Candidates administer identity, security, compute, networking, storage, and monitoring for Windows Server, and they typically collaborate with architects, administrators, and engineers.

 

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services

Learn how to deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain controllers, create and manage security principals, configure multi-site, multi-domain, and multi-forest environments, and implement domain-based Group Policies.

Module 2: Manage Windows Server instances and workloads in a hybrid environment

Learn how to configure remote management for Windows Servers using Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, SSH, and Remote Desktop, and manage Windows Server workloads using Azure Arc, Azure Update Manager, and Azure Automation.

Module 3: Manage virtual machines

Learn how to manage Hyper-V and guest virtual machines, including configuration, networking, replication, and high availability, and manage Windows Server virtual machines on Azure, including storage, capacity, availability, and network configuration.

Module 4: Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure

Learn how to implement on-premises and hybrid name resolution, including DNS integration with Active Directory, DNS zones, forwarding, policies, and DNSSEC, and manage IP addressing using DHCP in on-premises and hybrid scenarios.

Module 5: Manage storage and file services

Learn how to configure and manage Azure Files and Azure File Sync, manage Windows Server file shares including DFS and SMB over QUIC, and configure Windows Server storage including Storage Spaces, Storage Spaces Direct, Storage Replica, Data Deduplication, and iSCSI.

Module 6: Secure Windows Server infrastructure

Learn how to secure the Windows Server operating system using Exploit Protection, Windows Defender Application Control, Credential Guard, OSConfig security baselines, LAPS, and Microsoft Defender for Servers, and secure Active Directory Domain Services including password policies, Microsoft Entra Password Protection, and domain controller hardening.

Module 7: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

Learn to use monitoring and troubleshooting tools, processes, and best practices to streamline app performance and availability of your Windows Server environment and your Windows Server IaaS VMs and hybrid instances.

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Exam & Certification

Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate.

This certification validates your ability to deploy, implement, manage, and troubleshoot Windows Server workloads across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, with expertise in identity, security, networking, storage, monitoring, and modern administration technologies.

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Product: Windows Server
  • Role: Administrator
  • Subject: Artificial intelligence

Starting September 2026, Microsoft is officially retiring the older two-exam path (AZ-800 and AZ-801) and replacing it with a single, comprehensive exam: Exam AZ-802: Administering Windows Server.

Training & Certification Guide

You will have 120 minutes to complete this assessment.

Exam policy

This exam will be proctored. You may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam. To learn more about exam duration and experience, visit: Exam duration and exam experience.

If you fail a certification exam, don’t worry. You can retake it 24 hours after the first attempt. For subsequent retakes, the amount of time varies. For full details, visit: Exam retake policy.

Assessed on this exam
  • Deploy and manage AD DS
  • Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment
  • Manage virtual machines
  • Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure
  • Manage storage and file services
  • Secure Windows Server infrastructure
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

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Frequently Asked Questions

Today’s IT infrastructure is more distributed than ever, spanning on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments and increasingly exposed to cyberthreats.

Organizations need administrators who can secure, manage, and operate across this complexity to protect their valuable infrastructure.

To support this shift, Microsoft has evolved the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Certification and renaming it the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate Certification.

This updated Microsoft Certification validates your knowledge of deploying, implementing, managing, securing, and troubleshooting Windows Server.

The Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate Certification focuses on the practical skills needed to manage and secure Windows Server across Azure and on-premises environments, validating the ability to:

  • Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
  • Manage Windows Server instances and workloads in a hybrid environment.
  • Manage virtual machines (VMs).
  • Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure.
  • Manage storage and file services.
  • Secure Windows Server infrastructure.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments.

Candidates for this Certification administer identity, security, management, compute, networking, storage, and monitoring for Windows Server, and collaborate closely with architects, administrators, and engineers.

They should have experience administering Windows Server by using technologies such as Windows Admin Center, Hyper-V, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. They should also be familiar with AD DS.

Exam AZ-802 replaces:

  • Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure
  • Exam AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

Both exams will be retired in September 2026.

The new exam provides a focused, streamlined validation by combining essential skills into one experience while prioritizing the most relevant scenarios for modern administrators.

Key updates include:

  • A unified exam covering both core infrastructure and advanced services.
  • Expanded hybrid management scenarios using Azure Arc, Azure Update Manager, and Azure Monitor.
  • Updated security and protocol coverage, including OSConfig baselines, SMB over QUIC, Microsoft Entra Password Protection, and GPU partitioning.

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