About this Course

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.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Use administrative techniques and tools in Windows Server.
• Identify tools used to implement hybrid solutions, including Windows Admin Center and PowerShell.
• Implement identity services in Windows Server.
• Implement identity in hybrid scenarios, including Azure AD DS on Azure IaaS and managed AD DS.
• Integrate Azure AD DS with Azure AD.
• Manage network infrastructure services.
• Deploy Azure VMs running Windows Server, and configure networking and storage.
• Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely.
• Manage and maintain Azure VMs running Windows Server.
• Configure file servers and storage.
• Implement File Services in hybrid scenarios, using Azure Files and Azure File Sync.

Outline

MODULE 1: IDENTITY SERVICES IN WINDOWS SERVER

Introduction to AD DS
Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles
Implement Group Policy Objects
Manage advanced features of AD DS

MODULE 2: IMPLEMENTING IDENTITY IN HYBRID SCENARIOS

Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure

MODULE 3: WINDOWS SERVER ADMINISTRATION

Perform Windows Server secure administration
Describe Windows Server administration tools
Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server
Just Enough Administration in Windows Server

MODULE 4: FACILITATING HYBRID MANAGEMENT

Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS virtual machines remotely
Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc

MODULE 5: HYPER-V VIRTUALIZATION IN WINDOWS SERVER

Configure and manage Hyper-V
Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines
Secure Hyper-V workloads
Run containers on Windows Server
Orchestrate containers on Windows Server using Kubernetes

MODULE 6: DEPLOYING AND CONFIGURING AZURE VMS

Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS virtual machines
Customize Windows Server IaaS virtual machine images
Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS virtual machines

MODULE 7: NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES IN WINDOWS SERVER

Deploy and manage DHCP
Implement Windows Server DNS
Implement IP address management
Implement remote access

MODULE 8: IMPLEMENTING HYBRID NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE

Implement hybrid network infrastructure
Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs
Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing

MODULE 9: FILE SERVERS AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT IN WINDOWS SERVER

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

MODULE 10: IMPLEMENTING A HYBRID FILE SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE

Overview of Azure file services
Implementing Azure File Sync

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DNS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services
• Experience with common Windows Server management tools (implied in the first prerequisite).
• Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implied in the first prerequisite).
• Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Experience working with and an understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts
• Basic experience with implementing and managing IaaS services in Microsoft Azure
• Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory
• Experience working hands-on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Basic experience with Windows PowerShell