Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure AZ-800 Exam Guide

Design, implement, and manage Windows Server core infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud

Steve Miles

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2022
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781803245140
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Networking
• Index: Computer Science

Breeze through the AZ-800 certification with this up-to-date practical guide and gain valuable skills that will help you in your day-to-day administrationKey Features• Develop a solid base of all the essentials necessary to pass AZ-800 certification exam on your first attempt• Go beyond exam prep by working on practical examples that will prepare you for the work ahead• Simplify and automate your workflows with Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, and IaaS VMBook DescriptionWritten by an Azure MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer with 20 years of experience in data center infrastructure, this AZ-800 study guide is an essential preparation tool for administrators who want to take the exam and acquire key skills that will help them thrive in their careers. This book will guide you through all the ways Windows Server can be used to manage hybrid solutions on-premises and in the cloud, starting with deploying and managing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments. You'll then dive into managing virtual machines and containers and progress to implementing and managing an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure. The later parts of the book focus on managing storage and file services, concluding with a detailed overview of all the knowledge needed to pass the AZ-800 exam with practical examples throughout the chapters. In the final chapter, you'll be able to test your understanding of the topics covered with the help of practice exams to make sure that you're completely prepared for the contents and structure of the exam. By the end of the book, you'll have gained the knowledge, both practical and conceptual, that's required to administer Windows Server hybrid core infrastructure confidently.What you will learn• Deploy and manage AD DS on-premises and in cloud environments• Implement and manage hybrid core infrastructure solutions for compute, storage, networking, identity, and management• Discover expert tips and tricks to achieve your certification in the first go• Master the hybrid implementation of Windows Server running as virtual machines and containers• Manage storage and file services with ease• Work through hands-on exercises to prepare for the real worldWho this book is forThis book is for Windows Server administrators who want to pass the AZ-800 and implement hybrid infrastructure on premises and in the cloud. Azure administrators, enterprise architects, Microsoft 365 administrators, and network engineers will also get plenty of useful insights from this book. You'll need a solid understanding of the Windows Server to get started with this book, especially if you're preparing for the exam.

Table of contents

• Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure AZ-800 Exam Guide
• Contributors
• Preface
• Part 1: Hybrid Identity
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• Part 2: Hybrid Networking
• 5
• 6
• Part 3: Hybrid Storage
• 7
• 8
• Part 4: Hybrid Compute
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• Part 5: Exam Prep
• 14
• Index
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