Course AZ-802T00 Administer Windows Server
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.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Deploy and manage AD DS
- 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
Audience Profile
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. 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).
Before attending this course, students must have:
Successful Windows Server Hybrid Administrators start this role with experience on operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.
This knowledge includes:
- Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services
- Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Basic understanding of Azure hybrid technologies, including deployment and management of Windows Server IaaS VMs, and Azure Active Directory
- Experience with common Windows Server management tools, including Windows Admin Center, command line tools, and Windows PowerShell
1. Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services
- Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers
- Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure
- Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles
- Create and manage Active Directory objects
- Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
- Create and configure Group Policy Objects in Active Directory
- Implement Group Policy Objects
- Manage advanced features of AD DS
2. Manage Windows Server instances and workloads in a hybrid environment
- Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely
- Describe Windows Server administration tools
- Just Enough Administration in Windows Server
- Perform Windows Server secure administration
- Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
- Manage single and multiple computers by using Windows PowerShell
- Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc
- Manage Azure updates
- Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
- Enforce VM security configuration with Azure Machine Configuration
- Explore Azure Automation with DevOps
3. Manage virtual machines
- Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines
- Configure and manage Hyper-V
- Secure Hyper-V workloads
- Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs
- Run containers on Windows Server
- Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines
- Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM
- Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing
- Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security
- Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machine remotely
4. Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure
- Implement Windows Server DNS
- Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs
- Secure Windows Server DNS
- Deploy and manage DHCP
- Implement IP Address Management
- Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing
5. Manage storage and file services
- Implement a hybrid file server infrastructure
- 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
6. Secure Windows Server infrastructure
- Hardening Windows Server
- Manage Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage Microsoft Defender in Windows client
- Understand Active Directory Group Policy security settings
- Manage security in Active Directory
- Understand Windows Server service accounts
- Secure Windows Server user accounts
- Manage security controls for identity and access
- Security monitoring and governance
7. Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments
- Monitor Windows Server performance
- Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs
- Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics
- Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances
- Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor
- Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking
- Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure
- Windows Server update management
- Troubleshoot Active Directory
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Class schedule
Date
Time
30.11.26
18:15 - 21:30
01.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
02.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
03.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
04.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
07.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
08.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
09.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
10.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
11.12.26
18:15 - 21:30
The course fee includes
- Live training, regardless of the course delivery format (face-to-face/remote)
- Microsoft digital resources
- Pre-configured environment and training on state-of-the-art equipment
- Microsoft digital certificate
- Lunch and coffee breaks (in-person course)
- Consultations with the trainer for 6 months after the course ends
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