Unlocking Career Opportunities with Windows Server Expertise
In today’s dynamic IT landscape, mastering Windows Server is your key to unlocking a world of career opportunities. The “Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure” course, lasting just four days, offers a fast track to becoming an IT professional who can effortlessly manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies.
Why Choose This Course?
Windows Server: A Career Game-Changer
In an era where hybrid solutions are the future, Windows Server Hybrid Administrators are in high demand. This course is tailor-made for professionals who want to expand their on-premises capabilities and fuse them seamlessly with cutting-edge hybrid technologies. By enrolling in this program, you’ll gain mastery in essential areas like identity management, compute, networking, and storage – skills that can propel your career to new heights.
Requirements and Learning Methodology
This course ensures you’re well-prepared by requiring prior experience with Windows Server and its workloads. You’ll delve into managing Active Directory, Group Policy, and integrating on-premises AD with Azure AD. Through interactive lectures, practical exercises, and engaging discussions, you’ll develop the expertise to administer Windows Server IaaS virtual machines remotely, manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc, configure Hyper-V virtualization, and much more.
Your Path to Success
By taking the “Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure” course, you’ll be arming yourself with the knowledge and skills that the modern IT landscape demands. This expertise can open doors to new career possibilities, enabling you to manage hybrid environments with confidence and efficiency. Your journey towards becoming a Windows Server expert begins here – don’t miss out on this opportunity!
Elevate your career with the power of Windows Server expertise today.
Course Details
Duration: 4 days; Instructor-led
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
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.
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
Methodology
This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentation, discussion and practical exercise.
Course Objectives
SKILLS GAINED
- 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.
Outlines
Module 1: Identity services in Windows Server
Lessons
- Introduction to AD DS
- Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles
- Implement Group Policy Objects
- Manage advanced features of AD DS
Lab: Implementing identity services and Group Policy
- Deploying a new domain controller on Server Core
- Configuring Group Policy
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe AD DS in a Windows Server environment.
- Deploy domain controllers in AD DS.
- Describe Azure AD and benefits of integrating Azure AD with AD DS.
- Explain Group Policy basics and configure GPOs in a domain environment.
Module 2 : Implementing identity in hybrid scenarios
Finally, the module explains how to extend an existing Active Directory environment into Azure by placing IaaS VMs configured as domain controllers onto a specially configured Azure virtual network subnet.
Lessons
- Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
- Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain controllers in Azure
Lab: Implementing integration between AD DS and Azure AD
- Preparing Azure AD for AD DS integration
- Preparing on-premises AD DS for Azure AD integration
- Downloading, installing, and configuring Azure AD Connect
- Verifying integration between AD DS and Azure AD
- Implementing Azure AD integration features in AD DS
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Integrate on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment into Azure.
- Install and configure directory synchronization using Azure AD Connect.
- Implement and configure Azure AD DS.
- Implement Seamless Single Sign-on (SSO).
- Implement and configure Azure AD DS.
- Install a new AD DS forest on an Azure VNet.
Module 3: Windows Server administration
Lessons
- Perform Windows Server secure administration
- Describe Windows Server administration tools
- Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server
- Just Enough Administration in Windows Server
Lab: Managing Windows Server
- Implementing and using remote server administration
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain least privilege administrative models.
- Decide when to use privileged access workstations.
- Select the most appropriate Windows Server administration tool for a given situation.
- Apply different methods to perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server.
- Constrain privileged administrative operations by using Just Enough Administration (JEA).
Module 4 :Facilitating hybrid management
Lessons
- Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS virtual machines remotely
- Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc
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Lab: Using Windows Admin Center in hybrid scenarios
- Provisioning Azure VMs running Windows Server
- Implementing hybrid connectivity by using the Azure Network Adapter
- Deploying Windows Admin Center gateway in Azure
- Verifying functionality of the Windows Admin Center gateway in Azure
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Select appropriate tools and techniques to manage Windows IaaS VMs remotely.
- Explain how to onboard on-premises Windows Server instances in Azure Arc.
- Connect hybrid machines to Azure from the Azure portal.
- Use Azure Arc to manage devices.
- Restrict access using RBAC.
Module 5: Hyper-V virtualization in Windows Server
Lessons
- 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
Lab: Implementing and configuring virtualization in Windows Server
- Creating and configuring VMs
- Installing and configuring containers
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Install and configure Hyper-V on Windows Server.
- Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines.
- Use Host Guardian Service to protect virtual machines.
- Create and deploy shielded virtual machines.
- Configure and manage container workloads.
- Orchestrate container workloads using a Kubernetes cluster.
Module 6: Deploying and configuring Azure VMs
Lessons
- Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS virtual machines
- Customize Windows Server IaaS virtual machine images
- Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS virtual machines
 Lab: Deploying and configuring Windows Server on Azure VMs
- Authoring Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates for Azure VM deployment
- Modifying ARM templates to include VM extension-based configuration
- Deploying Azure VMs running Windows Server by using ARM templates
- Configuring administrative access to Azure VMs running Windows Server
- Configuring Windows Server security in Azure VMs
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a VM from the Azure portal and from Azure Cloud Shell.
- Deploy Azure VMs by using templates.
- Automate the configuration of Windows Server IaaS VMs.
- Detect and remediate noncompliant servers.
- Create new VMs from generalized images.
- Use Azure Image Builder templates to create and manage images in Azure.
Module 7: Network infrastructure services in Windows Server
Lessons
- Deploy and manage DHCP
- Implement Windows Server DNS
- Implement IP address management
- Implement remote access
Lab: Implementing and configuring network infrastructure services in Windows Server
- Deploying and configuring DHCP
- Deploying and configuring DNS
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement automatic IP configuration with DHCP in Windows Server.
- Deploy and configure name resolution with Windows Server DNS.
- Implement IPAM to manage an organization’s DHCP and DNS servers, and IP address space.
- Select, use, and manage remote access components.
- Implement Web Application Proxy (WAP) as a reverse proxy for internal web applications.
Module 8: Implementing hybrid networking infrastructure
Lessons
- Implement hybrid network infrastructure
- Implement DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs
- Implement Windows Server IaaS VM IP addressing and routing
 Lab: Implementing Windows Server IaaS VM networking
- Implementing virtual network routing in Azure
- Implementing DNS name resolution in Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement an Azure virtual private network (VPN).
- Configure DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs.
- Run a DNS server in a Windows Server Azure IaaS VM.
- Create a route-based VPN gateway using the Azure portal.
- Implement Azure ExpressRoute.
- Implement an Azure wide area network (WAN).
- Manage Microsoft Azure virtual networks (VNets).
- Manage IP address configuration for Windows Server IaaS virtual machines (VMs).
Module 9: File servers and storage management in Windows Server
Lessons
- 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
 Lab: Implementing storage solutions in Windows Server
- Implementing Data Deduplication
- Configuring iSCSI storage
- Configuring redundant Storage Spaces
- Implementing Storage Spaces Direct
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure and manage the Windows Server File Server role.
- Protect data from drive failures using Storage Spaces.
- Increase scalability and performance of storage management using Storage Spaces Direct.
- Optimize disk utilization using Data DeDuplication.
- Configure high availability for iSCSI.
- Enable replication of volumes between clusters using Storage Replica.
- Use Storage Replica to provide resiliency for data hosted on Windows Servers volumes.
Module 10: Implementing a hybrid file server infrastructure
Lessons
- Overview of Azure file services
- Implementing Azure File Sync
Lab: Implementing Azure File Sync
- Implementing DFS Replication in your on-premises environment
- Creating and configuring a sync group
- Replacing DFS Replication with File Sync–based replication
- Verifying replication and enabling cloud tiering
- Troubleshooting replication issues
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure Azure file services.
- Configure connectivity to Azure file services.
- Implement Azure File Sync.
- Deploy Azure File Sync
- Manage cloud tiering.
- Migrate from DFSR to Azure File Sync.
