Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure

After completing this Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure 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.

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.
 

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

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

Lab : Implementing identity services and Group Policy

• Deploying a new domain controller on Server Core
• Configuring Group Policy

Module 2: Implementing identity in hybrid scenarios

• 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

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

Lab : Managing Windows Server

• Implementing and using remote server administration

Module 4: Facilitating hybrid management

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

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

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

Lab : Implementing and configuring virtualization in Windows Server

• Creating and configuring VMs
• Installing and configuring containers

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

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

Module 7: Network infrastructure services in Windows Server

• 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

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

Lab : Implementing Windows Server IaaS VM networking

• Implementing virtual network routing in Azure
• Implementing DNS name resolution in Azure

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

Lab : Implementing storage solutions in Windows Server

• Implementing Data Deduplication
• Configuring iSCSI storage
• Configuring redundant Storage Spaces
• Implementing Storage Spaces Direct

Module 10: Implementing a hybrid file server infrastructure

• 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