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AZ-802T00 – Administer Windows Server

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Price: $3,986.00 (ex. GST)
Code: AZ-802T00
Duration: 5 days
Location: Virtual Classroom (AEDT)
Schedule:
  • 26/10/2026 - 30/10/2026
  • 14/12/2026 - 18/12/2026
  • 15/02/2027 - 19/02/2027
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Introduction

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.

Audience

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).

Outcomes

  • Implement secure infrastructures in Windows Server
  • Implement high availability in Windows Server
  • Implement disaster recovery in Windows Server
  • Implement workload migration in Windows Server
  • Monitor environments in Windows Server

Prerequisites

  • Experience administering Windows Server operating systems
  • Some experience of typical Windows Server workloads
  • Working knowledge of common Windows Server management tools
  • Experience implementing and managing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) services in Azure
  • Experience working with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • Experience working with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
  • Familiarity with core networking technologies including DNS and DHCP
  • Familiarity with Azure Arc and Azure portal basics
  • Familiarity with Hyper-V and Azure virtual machines
  • Knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies
  • Basic knowledge of PowerShell and Group Policy

This module introduces you to the topology of domain controllers within an Active Directory environment. It also starts you down the path of deploying, managing, and migrating a domain controller between servers.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Define Active Directory Domain Services.
  • Define Active Directory Domain Services forests and domains.
  • Deploy Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers.
  • Migrate a domain controller to a new site.
  • Manage Active Directory Domain Services operations masters.

In this module, you learn 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 (VNet) subnet.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Select an option to implement directory and identity services by using Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Azure.
  • Deploy and configure AD DS domain controllers in Azure VMs.
  • Install a replica AD DS domain controller in an Azure VM.
  • Install a new AD DS forest on an Azure VNet.

Learn about essential AD DS domain controllers management and maintenance tasks, including their deployment, backup and recovery, and schema management. Find out about design considerations for optimal number, roles, and location of domain controllers.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Deploy AD DS domain controllers.
  • Maintain AD DS domain controllers.
  • Describe the AD DS global catalog role and its placement considerations.
  • Describe AD DS operations master roles, their placement considerations, and their management tasks.
  • Describe AD DS schema and its management tasks.

This module focuses on the tasks associated with creating and managing Active Directory objects and AD domain services domain controllers.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Define users, groups, and computers.
  • Define organizational units.
  • Manage objects and their properties in Active Directory.
  • Create objects in Active Directory.
  • Configure objects in Active Directory.
  • Perform bulk management tasks for user accounts.
  • Maintain Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers.

In this module, learn to configure an Azure environment so that Windows IaaS workloads requiring Active Directory are supported. Also learn to integrate on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment into Azure.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Select a Microsoft Entra integration model.
  • Plan for Microsoft Entra integration.
  • Prepare on-premises AD DS for directory synchronization.
  • Install and configure directory synchronization using Microsoft Entra Connect.
  • Implement Seamless Single Sign-on (SSO).
  • Enable Microsoft Entra login for an Azure Windows virtual machine (VM).
  • Describe Microsoft Entra Domain Services.
  • Implement and configure Microsoft Entra Domain Services.
  • Manage Windows Server in a Microsoft Entra Domain Services instance.
  • Join a Windows Server VM to a managed domain.

This module focuses on Group Policy objects, including using them to enforce a domain wide as well as fine-grained password policy.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Define Group Policy Objects.
  • Implement Group Policy Object scope and inheritance.
  • Define domain-based Group Policy Objects.
  • Create and configure a domain-based Group Policy Object.
  • Configure a domain password policy.
  • Configure and apply a fine-grained password policy.

Learn to implement Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe GPOs.
  • Describe GPO scope and inheritance.
  • Describe domain-based GPOs.
  • Create and configure GPOs.
  • Explain GPO storage.
  • Describe administrative templates and the Central Store.

Learn about advanced AD DS administration tasks, including creating trust relationships, implementing Enhanced Security Administrative Environment (ESAE) forests, monitoring and troubleshooting AD DS replication, and creating custom AD DS partitions.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Identify the purpose, types, and the process of creating trust relationships.
  • Describe the purpose and the process of implementing ESAE forests.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot AD DS replication.
  • Identify the purpose and the process of creating custom AD DS partitions.

You’re able to use suitable tools and techniques to manage Windows IaaS VMs remotely. You’ll also be able to restrict administrative connections to those VMs.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Select appropriate remote administration tools.
  • Secure management connections to Azure IaaS VMs running Windows Server with Azure Bastion.
  • Configure JIT VM access.

Select the most appropriate Windows Server administration tool for a given situation and learn how to use that tool.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Windows Admin Center.
  • Describe how to use Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) to manage servers.
  • Describe Server Manager.
  • Describe how to use Windows PowerShell to manage servers.
  • Explain how to use Windows PowerShell to remotely administer a server.

Streamline administration of Windows Server environments with Just Enough Administration (JEA). Limit privileged operations to a set of specified PowerShell cmdlets, parameters and variables, and limit which users can connect to JEA endpoints.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Explain the concept of Just Enough Administration (JEA)
  • Define role group capabilities and session configurations for a JEA session
  • Create and connect to a JEA endpoint

Understand the principle of least privilege, know when to use privileged access workstations, and be able to identify built-in privileged accounts.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Explain least privilege administrative models.
  • Implement delegated privilege.
  • Describe privileged access workstations.
  • Describe jump servers.

This module covers some useful advanced techniques that help overcome the limitations of basic Windows PowerShell remoting.

 

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this module, the learner is able to:

  • Configure common remoting options.
  • Send parameters and local variables to remote computers.
  • Describe the use of Windows PowerShell scopes.
  • Send local variables to a remote computer.
  • Configure multi-hop remoting authentication.

This module explains how to use remoting to perform administration on remote computers.

 

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this module, the learner will be able to:

  • Describe the Windows PowerShell remoting architecture.
  • Explain the difference between Windows PowerShell remoting and other forms of remote administration.
  • Describe Windows PowerShell remoting security and privacy features.
  • Enable remoting on a computer.
  • Use Windows PowerShell remoting for single-computer management.
  • Use Windows PowerShell remoting for multiple-computer management.
  • Use Windows PowerShell remoting.
  • Explain the difference between local output and remoting output.

You learn to describe Azure Arc, implement Azure Arc with on-premises server instances, deploy Azure policies with Azure Arc, and use role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict access to Log Analytics data.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Azure Arc.
  • 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.

Manage operating system updates for Azure virtual machines and Azure Arc-enabled servers by using Azure Update Manager.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you can:

  • Describe Azure Update Manager.
  • Prepare Azure virtual machines and Azure Arc-enabled servers for update management.
  • Assess update compliance.
  • Deploy one-time and recurring updates.
  • Monitor update operations across multiple machines.

Learn how to deploy Desired State Configuration (DSC) extensions, implement those extensions to remediate noncompliant servers, and use custom script extension.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Azure Automation.
  • Implement Azure Automation with DSC.
  • Remediate noncompliant servers.
  • Describe custom script extension.
  • Configure a VM by using DSC extensions.

Audit and enforce OS security configuration on Azure virtual machines and Arc-enabled servers using Azure Machine Configuration. Apply built-in Windows and Linux security baseline policies, configure audit and enforce modes, and author custom machine configurations for organization-specific security requirements.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you can:

  • Explore how Azure Machine Configuration audits and enforces OS-level settings using Azure Policy
  • Deploy the Azure Machine Configuration extension and configure required prerequisites
  • Assign built-in Windows and Linux security baseline policies in audit and enforce modes
  • Author and publish a custom machine configuration for organization-specific requirements

Learn how to implement Azure Automation with DevOps using runbooks, webhooks, and PowerShell workflows. Understand how to create automation accounts, manage shared resources, integrate with source control systems, and plan for hybrid cloud management across Azure and on-premises environments.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’re able to:

  • Create and configure Azure Automation accounts for managing cloud resources.
  • Implement and manage runbooks using PowerShell, PowerShell Workflow, Python, and graphical editors.
  • Configure webhooks to trigger runbooks from external systems and services.
  • Integrate Azure Automation with GitHub and Azure DevOps for version control and CI/CD.
  • Create and execute PowerShell workflows with checkpoints and parallel processing.
  • Plan and implement hybrid management using Azure Automation across cloud and on-premises resources.

Learn about configuring and managing Hyper-V virtual machines in Windows Server.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe settings, configuration, and generation versions available for VMs in Windows Server.
  • Identify virtual hard disk (VHD) formats and types.
  • Create and configure a VM.
  • Determine storage options for VMs.
  • Describe shared VHDs and VHD Sets.
  • Describe host and guest clustering with shared VHDs.

Learn about virtualization and the Microsoft Hyper-V role with Windows Server. Learn about best practices for preparing Hyper-V hosts, in addition to Hyper-V networking features and implementing nested virtualization.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the functionality and features of Hyper-V on Windows Server.
  • Install Hyper-V on Windows Server.
  • Describe the options for managing Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) on Windows Server.
  • Describe networking features and functionality in Hyper-V on Windows Server.
  • Create virtual switches (vSwitches) for use with Hyper-V.
  • Describe using nested virtualization in Hyper-V

Learn about securing Hyper-V workloads in Windows Server, installing and configuring the Host Guardian Service (HGS), the attestation modes available with the HGS, and the creation and deployment of shielded virtual machines (VMs).

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the features and functionality of the HGS in Windows Server.
  • Describe the attestation options available with the HGS.
  • Describe shielded VMs, their creation, and their deployment

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of highly available Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) in Windows Server.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the Hyper-V high availability options.
  • Describe Hyper-V VMs load balancing.
  • Implement Hyper-V VMs live migration.
  • Implement Hyper-V VMs storage migration.

Learn about Windows Server and Hyper-V containers, associated isolation modes, running containers, and preparing the Windows Server host for running containerized workloads. Learn about Docker, preparing Windows Server for running container workloads, and managing containers.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe containers and how they work.
  • Explain the difference between containers and virtual machines (VMs).
  • Describe the difference between process isolation and Hyper-V isolation modes.
  • Describe Docker and how it’s used to manage Windows containers.
  • Identify the container-based images available from the Microsoft Container Registry.
  • Understand the process for running a Windows container.
  • Explain how to manage containers using Windows Admin Center (WAC).

You’re able to describe Azure compute and storage in relation to Azure VMs, and deploy Azure VMs by using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or templates.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Azure compute.
  • Describe Azure storage.
  • Deploy Azure VMs.
  • Create a VM from the Azure portal.
  • Create a VM from Azure Cloud Shell.
  • Deploy Azure VMs by using templates.
  • Describe additional management optimization options

Learn how to implement scaling for virtual machine scale sets and load-balanced VMs. Also learn how to implement Azure Site Recovery.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe virtual machine scale sets.
  • Implement scaling.
  • Implement load-balancing virtual machines.
  • Implement Azure Site Recovery.

In this module, you’ll learn how to manage Microsoft Azure virtual networks (VNets) and IP address configuration for Windows Server infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machines (VM)s.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Implement an Azure virtual network
  • Implement IP Address Allocation in Azure
  • Assign and manage IP addresses
  • Configure a private IP address for an Azure virtual machine
  • Create a virtual machine with a static IP address
  • Implement IaaS VM IP routing
  • Implement IPv6 for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

In this module, you’ll focus on how to improve the network security for Windows Server infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machines (VMs) and how to diagnose network security issues with those VMs.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Implement Network Security Groups (NSGs) with Windows Server IaaS VMs.
  • Implement adaptive network hardening.
  • Implement Azure Firewall.
  • Implement Windows Defender Firewall in Windows Server IaaS VMs.
  • Choose an appropriate filtering solution.
  • Capture network traffic with Network Watcher.

You’re able to use suitable tools and techniques to manage Windows IaaS VMs remotely. You’ll also be able to restrict administrative connections to those VMs.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Select appropriate remote administration tools.
  • Secure management connections to Azure IaaS VMs running Windows Server with Azure Bastion.
  • Configure JIT VM access.

Learn to deploy and configure name resolution with Windows Server DNS.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Windows Server DNS.
  • Describe DNS zones and records.
  • Install and configure the DNS role and DNS zones.
  • Describe how to implement DNS forwarding.

In this module, learn to configure DNS for Windows Server IaaS VMs, choose the appropriate DNS solution for your organization’s needs, and run a DNS server in a Windows Server Azure IaaS VM.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Implement DNS in Azure
  • Describe DNS options for Azure IaaS VMs
  • Implement split-horizon DNS in Azure
  • Troubleshoot DNS in Azure
  • Create and configure an Azure DNS zone

Learn how to secure Windows Server DNS to help protect your network name resolution infrastructure and also learn how to implement DNS policies.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe split-horizon DNS and explain how to implement it.
  • Create DNS policies.
  • Implement DNS policies.
  • Describe the options for protecting the DNS server role.
  • Implement DNS security.

Learn to implement automatic IP configuration with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) in Windows Server 2019.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the DHCP Server role.
  • Install and configure the DHCP Server role.
  • Configure DHCP options.
  • Create and configure a DHCP scope.
  • Describe high availability options for DHCP.
  • Describe DHCP Failover and explain how to configure it

Learn to implement IPAM to help manage your organization’s DHCP and DNS servers and to manage IP address space.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe IPAM.
  • Deploy IPAM.
  • Describe how to administer IPAM.
  • Configure IPAM options.
  • Manage DNS zones with IPAM.
  • Manage DHCP servers with IPAM.
  • Use IPAM to manage IP addressing.

In this module, you’ll learn how to manage Microsoft Azure virtual networks (VNets) and IP address configuration for Windows Server infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machines (VM)s.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Implement an Azure virtual network
  • Implement IP Address Allocation in Azure
  • Assign and manage IP addresses
  • Configure a private IP address for an Azure virtual machine
  • Create a virtual machine with a static IP address
  • Implement IaaS VM IP routing
  • Implement IPv6 for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines

In this module, learn to deploy Azure File Sync, migrate from DFS, and use Storage Migration Services to migrate file servers to Azure.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Azure Files.
  • Configure Azure Files.
  • Configure connectivity to Azure Files.
  • Describe Azure File Sync.
  • Implement Azure File Sync.
  • Deploy Azure File Sync.
  • Manage cloud tiering.
  • Migrate from DFSR to Azure File Sync.

Learn about the core functionality of the Windows Server File Server role, and how to configure and manage that core functionality.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the Windows Server file system.
  • Describe the benefits and use of File Server Resource Manager.
  • Describe SMB and its security considerations.
  • Manage SMB configuration.
  • Describe Volume Shadow Copy Service.

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the architecture and components of Storage Spaces.
  • Describe the functionality, benefits, and use cases of Storage Spaces.
  • Implement Storage Spaces.
  • Describe the functionality, components, and use cases of Storage Spaces Direct.
  • Implement Storage Spaces Direct.

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Data Deduplication in Windows Server.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the architecture, components, and Data Deduplication functionality, components, and use cases of Data Deduplication.
  • Describe the use cases and interoperability of Data Deduplication.
  • Implement Data Deduplication.
  • Manage and maintain Data Deduplication

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) in Windows Server 2019.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe iSCSI functionality, components, and use cases.
  • Describe the considerations for implementing iSCSI.
  • Implement iSCSI.
  • Describe implementing high-availability iSCSI configurations.

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Storage Replica in Windows Server.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the functionality and components of Storage Replica.
  • Describe the prerequisites for implementing Storage Replica.
  • Implement Storage Replica.

Learn how to harden the security configuration of your Windows Server operating system environment. Secure administrative access to Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs), apply security baselines, and secure domain controllers and SMB traffic.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Manage local administrator passwords using Local Administrator Password Solution
  • Limit administrative access to Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs)
  • Explain how to secure domain controllers from being compromised
  • Describe how to use the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit to harden servers
  • Secure SMB traffic using SMB encryption

This module explores using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to provide additional protection and monitor devices against threats.

 

Learning objectives

After this module, you should be able to:

  • Describe Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
  • Describe key capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
  • Describe Microsoft Defender Application Guard.
  • Describe Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard.
  • Describe Windows Defender System Guard

This module explains the built-in security features of Windows clients and how to implement them using policies.

 

Learning objectives

After this module, you should be able to:

  • Describe Windows Security capabilities
  • Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard
  • Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus
  • Manage Windows Defender Firewall
  • Manage Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security

Learn what each Group Policy security policy does, where it solves a real-world problem, and how to configure, audit, and manage security settings at scale in Active Directory environments.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’re able to:

  • Describe how Group Policy security settings are structured, processed, and targeted, and select the right tool to author and test them.
  • Configure Account Policies (password, lockout, and Kerberos) and explain the domain-scope rule and fine-grained password policies.
  • Assign user rights and configure security options to enforce least privilege and harden authentication.
  • Configure auditing, secure group membership, services, registry, file system, and event logs.
  • Deploy network and application security policies, and manage security settings at scale with the Windows Server 2025 OSConfig baseline.

This module focuses on maintaining security in an Active Directory environment. It covers things from permissions management to authentication methods to identifying problematic accounts.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Configure user account rights.
  • Configure user account rights to restrict access.
  • Delegate permissions in Active Directory.
  • Protect User Accounts with the Protected Users group.
  • Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard.
  • Block Windows NTLM authentication.
  • Locate problematic accounts.

Service accounts provide the security context that Windows services, scheduled tasks, and applications use to reach local and network resources. Learn what service accounts are, the problems they cause, and how to choose and configure the correct local or managed account type on Windows Server 2025.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’re able to:

  • Describe the purpose of Windows Server service accounts and the common problems associated with them.
  • Identify and configure the local service account types.
  • Compare the managed service account types (sMSA, gMSA, and dMSA) and select the correct one for a workload

Protect your Active Directory environment by securing user accounts to least privilege and placing them in the Protected Users group. Learn how to limit authentication scope and remediate potentially insecure accounts.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Configure and manage user accounts to limit security threats across an organization
  • Apply Protected Users settings, policies, and authentication silos to protect highly privileged user accounts
  • Describe and configure Windows Defender Credential Guard
  • Configure Group Policy to block the use of NTLM for authentication

This module focuses on effectively managing security controls in Microsoft Entra ID by securing identities, authentication, and authorization to protect users, groups, and external identities against threats while ensuring secure and seamless access to resources.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, participants will be able to:

  • Secure user identities in Microsoft Entra ID by implementing strong authentication and access management controls.
  • Protect groups and access management by enforcing security measures to prevent unauthorized changes or misuse.
  • Manage external identities securely by defining policies that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and proper access control.
  • Implement Microsoft Entra ID Protection to detect, investigate, and mitigate identity-related security threats.
  • Apply Conditional Access policies to enforce security controls based on user behavior, device compliance, and contextual risks.

This module explores comprehensive security monitoring and governance for Azure DevOps environments. Learn to implement pipeline security, configure Microsoft Defender for Cloud for threat protection and compliance, manage Azure Policy for governance enforcement, secure resources with locks, use Microsoft Defender for Identity threat detection, and integrate GitHub Advanced Security with Microsoft Defender for unified security visibility across your development lifecycle.

 

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’re able to:

  • Implement pipeline security best practices and secure DevOps workflows.
  • Configure Microsoft Defender for Cloud for threat protection and compliance monitoring.
  • Create and manage Azure policies for governance and compliance enforcement.
  • Understand policy initiatives, resource locks, and governance frameworks.
  • Deploy Microsoft Defender for Identity threat detection.
  • Integrate GitHub Advanced Security with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  • Configure GitHub Advanced Security features including code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency scanning

Learn to monitor Azure VMs and Azure Arc-enabled servers by using Azure Monitor Agent and data collection rules.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Enable Azure Monitor for VMs.
  • Monitor an Azure VM with Azure Monitor.
  • Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios.
  • Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment.
  • Plan Azure Monitor and Operations Manager coexistence.

Learn how to monitor your Azure VMs by using Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host and client metrics and logs.

 

Learning objectives

  • Understand which monitoring data you need to collect from your VM.
  • Enable and view recommended alerts and diagnostics.
  • Use Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host metrics data.
  • Use Azure Monitor Agent to collect VM client performance metrics and event logs.

Learn to use a range of Windows Server tools to monitor the operating system and applications on a server computer. You’ll also learn to configure your system to optimize efficiency and to troubleshoot problems.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Use built-in tools in Windows Server to monitor server performance
  • Understand the fundamentals of server performance tuning

Learn how Event Viewer provides a convenient and accessible location for you to observe events that occur. Access event information quickly and conveniently. Learn how to interpret the data in the event log.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe event logs
  • Use Server Manager and Windows Admin Center to – Review event logs
  • Implement custom views
  • Configure an event subscription

Learn to audit and diagnose your Windows Server environment for regulatory compliance, user activity, and troubleshooting. Implement security best practices through regular audits of your network environment to gain early warning of potential malicious activity.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Audit Windows Server events
  • Configure Windows Server to record diagnostic information

Learn to troubleshoot on-premises connectivity and hybrid network connectivity. Diagnose common issues with DHCP, name resolution, IP configuration, and routing that can cause reliability and connectivity problems in an on-premises and a hybrid environment.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Diagnose DHCP and DNS problems in on-premises contexts.
  • Diagnose IP configuration and routing problems.
  • Implement Packet Monitor to help diagnose network problems.
  • Use Azure Network Watcher to troubleshoot Microsoft Azure virtual networks.

Learn to troubleshoot configuration issues that affect connectivity to your Azure-hosted Windows Server virtual machines (VMs). Explore approaches to resolve issues with VM startup, extensions, performance, storage, and encryption.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’re able to:

  • Troubleshoot VM deployment and extension issues
  • Troubleshoot VM startup and performance issues
  • Troubleshoot VM storage and encryption issues
  • Troubleshoot connectivity to VMs

Learn how to use Windows Server Update Services to deploy operating system updates to computers on your network. Select the appropriate deployment option and combine WSUS with Microsoft Azure Update Management to manage server updates.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the role of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
  • Describe the WSUS update management process
  • Deploy updates with WSUS

Learn how to troubleshoot AD DS service failures or degraded performance. Learn how to recover deleted security objects and the AD DS database, and how to troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues.

 

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Recover the AD DS database, objects in AD DS, and SYSVOL
  • Troubleshoot AD DS replication
  • Troubleshoot Hybrid authentication issues

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55341 – Installation Storage and Compute with Windows Server
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55341 – Installation Storage and Compute with Windows Server

This five-day course is designed primarily for IT professionals who...

Windows PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking (B Version) Courseware (55039)
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Windows PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking (B Version) Courseware (55039)

This five-day instructor-led is intended for IT professionals who are...

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