Description
Duration: 5 days
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.
Target 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.
Prerequisites
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).
Certification Exam
This course prepares you for the AZ-802: Administering Windows Server certification exam. An exam voucher can be added at registration.
What’s included?
- Authorized Courseware
- Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
- Hands on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
- Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing – (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
- Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
- Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation
With several convenient training delivery methods offered, The Code Academy makes getting the training you need easy. Whether you prefer to learn in a classroom or an online live learning virtual environment, training videos hosted online, and private group classes hosted at your site. We offer expert instruction to individuals, government agencies, non-profits, and corporations. Our live classes, on-sites, and online training videos all feature certified instructors who teach a detailed curriculum and share their expertise and insights with trainees. No matter how you prefer to receive the training, you can count on The Code Academy for an engaging and effective learning experience.
Methods
- Instructor Led (the best training format we offer)
- Live Online Classroom – Online Instructor Led
- Self-Paced Video
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| 9/20/2027 | 9/24/2027 |
Learning Objectives
- Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services
- 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
Course Outline
Module 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
Module 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 remoting
- 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
