Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate - Training & Consulting Academy

This five-day instructor-led course teaches IT professionals:
How to deploy and configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in a distributed environment,
How to implement Group Policy, how to perform backup and restore,
How to monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory related issues with Windows Server 2016/2019/2022. Additionally,
This course teaches students how to deploy other Active Directory server roles, such as Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS).

Manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. Implement and manage on premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.

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.

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).
Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory.
Experience working hands-on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11.

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
Module 2: Implementing identity in hybrid scenarios
Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
Deploy and manage Azure IaaS Active Directory domain
controllers in Azure
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
Module 4: Facilitating hybrid management
Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS virtual
machines remotely
Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc
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
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

Module 7: Network infrastructure services in Windows
Server
Deploy and manage DHCP
Implement Windows Server DNS
Implement IP address management
Implement remote access
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
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
Module 10: Implementing a hybrid file server
infrastructure
Overview of Azure file services
Implementing Azure File Sync