Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

Candidates for this certification administer core and advanced Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. These professionals should have expertise in implementing and managing on-premises and hybrid solutions, such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage. They are also experts at performing tasks related to security, migration, monitoring, high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. These professionals use administrative tools and technologies, including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, and IaaS virtual machine administration. They also work with Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.

Skills measured

This list contains the skills measured on the exams associated with this certification. For detailed information, see the associated exam details pages and download the exam skills outlines.
Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments
Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment
Manage virtual machines and containers
Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure
Manage storage and file services
Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures
Implement and manage Windows Server high availability
Implement disaster recovery
Migrate servers and workloads
Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

Course OutlineConfigure and manage multi-site, multi-domain, and multi-forest environments

configure and manage forest and domain trusts
configure and manage AD DS sites
configure and manage AD DS replication

Create and manage AD DS security principals

create and manage AD DS users and groups
manage users and groups in multi-domain and multi-forest scenarios
implement group managed service accounts (gMSAs)
join Windows Servers to AD DS, Azure AD DS, and Azure AD

Manage Windows Servers in a hybrid environment

deploy a Windows Admin Center gateway server
configure a target machine for Windows Admin Center
configure PowerShell Remoting
configure CredSSP or Kerberos delegation for second hop remoting

Manage Windows Servers and workloads by using Azure services

manage Windows Servers by using Azure Arc
assign Azure Policy Guest Configuration
deploy Azure services using Azure Virtual Machine extensions on non-Azure machines
manage updates for Windows machines
integrate Windows Servers with Log Analytics
integrate Windows Servers with Azure Security Center
manage IaaS virtual machines (VMs) in Azure that run Windows Server
implement Azure Automation for hybrid workloads
create runbooks to automate tasks on target VMs
implement DSC to prevent configuration drift in IaaS machines

Create and manage containers

create Windows Server container images
manage Windows Server container images
configure Container networking
manage container instances

Implement on-premises and hybrid name resolution

integrate DNS with AD DS
create and manage zones and records
configure DNS forwarding/conditional forwarding
integrate Windows Server DNS with Azure DNS private zone
implement DNSSEC

Implement on-premises and hybrid network connectivity

implement and manage the Remote Access role
implement and manage Azure Network Adapter
implement and manage Azure Extended Network
implement and manage Network Policy Server role
implement Web Application Proxy
implement Azure Relay
implement site-to-site virtual private network (VPN)
implement Azure Virtual WAN
implement Azure AD Application Proxy

Configure and manage Windows Server file shares

configure Windows Server file share access
configure file screen
configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) quotas
configure BranchCache
implement and configure Distributed File System (DFS)

Configure Windows Server storage

configure disks and volumes
configure and manage Storage Spaces
configure and manage Storage Replica
configure Data Deduplication
configure SMB direct
configure Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
configure file systems

About The Exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments; manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment; manage virtual machines and containers; implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure; and manage storage and file services.

International student Fee 750$

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