MCA. Microsoft Certified Associate Windows Server® Hybrid Administrator Complete. Study Guide. Exam AZ- 800 and Exam AZ- 801

Cover
Title Page
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Table of Exercises
Introduction
	The Microsoft Certification Program
	Who Should Read This Book?
	What’s Inside?
	What’s Included with the Book
	Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
	Recommended Home Lab Setup
	How to Contact Sybex or the Author
	Objective Mapping
	How to Contact the Publisher
	Assessment Test
	Answers to Assessment Test
Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows Server 2022
	Features and Advantages of Windows Server 2022
	Deciding Which Windows Server 2022 Version to Use
		Deciding on the Type of Installation
	Removed Features
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 2 Understanding Hyper-V
	Introduction to Virtualization
		Hyper-V Features
		Hyper-V Architecture
		Hyper-V Operating Systems
		Linux and FreeBSD Image Deployments
	Hyper-V Installation and Configuration
		Hyper-V Requirements
		Install the Hyper-V Role
		Hyper-V in Server Manager
		Using Hyper-V Manager
		Configure Hyper-V Settings
		Manage Virtual Switches
		Managing Virtual Hard Disks
	Configuring Virtual Machines
		Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
		Linux and FreeBSD Image Deployments
	PowerShell Commands
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 3 Installing Windows Server 2022
	Installing the Windows Server 2022 OS
		Installing with the Desktop Experience
		Installing Windows Server 2022 Server Core
	Activating and Servicing Windows
		Key Management Service
		Automatic Virtual Machine Activation
		Active Directory–Based Activation
		Servicing Windows Server 2022
	Configuring Windows Server Updates
		Windows Update
		Using Windows Server Update Services
	Understanding Features On Demand
		Source Files for Roles or Features
	Understanding Filesystems
		Resilient File System (ReFS)
		NTFS
	Storage in Windows Server 2022
		Initializing Disks
		Configuring Basic and Dynamic Disks
		Managing Volumes
		Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2022
		Redundant Array of Independent Disks
		Mount Points
		Microsoft MPIO
		Configuring iSCSI Target
		Internet Storage Name Service
		Implement Thin Provisioning and Trim
		Fibre Channel
		Network-Attached Storage
		Virtual Disk Service
		Understanding Data Center Bridging
	Using PowerShell
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 4 Understanding IP
	Understanding TCP/IP
		Details of the TCP/IP Model
		How TCP/IP Layers Communicate
		Understanding Port Numbers
	Understanding IP Addressing
		The Hierarchical IP Addressing Scheme
		Understanding Network Classes
	Subnetting a Network
		Understanding the Benefits of Subnetting
		Implementing Subnetting
		An Easier Way to Apply Subnetting
		Applying Subnetting the Traditional Way
		Working with Classless Inter-Domain Routing
		Supernetting
	Understanding IPv6
		IPv6 History and Need
		New and Improved IPv6 Concepts
		IPv6 Addressing Concepts
		IPv6 Integration/Migration
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 5 Implementing DNS
	Introducing DNS
		Hosts File
		Understanding Servers, Clients, and Resolvers
		Understanding the DNS Process
	Introducing DNS Database Zones
		Understanding Primary Zones
		Understanding Secondary Zones
		Understanding Active Directory Integrated DNS
		Understanding Stub Zones
		GlobalName Zones
		Zone Transfers and Replication
	Advantages of DNS in Windows Server 2022
		Background Zone Loading
		Support for IPv6 Addresses
		Support for Read-Only Domain Controllers
		DNS Socket Pools
		DNS Cache Locking
		Response Rate Limiting
		Unknown Record Support
		IPv6 Root Hints
		DNS Security Extensions
		DNS Devolution
		Record Weighting
		Netmask Ordering
		DnsUpdateProxy Group
		DNS Policies
	Introducing DNS Record Types
		Start of Authority (SOA) Records
		Name Server Records
		Host Record
		Alias Record
		Pointer Record
		Mail Exchanger Record
		Service Record
	Configuring DNS
		Installing DNS
		Load Balancing with Round-Robin
		Configuring a Caching-Only Server
		Setting Zone Properties
		Configuring Zones for Dynamic Updates
		Delegating Zones for DNS
		DNS Forwarding
		Manually Creating DNS Records
		DNS Aging and Scavenging
	DNS PowerShell Commands
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 6 Configuring DHCP and IPAM
	Understanding DHCP
		Introducing the DORA Process
		Advantages and Disadvantages of DHCP
		Ipconfig Lease Options
		Understanding Scope Details
	Installing and Authorizing DHCP
		Installing DHCP
		Introducing the DHCP Snap-In
		Authorizing DHCP for Active Directory
	Creating and Managing DHCP Scopes
		Creating a New Scope in IPv4
		Creating a New Scope in IPv6
		Changing Scope Properties (IPv4 and IPv6)
		Changing Server Properties
		Managing Reservations and Exclusions
		Setting Scope Options for IPv4
		Activating and Deactivating Scopes
		Creating a Superscope for IPv4
		Creating IPv4 Multicast Scopes
		Integrating Dynamic DNS and IPv4 DHCP
		Using DHCP Failover Architecture
		Working with the DHCP Database Files
	Working with Advanced DHCP Configuration Options
		Implement DHCPv6
		Configure High Availability for DHCP, Including DHCP Failover and Split Scopes
		Configure DHCP Name Protection
	Understanding IPAM
		Installing IPAM
		Provision IPAM Manually or by Using Group Policy
		Configure Server Discovery
		Create and Manage IP Blocks and Ranges
		Auditing IPAM
	PowerShell Commands
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 7 Understanding Active Directory
	Verifying the Filesystem
		Resilient File System (ReFS)
		NTFS
	Verifying Network Connectivity
		Basic Connectivity Tests
		Tools and Techniques for Testing Network Configuration
	Understanding Active Directory
		Domains
		Trees
		Forests
	Understanding Domain and Forest Functionality
		About the Domain Functional Level
		About Forest Functionality
	Planning the Domain Structure
	Installing Active Directory
		Improved Active Directory Features
		Read-Only Domain Controllers
		Adprep
		Active Directory Prerequisites
		The Installation Process
		Installing Additional Domain Controllers by Using Install from Media
	Verifying Active Directory Installation
		Using Event Viewer
		Using Active Directory Administrative Tools
		Testing from Clients
	Creating and Configuring Application Data Partitions
		Creating Application Data Partitions
		Managing Replicas
		Removing Replicas
		Using ntdsutil to Manage Application Data Partitions
	Configuring DNS Integration with Active Directory
		Exercise 7.7
	Active Directory Object Overview
		Understanding Security Principals
	An Overview of OUs
		The Purpose of OUs
		Benefits of OUs
	Planning the OU Structure
		Logical Grouping of Resources
		Understanding OU Inheritance
		Delegating Administrative Control
		Applying Group Policies
	Creating OUs
	Managing OUs
		Moving, Deleting, and Renaming OUs
		Administering Properties of OUs
		Delegating Control of OUs
	Creating and Managing Active Directory Objects
		Overview of Active Directory Objects
		Managing Object Properties
		Understanding Groups
		Filtering and Advanced Active Directory Features
		Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Active Directory Objects
		Resetting an Existing Computer Account
		Understanding Dynamic Access Control
		Managing Security and Permissions
	Publishing Active Directory Objects
		Making Active Directory Objects Available to Users
		Publishing Printers
		Publishing Shared Folders
	PowerShell for Active Directory
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 8 Understanding Group Policies
	Introducing Group Policy
		Understanding Group Policy Settings
		The Security Settings Section of the GPO
		Client-Side Extensions
		Group Policy Objects
		Group Policy Inheritance
	Planning a Group Policy Strategy
	Implementing Group Policy
		Creating GPOs
		Linking Existing GPOs to Active Directory
		Forcing a GPO to Update
	Managing Group Policy
		Managing GPOs
		Security Filtering of a Group Policy
		Delegating Administrative Control of GPOs
		Controlling Inheritance and Filtering Group Policy
		Assigning Script Policies
		Understanding the Loopback Policy
		Managing Network Configuration
		Configuring Network Settings
		Automatically Enrolling User and Computer Certificates in Group Policy
		Redirecting Folders
		Managing GPOs with Windows PowerShell Group Policy Cmdlets
		Item-Level Targeting
		Back Up, Restore, Import, Copy, and Migration Tables
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 9 Introduction to Microsoft Azure
	Understanding Cloud Concepts
		Cloud Advantages
		Understanding CapEx vs. OpEx
		Understanding Different Cloud Concepts
	Understanding the Difference between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
		Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
		Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
		Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
		Compare and Contrast the Service Types
	Understanding Azure Benefits
		Azure Benefits
	Understanding the Azure Dashboards
		Using the Azure Dashboard
		Configuring the Azure Portal Settings
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 10 Understanding Azure Active Directory
	Understanding Azure Active Directory
		Azure AD Questions and Answers
		Managing Azure AD
		Configuring Objects
		Self-Service Password Reset
	Creating a Hybrid Network
		Password Hash Synchronization with Azure AD
		Azure Active Directory Pass-Through Authentication
		Federation with Azure AD
		Common Identity Scenarios
		Azure AD Connect
	Planning Azure AD Authentication Options
		Azure AD Multifactor Authentication
		Azure AD Connect Sync: Understand and Customize Synchronization
	Using PowerShell Commands
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 11 Configuring Storage
	Understanding Filesystems
		Resilient File System (ReFS)
		NTFS
	Storage in Windows Server 2022
		Initializing Disks
		Configuring Basic and Dynamic Disks
		Managing Volumes
		Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2022
		Redundant Array of Independent Disks
		Mount Points
		Microsoft MPIO
		Configuring iSCSI Target
		Internet Storage Name Service
		Implement Thin Provisioning and Trim
		Fibre Channel
		Network Attached Storage
		Virtual Disk Service
		Understanding Data Center Bridging
	Configuring Permissions
		Understanding SMB
		Understanding NTFS
		Understanding Shared Permissions
		How NTFS Security and Shared Permissions Work Together
		Understanding NFS Shares
	Configuring Disk Quotas
	Understanding Data Duplication
		Backup and Restoring Deduplicated Volumes
		Installing and Enabling Data Deduplication
		Monitoring Data Deduplication
	Configuring File Server Resource Manager
		FSRM Features
		Installing the FSRM Role Service
	Configure File and Disk Encryption
		Using BitLocker Drive Encryption
		Features of BitLocker
		Using EFS Drive Encryption
	Configuring Distributed File System
		Advantages of DFS
		Types of DFS
		Remote Differential Compression
	Configure Advanced File Services
		Configure the NFS Data Store
		Configure BranchCache
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 12 Building an Azure Infrastructure
	Introduction to Containers
		Container Terminology
		Install and Configure Server Containers
		Install and Configure Windows Containers
		Tagging an Image
		Uninstall an Operating System Image
		Creating New Images Using Dockerfiles
		Understanding Hyper-V Containers
		Managing Container Networking
		Using Docker Hub Repository
		Using Microsoft Azure for Images
	Using PowerShell for Containers
	Azure Virtual Machine Configuration
		Creating a Virtual Machine in Azure
		Configure Azure VM Settings
	Understanding Additional Infrastructure Components
		Additional Azure Services and Roles
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 13 Managing Data in a Hybrid Network
	Components of High Availability
	Achieving High Availability
		High Availability Foundation
	Understanding Network Load Balancing
		NLB Requirements
		Installing NLB Nodes
		Upgrading an NLB Cluster
		PowerShell Commands for a NLB Cluster
		Load Balancing with Azure
	Achieving High Availability with Hyper-V
		Implementing a Hyper-V Replica
		Understanding Live Migration
		Implementing Storage Migration
	Achieving High Availability with Clustering
		Failover Clustering Requirements
		Workgroup and Multidomain Clusters
		Site-Aware, Stretched, or Geographically Dispersed Clusters (Geoclustering)
		Cluster Quorum
		Validating a Cluster Configuration
		Creating a Cluster
		Clustered Application Settings
		Resource Properties
	Windows Server 2022 Clustering Features
		Azure Blob Storage
	PowerShell Commands for Clustering
	Storage Spaces
	Implementing Storage Spaces Direct
		The Benefits of Storage Spaces Direct
		Deployment Options
		Requirements to Set Up Storage Spaces Direct
		Configuring Storage Spaces Direct
		Manage and Monitor Storage Spaces Direct
		Storage Spaces Direct Using Windows PowerShell
	PowerShell Commands for Hyper-V High Availability
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 14 Hybrid Data and Servers
	Using Microsoft Endpoint Manager
		Using Mobile Device Management
		Policy Settings Using Basic Mobility and Security (Microsoft 365)
		Policy Settings Using Microsoft Intune
	Understanding AutoPilot
		Autopilot Benefits
		Autopilot Prerequisites
		Autopilot Profiles
		Deployment Scenarios
	Planning for Secure Applications Data on Devices
		Configuring Managed Apps for Mobile Application Management
		MAM Basics
		Add an App Using Intune
		Assign the App to a Group
		Install the App on the Enrolled Device
	Protecting Enterprise Data Using Windows Information Protection
		Creating a Configuration Item for WIP
		Adding a Microsoft Store Application
		WIP File Behavior
		Determine the Enterprise Context of an App
		Monitor WIP Events
		Changing File Ownership
		Configure Intune Application Protection Policies for Devices
		Create an App Protection Policy
		Change Existing Policies
	Migrating Data
		Migrating Onsite Storage
		Azure Data Share
		Using Storage Migration Service
		Understanding Azure Migrate Appliance
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 15 Implementing Security
	Managing Windows Security
		Windows Security Basics
	Configuring Windows Defender Firewall
		Understanding the Windows Defender Firewall Basics
		Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security
	Managing Security
		Implementing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
		Endpoint Security
		Managing Endpoint Security in Microsoft Intune
		Understanding Microsoft Defender Application Guard
		Understanding Windows Defender Credential Guard
		Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard
		Using Windows Defender Application Control
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 16 Understanding Monitoring
	Overview of Windows Server 2022 Performance Monitoring
	Using Windows Server 2022 Performance Tools
		Introducing Performance Monitor
		Using Other Monitoring Tools
		Windows Admin Center
		Enabling PowerShell Remoting
		System Insights
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Chapter 17 Understanding Disaster Recovery
	Introduction to Azure Security
		Applications
		Compute
		Identity and Access Management
		Networking
		Operations
		Storage
		Microsoft Sentinel
		Microsoft Defender for Cloud
		Azure Logic Apps
		Vulnerability Scanner for Azure and Hybrid Machines
	Manage Backup and Recovery for Windows Server
		Azure Backup
		Azure Recovery Services Vault
		Azure Backup Center
		Azure Backup Server
		Restore Files to Windows Server Using the MARS Agent
		Create a Backup Policy
		Azure VM Restore Scenarios
	Implement Disaster Recovery by using Azure Site Recovery
		Configure Azure Site Recovery Networking
		Configure Site Recovery for On-Premises VMs
		Configure a Recovery Plan
		Configure Site Recovery for Azure Virtual Machines
		Implement VM Replication to Secondary Datacenter or Azure Region
		Configure Azure Site Recovery Policies
	Summary
	Exam Essentials
	Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
	Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows Server 2022
	Chapter 2: Understanding Hyper-V
	Chapter 3: Installing Windows Server 2022
	Chapter 4: Understanding IP
	Chapter 5: Implementing DNS
	Chapter 6: Configuring DHCP and IPAM
	Chapter 7: Understanding Active Directory
	Chapter 8: Understanding Group Policies
	Chapter 9: Introduction to Microsoft Azure
	Chapter 10: Understanding Azure Active Directory
	Chapter 11: Configuring Storage
	Chapter 12: Building an Azure Infrastructure
	Chapter 13: Managing Data in a Hybrid Network
	Chapter 14: Hybrid Data and Servers
	Chapter 15: Implementing Security
	Chapter 16: Understanding Monitoring
	Chapter 17: Understanding Disaster Recovery
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