Professional Training

Audience profile

his three-day course is intended for IT Professionals who manage on-premises Windows Server environments and want to use Azure to manage server workloads and secure virtual machines that are running on Windows Server 2019. Secondarily, this course benefits any role that involves administrative and operational tasks targeting Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) workloads.

Skills gained

Describe the foundational principles of Azure IaaS, including compute, storage, and networking.
Identify tools used to implement hybrid solutions, including Windows Admin Center and PowerShell.
Implement identity in Hybrid scenarios, including Azure AD DS on Azure IaaS and managed AD DS.
Integrate Azure AD DS with Azure AD.
Manage and monitor hybrid scenarios using WAC, Azure Arc, Azure Automation and Azure Monitor.
Enhance hybrid security using Azure Security Center, Azure Sentinel, and Windows Update Management.
Implement File Services in hybrid scenarios, using Azure Files and Azure File Sync.
Plan and implement hybrid and cloud-only migration, backup, and recovery scenarios.
Deploy Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019, and configure networking, storage, and security.
Manage and maintain Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019.

Prerequisites

Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DNS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services
Experience with common Windows Server management tools (implied by the first prerequisite).
Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implied by the first prerequisite).
Basic knowledge of on-premises resiliency Windows Server-based compute and storage technologies (Failover Clustering, Storage Spaces).
Basic experience with implementing and managing IaaS services in Microsoft Azure.
Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory.
Basic understanding security-related technologies (firewalls, encryption, multi-factor authentication, SIEM/SOAR).
Basic knowledge of PowerShell scripting.
An understanding of the following concepts as related to Windows Server technologies:

High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Automation
Monitoring

Introducing Azure Hybrid IaaS with Windows Server 2019

Overview of Azure IaaS
Overview of the Azure hybrid model
Using hybrid admin tools

Implementing identity in hybrid scenarios

Implementing AD DS on Azure IaaS
Integrating AD DS with Azure AD
Implementing managed AD DS environments
Preparing Azure AD for integration with AD DS
Preparing on-premises AD DS for Azure AD integration
Downloading, installing, and configuring Azure AD Connect
Verifying integration between AD DS and Azure AD
Implementing Azure AD integration features in AD DS

Facilitating hybrid management and operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios

Windows Admin Center
Azure Arc
Azure Monitor
Azure Automation
Using Windows Admin Center in hybrid scenarios
Provisioning Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019
Implementing hybrid connectivity via Azure Network Adapter
Deploying Windows Admin Center gateway in Azure
Verifying functionality of Windows Admin Center gateway in Azure

Implementing security solutions in hybrid scenarios

Azure Security Center
Azure Sentinel
Managing Windows Updates
Using Azure Security Center in hybrid scenarios
Provisioning Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019
Configuring Azure Security Center
Onboarding on-premises Windows Server 2019 into Azure Security Center
Verifying the hybrid capabilities of Azure Security Center

Implementing file services in hybrid scenarios

Implementing Azure Files
Implementing Azure File Sync
Implementing DFS Replication in your on-premises environment
Creating and configuring a sync group
Replacing DFS Replication with File Sync–based replication
Verifying replication and enabling cloud tiering
Troubleshooting replication issues

Deploying and configuring Azure VMs

Deploying Azure VMs
Configuring Azure VM networking
Configuring Azure VM storage
Configuring Azure VM security
Authoring ARM templates for Azure VM deployment
Modifying ARM templates to include VM extension-based configuration
Deploying Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019 by using ARM templates
Configuring administrative access to Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019
Configuring Windows Server 2019 security in Azure VMs

Managing and maintaining Azure VMs

Managing Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019
Maintaining Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019
Provisioning Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019
Managing Windows Server 2019 in Azure VMs by using Windows Admin Center
Managing Windows Server 2019 in Azure VMs from Cloud Shell by using PowerShell Remoting
Managing Windows Server 2019 in Azure VMs by using Run Command
Managing Windows Server 2019 in Azure VMs by using the serial console
Managing Windows Server 2019 in Azure VMs by using Azure Policy Guest Configuration

Planning and implementing migration and recovery services in hybrid scenarios

Azure Migrate
Storage Migration Server
Azure Site Recovery
Storage Replica
Azure Backup
Implementing Azure-based recovery services
Creating and configuring an Azure Site Recovery vault
Implementing Hyper-V VM protection by using Azure Site Recovery vault
Implementing Azure Backup