Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.
Audience Profile
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.
About this Course
4 Days
Skills at a glance
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Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments (30–35%)
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Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment (10–15%)
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Manage virtual machines and containers (15–20%)
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Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure (15–20%)
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Manage storage and file services (15–20%)
Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments (30–35%)
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Deploy and manage domain controllers on-premises
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Deploy and manage domain controllers in Azure
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Deploy read-only domain controllers (RODCs)
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Troubleshoot flexible single master operation (FSMO) roles
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Configure and manage forest and domain trusts
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Configure and manage AD DS sites
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Configure and manage AD DS replication
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Create and manage AD DS users and groups
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Manage users and groups in multi-domain and multi-forest scenarios
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Implement Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs)
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Join Windows Servers to AD DS, Microsoft Entra Domain Services, and Microsoft Entra
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Integrate Microsoft Entra ID, AD DS and Microsoft Entra Domain Services
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Implement Microsoft Entra Connect
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Manage Microsoft Entra Connect synchronization
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Implement Microsoft Entra Connect cloud sync
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Manage Microsoft Entra Domain Services
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Manage Microsoft Entra Connect Health
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Manage authentication in on-premises and hybrid environments
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Configure and manage AD DS passwords
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Implement Group Policy in AD DS
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Implement Group Policy Preferences in AD DS
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Implement Group Policy in Microsoft Entra Domain Services
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Deploy a Windows Admin Center Gateway server
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Configure a target machine for Windows Admin Center
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Configure PowerShell remoting
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Configure Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) or Kerberos Delegation for 2nd Hop Remoting
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Configure Just Enough Administration (JEA) for PowerShell remoting
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Manage Windows Servers by using Azure Arc
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Create and assign Azure Policy that uses guest configuration extension
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Deploy Azure services using Azure VM extensions on non-Azure machines
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Manage updates for Windows machines
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Integrate Windows Servers with Log Analytics
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Integrate Windows Servers with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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Manage IaaS VMs in Azure that run Windows Server
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Implement Azure Automation for hybrid workloads
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Create runbooks to automate tasks on target VMs
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Implement Azure Automation State Configuration to prevent configuration drift in IaaS machines
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Enable VM Enhanced session mode
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Manage VM using PowerShell remoting, PowerShell Direct and Secure Shell (SSH) Direct for Linux VMs
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Configure nested virtualization
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Configure VM Memory
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Configure integration services
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Configure Discrete Device Assignment
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Configure VM resource groups
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Configure VM CPU groups
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Configure hypervisor scheduling types
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Manage VM checkpoints
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Implementing high availability for virtual machines
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Manage virtual hard disk (VHD) and virtual hard disk v2 (VHDX) files
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Configure Hyper-V Network Adapter
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Configure network interface card (NIC) Teaming
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Configure Hyper-V Switch
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Create Windows Server container images
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Manage Windows Server container images
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Configure container networking
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Manage container instances
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Manage data disks
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Resize Azure VM
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Configure connections to VMs
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Manage Azure VM network configuration
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Integrate DNS with AD DS
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Create and manage DNS zones and records
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Configure DNS forwarding/conditional forwarding
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Integrate Windows Server DNS with Azure DNS private zones
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Implement Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
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Implement and manage IP Address Management (IPAM)
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Implement and configure the Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP) server role (on-premises only)
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Resolve IP address issues in hybrid environments
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Create and manage DHCP scopes
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Create and manage IP reservations
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Implement DHCP high availability
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Implement and manage the Remote Access role
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Implement and manage Azure Network Adapter
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Implement and manage Azure extended network
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Implement and manage Network Policy and Access Services role
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Implement Web Application Proxy
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Implement Azure Relay
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Implement site-to-site VPN
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Implement Azure Virtual WAN
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Implement Microsoft Entra Application Proxy
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Create Azure File Sync Service
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Create sync groups
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Create cloud endpoints
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Register servers
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Create server endpoints
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Configure cloud tiering
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Monitor File Sync
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Migrate Distributed File System (DFS) to Azure File Sync
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Configure Windows Server file share access
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Configuring file screens
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Configure file server resource manager (FSRM) quotas
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Configure BranchCache
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Implement and configure Distributed File System (DFS)
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Configure disks and volumes
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Configure and manage Storage Spaces
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Configure and manage Storage Replica
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Configure Data Deduplication
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Configure Server Message Block (SMB) direct
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Configure Storage QoS
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Configure file systems