Hybrid Server Pro: Advanced

Hybrid Infrastructure Administration

Perform Administrative Tasks

• Manage Event Logs
• Manage Services
• Collect data with Log Analytics Agents
• Collect performance counters in Azure
• Manage Alerts
• Collect monitoring data from VMs using Azure Diagnostics Extension
• Collect performance data from VMs using VM Insights

Migrate on-premises to Azure

• Migrate file shares to Azure
• Migrate Hyper-V hosts to Azure
• Migrate virtual machines
• Migrate virtual machine storage

Secure and Update Windows

Secure Windows

• Implement exploit mitigation policies
• Protect systems with Windows Defender for Endpoint
• Protect applications with Windows Defender Application Control
• Enable Windows Defender SmartScreen
• Implement group security policies

Secure Active Directory User Accounts

• Protect user credentials with Windows Defender Credential Guard
• Implement password policies
• Implement password block lists
• Deploy user rights policies
• Configure account security policy settings
• Delegate administrative control
• Implement authentication policies and silos for administrative accounts

Secure Active Directory Groups

• Audit group policies
• Manage Active Directory Administrator security groups

Secure Domain Controllers and VMs

• Harden domain controllers
• Use Azure Sential to monitor physical and virtual servers
• Use Azure Security Center to resolve security issues

Implement storage security

• Encrypt storage with Windows BitLocker
• Use Azure Disk Encryption
• Manage disk encryption keys in an IaaS VM environment

Backup and Disaster Recovery

Backup Windows Servers

• Use Azure Recovery Services Vault to backup files and folders
• Create a new backup policy
• Use the Built-in backup agent to backup Azure VMs
• Modify a backup policy in Azure Recovery Services Vault

Recover Windows Servers

• Use Azure Recovery Services Vault to restore files and folders
• Recover a VM from a snapshot
• Recover a VM as a new Azure VM
• Restore a VM from backup
• Create a recovery plan for Azure
• Configure on-premises VM for site recovery
• Configure Azure VM for site recovery
• Restore objects from the Active Directory Recycle Bin

Replicate Windows Servers

• Configure VM replication for offsite or an Azure region
• Configure Hyper-V VM replication
• Manage a Hyper-V replica server
• Failover a VM

High Availability and Failover Cluster Management

Configure failover clusters

• Configure a Network Load Balancing cluster
• Create a failover cluster
• Configure a quorum in a failover cluster
• Setup a Floating IP address for a cluster
• Add a failover cluster role
• Configure a failover cluster
• Create a Scale-Out File Server

Manage failover clusters

• Manage cluster workload
• Implement load balancing for a cluster
• Add storage to a cluster
• Use Windows Admin Center to manage failover clusters
• Recover a failed node in the cluster
• Upgrade the operating system for a node in the cluster
• Initiate a workload failover
• Install Windows Updates on nodes in a cluster
• Configure and manage Storage Spaces Direct

Troubleshoot Windows Servers

Troubleshoot Windows

• Troubleshoot connectivity in a Hybrid environment
• Troubleshoot and resolve a boot failure

Troubleshoot Virtual Machines

• Troubleshoot VM performance
• Troubleshoot connectivity with VMs

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