This course teaches IT professionals how to deploy, manage, secure, and troubleshoot Windows Server workloads across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. The course covers Active Directory Domain Services, Hyper-V and Azure virtual machines, on-premises and hybrid networking, storage and file services, Windows Server security hardening, and monitoring and troubleshooting. It highlights administrative tools and technologies including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Learning Path1: Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

• Deploy and manage AD DS domain controllers

• Create and manage Active Directory objects

• Create and configure Group Policy Objects

• Implement Group Policy Objects

• Manage advanced features of AD DS

Learning Path 2: Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment

• Administer and manage Windows Server IaaS VM remotely

• Describe Windows Server administration tools

• Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc

Learning Path 3: Manage virtual machines and containers

• Configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines

• Configure and manage Hyper-V

• Plan and deploy Windows Server IaaS VMs

Learning Path 4: Manage network infrastructure services

• Implement Windows Server DNS

• Deploy and manage DHCP

Learning Path 5: Manage storage and file services

• Implement hybrid file server infrastructure

• Manage Windows Server file servers

• Implement Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct

• Implement Windows Server Data Deduplication

• Implement Windows Server iSCSI

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Learning Path 6: Secure Windows Server

• Harden Windows Server

• Secure Windows Server user accounts

Learning Path 7: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

• Monitor Windows Server performance

• Manage and monitor event logs

• Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking

• Troubleshoot Active Directory

This course is intended for Windows Server administrators who deploy, implement, manage, and troubleshoot Windows Server as a workload in on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. Candidates administer identity, security, compute, networking, storage, and monitoring for Windows Server, and they typically collaborate with architects, administrators, and engineers. Candidates should have experience administering Windows Server using technologies such as Windows Admin Center, Hyper-V, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and should be familiar with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

• Windows Server Administration Experience
• Active Directory Knowledge
• Networking Fundamentals
• Virtualization and Hybrid Infrastructure
• PowerShell Skills