Training Contents 2024
Training content for 2024
Table of contents
- Learning Path 1: Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures (Windows Server security)
- Learning Path 2: Secure Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Infrastructures (Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios)
- Learning Path 3: Implementing Windows Server high Availability
- Learning Path 4: Implement Disaster Recovery in Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Disaster Recovery in Windows Server)
- Learning Path 5: Implement Disaster Recovery in Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Implementing Disaster Recovery Services in Hybrid Scenarios)
- Learning Path 6: Migrate Servers and Workloads in on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Upgrade and migrate in Windows Server)
- Learning Path 7: Migrate Servers and Workloads in on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Implementing migration in hybrid scenarios)
- Learning Path 8: Monitor and Troubleshoot Windows Server Environment (Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server)
- Learning Path 9: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environment (Implementing operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios)
Learning Path 1: Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures (Windows Server security)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on securing Windows Server in an on-premises context.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Secure Windows Server user accounts | - Configure user account rights - Protect user accounts - Describe Microsoft Defender Credential Guard - Block NTLM authentication - Locate problematic accounts |
| Hardening Windows Server | - Configure user account rights - Protect user accounts - Describe Microsoft Defender Credential Guard - Block NTLM authentication - Locate problematic accounts |
| Windows Server update management | - Explore Windows Update - Outline Windows Server Update Services server deployment options - Define Windows Server Update Services update management process - Describe the process of Update Management |
| Secure Windows Server DNS | - Implement split-horizon DNS - Create DNS policies - Implement DNS policies - Secure Windows Server DNS - Implement DNSSEC |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 1 – Configuring security in Windows Server | Lab 1 answer key | - Exercise 1: Configuring Windows Defender Credential Guard - Exercise 2: Locating problematic accounts - Exercise 3: Implementing LAPS |
Learning Path 2: Secure Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Infrastructures (Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on implementing security solutions in hybrid scenarios.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security | - Implement network security groups - Security rules for network security groups - Application security groups - Implement adaptive network hardening - Implement Azure Firewall and Windows IaaS VMs - Choose the appropriate filtering solution - Capture network traffic with network watcher |
| Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines | - Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud in hybrid environments - Audit your VM’s regulatory compliance - Implement and assess security policies - What is Microsoft Sentinel? - Implement SIEM and SOAR solutions in Microsoft Sentinel |
| Manage Azure updates | - Describe Azure updates - Enable Update Management - Deploy updates - Review an update assessment - Manage updates for your Azure VMs |
| Create and implement application allowlists with adaptive application control | - Describe adaptive application control - Enable Update Management - Configure a new application control policy - Move a VM from one group to another |
| Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines | - Describe Azure Disk Encryption and server-side encryption - Configure Key Vault for Azure Disk Encryption - Encrypt Azure IaaS Virtual Machine hard disks - Back up your Azure Disk Encryption–protected VMs - Restore your Azure Disk Encryption–protected VMs - Decrypt a disk |
| Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows IaaS VMs | - Implement Change Tracking and Inventory - Requirements for Change Tracking and Inventory - Enable Change Tracking and Inventory - Manage Change Tracking and Inventory - Manage tracked files - Implement File Integrity Monitoring - Configure File Integrity Monitoring |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 2: Implementing Security Solutions in Hybrid Scenarios | Lab 2 answer key | - Exercise 1: Creating an Azure Log Analytics workspace and an Azure Automation account - Exercise 2: Configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Exercise 3: Provisioning Azure VMs running Windows Server - Exercise 4: Onboarding on-premises Windows Server into Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure Automation - Exercise 5: Verifying the hybrid capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure Automation solutions - Exercise 6: Deprovisioning the Azure environment |
Learning Path 3: Implementing Windows Server high Availability
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus mainly on implementing high availability solutions in Windows Server.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes | - Determine the functionality of Cluster Shared Volumes - Cluster Shared Volumes architecture - Implement Cluster Shared Volumes |
| Implement Windows Server failover clustering | - Overview of failover clustering - Define Windows Server failover clustering - Plan Windows Server failover clustering - Manage Windows Server failover clustering - Overview of Storage Replica - Implement stretch clusters - Define cluster sets |
| Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs | - Select high availability options for Hyper-V - Consider network load balancing for Hyper-V VMs - Implement Hyper-V VM live migration - Implement Hyper-V VMs storage migration |
| Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM | - Describe virtual machine scale sets - Implement scaling - Configuring custom autoscale - Implement load-balancing VMs - Describe Azure Site Recovery - Implement Azure Site Recovery |
| Implement Windows Server File Server high availability | - Explore the Windows Server File Server high-availability options - Storage Replica - Review Cluster Shared Volumes - Implement Scale-Out File Server - Implement Storage Replica |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 3: Implementing failover clustering | Lab 3 answer key | - Exercise 1: Configuring iSCSI storage - Exercise 2: Configuring a failover cluster - Exercise 3: Deploying and configuring a highly available file server - Exercise 4: Validating the deployment of the highly available file server |
Learning Path 4: Implement Disaster Recovery in Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Disaster Recovery in Windows Server)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on implementing disaster recovery solutions in Windows Server scenarios.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Implement Hyper-V Replica | - Define Hyper-V Replica - Plan for Hyper-V Replica - Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica - Define extended replication - Define Azure Site Recovery - Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to Azure - Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to on-premises site |
| Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery | - Azure Site Recovery overview - Workloads supported for protection with Azure Site Recovery - Run a disaster recovery drill - Failover and failback |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 4: Implementing Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup | Lab 4 answer key | - Exercise 1: Implementing Hyper-V Replica - Exercise 2: Implementing backup and restore with Windows Server Backup |
Learning Path 5: Implement Disaster Recovery in Windows Server on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Implementing Disaster Recovery Services in Hybrid Scenarios)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on implementing disaster recovery solutions in hybrid scenarios.
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS | - Describe Azure Backup - Implement recovery vaults - Implement Azure Backup policies - Recover Windows IaaS Virtual Machines - Perform file and folder recovery - Perform backup and restore of on-premises workloads | |
| Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery | - What is Azure Site Recovery? - Prepare for disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery - Run a disaster recovery drill - Failover and failback using Azure Site Recovery | |
| Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup | - Azure Backup features and scenarios - Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup - Restore virtual machine data |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 5: Implementing Azure-based recovery services | Lab 5 answer key | - Exercise 1: Creating and configuring an Azure Site Recovery vault - Exercise 2: Implementing Hyper-V VM protection by using Azure Site Recovery vault - Exercise 3: Implementing Azure Backup - Exercise 4: Deprovisioning the Azure lab environment |
Learning Path 6: Migrate Servers and Workloads in on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Upgrade and migrate in Windows Server)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on upgrade and migrate scenarios for Windows Server.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Active Directory Domain Services migration | - Examine upgrade vs. migration - Upgrade a previous version of Active Directory Domain Services to Windows Server 2022 - Migrate to Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2022 from a previous version - Explore the Active Directory Migration Tool |
| Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service | - Storage Migration Service overview and usage scenarios - Storage migration requirements - Migrate a server with Storage migration - Evaluate storage migration considerations |
| Migrate Windows Server roles | - Describe the Windows Server Migration Tools - Install the Migration Tools - Migrate roles using the Migration Tools |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 06: Upgrade and migrate in Windows Server | Lab 06 Answer key | - Exercise 1: Deploying AD DS domain controllers in Azure - Exercise 2: Migrating file servers by using Storage Migration Service |
Learning Path 7: Migrate Servers and Workloads in on-premises and Hybrid Environments (Implementing migration in hybrid scenarios)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on implementing migration in hybrid scenarios.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines | - Plan your migration - Describe Azure Migrate - Perform server assessment - Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate |
| Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines | - Describe Azure Migrate (optional) - Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate (optional) - Describe storage migration - Migrate file servers by using Storage Migration Service |
| Containerize and migrate ASP.NET applications to Azure App Service | - Azure Migrate App Containerization overview |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 7 – Migrating Hyper-V VMs to Azure by using Azure Migrate | Lab 7 answer key | - Exercise 1: Prepare the lab environment - Exercise 2: Prepare for assessment and migration by using Azure Migrate - Exercise 3: Assess Hyper-V for migration by using Azure Migrate - Exercise 4: Migrate Hyper-V VMs by using Azure Migrate |
Learning Path 8: Monitor and Troubleshoot Windows Server Environment (Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on monitoring and troubleshooting scenarios in a Windows Server environment.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Monitor Windows Server performance | - Monitor network infrastructure services - Monitor virtual machines running Windows Server - Monitor performance with Windows Admin Center - Use System Insights to help predict future capacity issues - Optimize the performance of Windows Server |
| Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs | - Describe Windows Server event logs - Use Windows Admin Center to review logs - Use Server Manager to review logs - Use custom views - Implement event log subscriptions |
| Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics | - Describe basic auditing categories - Describe advanced auditing categories - Log user access - Enable setup and boot event collection |
| Troubleshoot Active Directory | - Recover objects from the AD recycle bin - Recover the AD DS database - Recover SYSVOL - Troubleshoot AD DS replication - Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 8: Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server | Lab 8 answer key | - Establish a performance baseline. - Identify the source of a performance problem. - Review and configure centralized event logs |
Learning Path 9: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environment (Implementing operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios)
This Learning Path consists of Modules that focus on implementing operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios.
| Module | Units |
|---|---|
| Monitor Windows Server Virtual Machines and hybrid instances | - Enable Azure Monitor for virtual machines - Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios |
| Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor | - Monitor the health of the virtual machine - Set up a VM with boot diagnostics - View VM metrics - Using the Azure Diagnostics extension - Diagnostic data case studies - Using diagnostic data - Build log queries by using the Kusto Query Language |
| Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure | - Troubleshoot VM deployment - Troubleshoot VM startup - Troubleshoot VM connectivity - Optimize VM network connectivity security with Azure Bastion - Troubleshoot VM performance - Troubleshoot VM storage |
| Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking | - Diagnose DHCP problems - Diagnose DNS problems - Diagnose IP configuration issues - Diagnose routing problems - Use Packet Manager to help diagnose network problems - Use Azure Network Watcher to help diagnose network problems |
| Lab | Lab answer key | Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 9: Implementing operational monitoring in hybrid scenarios | Lab 9 answer key | - Prepare a monitoring environment - Configure monitoring of on-premises servers - Configure monitoring of Azure VMs - Evaluate monitoring services |