AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server
What will be Cover ?
- OS Hardening
- Exploit Protection
- Credential Guard
- SmartScreen
- Password Policies
- Secure Hybrid Active Directory
- RODC (Read-Only Domain Controller)
- NTLM Audit
- Microsoft Defender for Identity
- OSConfig Policies
- Deploy and Manage Failover Clusters (On-Premises
- Hybrid
- Cloud)
- Storage Spaces Direct
- Cluster Quorum Configuration
- Scale-Out File Servers
- Azure Witness Configuration
- Azure Recovery Services Vault
- Azure Backup Server
- Azure Site Recovery
- Hyper-V Replica
- Backup and Restore Strategies
- Storage Migration Service
- Azure Migrate
- On-Premises to Azure VM Migration
- IIS Migration
- AD DS Migration
- RDS Migration
- DHCP Migration
- Print Server Migration
- In-Place Server Upgrades
- Performance Monitor
- Windows Admin Center
- System Insights
- Event Logs
- Azure Monitor
- VM Insights
- Connectivity Troubleshooting
- DNS Troubleshooting
- Windows Update Issues
- Time Synchronization
- VM Troubleshooting
- Disk Encryption Issues
- Active Directory Replication
- Hybrid Authentication
This course is designed to equip IT professionals with the skills required to secure, manage, migrate, and monitor modern Windows Server environments across on-premises and hybrid infrastructures. It focuses on strengthening operating system security, implementing high availability solutions, planning disaster recovery strategies, and migrating workloads to Azure.
Learners will gain hands-on experience in hardening Windows Server, securing hybrid Active Directory environments, deploying failover clusters, implementing backup and recovery solutions, and managing server migrations using modern Microsoft tools. The course also covers monitoring, performance optimization, and troubleshooting techniques to ensure business continuity and operational stability.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to confidently manage enterprise Windows Server environments, integrate with Azure services, implement disaster recovery plans, and maintain secure, high-availability infrastructure aligned with industry best practices.

