Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

Candidates for this certification administer core and advanced Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. These professionals should have expertise in implementing and managing on-premises and hybrid solutions, such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage. They are also experts at performing tasks related to security, migration, monitoring, high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. These professionals use administrative tools and technologies, including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, and IaaS virtual machine administration. They also work with Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.

Skills measured

This list contains the skills measured on the exams associated with this certification. For detailed information, see the associated exam details pages and download the exam skills outlines.
Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments
Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment
Manage virtual machines and containers
Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure
Manage storage and file services
Secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures
Implement and manage Windows Server high availability
Implement disaster recovery
Migrate servers and workloads
Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

Course Outline

Configure and manage multi-site, multi-domain, and multi-forest environments

configure and manage forest and domain trusts
configure and manage AD DS sites
configure and manage AD DS replication

Create and manage AD DS security principals

create and manage AD DS users and groups
manage users and groups in multi-domain and multi-forest scenarios
implement group managed service accounts (gMSAs)
join Windows Servers to AD DS, Azure AD DS, and Azure AD

Implement and manage hybrid identities

implement Azure AD Connect
manage Azure AD Connect Synchronization
implement Azure AD Connect cloud sync
integrate Azure AD, AD DS, and Azure AD DS
manage Azure AD DS
manage Azure AD Connect Health
manage authentication in on-premises and hybrid environments
configure and manage AD DS passwords

Manage Windows Servers and workloads by using Azure services

manage Windows Servers by using Azure Arc
assign Azure Policy Guest Configuration
deploy Azure services using Azure Virtual Machine extensions on non-Azure machines
manage updates for Windows machines
integrate Windows Servers with Log Analytics
integrate Windows Servers with Azure Security Center
manage IaaS virtual machines (VMs) in Azure that run Windows Server
implement Azure Automation for hybrid workloads
create runbooks to automate tasks on target VMs
implement DSC to prevent configuration drift in IaaS machines

Manage Hyper-V and guest virtual machines

enable VM enhanced session mode
manage VM using PowerShell Remoting, PowerShell Direct, and HVC.exe
configure nested virtualization
configure VM memory
configure Integration Services
configure Discrete Device Assignment
configure VM Resource Groups
configure VM CPU Groups
configure hypervisor scheduling types
manage VM Checkpoints
implement high availability for virtual machines
manage VHD and VHDX files
configure Hyper-V network adapter
configure NIC teamin
configure Hyper-V switch

Create and manage containers

create Windows Server container images
manage Windows Server container images
configure Container networking
manage container instances

Implement on-premises and hybrid name resolution

integrate DNS with AD DS
create and manage zones and records
configure DNS forwarding/conditional forwarding
integrate Windows Server DNS with Azure DNS private zones
implement DNSSEC

Manage IP addressing in on-premises and hybrid scenarios

implement and manage IPAM
implement and configure the DHCP server role (on-premises only)
resolve IP address issues in hybrid environments
create and manage scopes
create and manage IP reservations
implement DHCP high availability

Configure and manage Windows Server file shares

configure Windows Server file share access
configure file screens
configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) quotas
configure BranchCache
implement and configure Distributed File System (DFS)

Configure Windows Server storage

configure disks and volumes
configure and manage Storage Spaces
configure and manage Storage Replica
configure Data Deduplication
configure SMB direct
configure Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
configure file systems

About The Exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments; manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment; manage virtual machines and containers; implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure; and manage storage and file services.