• 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

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