AZ-802: Administering Windows Server Certification Course

Introduction to practicing hands on

DON'T SKIP: Server 2022 vs Server 2025 videos

Downloading Windows Server 2025 ISO

Getting Hyper-V Installed on Windows

Creating a Virtual Switch in Hyper-V

Disable large send offload version 2

Installing a Windows Server 2025 Virtual Machine

Installing a second Windows Server 2025 Virtual Machine

DONT SKIP: Before beginning your account setup

Creating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure Account

Adding a subscription to your Azure account

PowerShell Fundamentals for Server

Visualizing Domains, Trees, and Forests

Visualizing Active Directory Partitions

Deploy and manage domain controllers locally

Joining a server to a domain

Deploy and manage domain controllers in Azure

Visualizing the purpose of a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)

Deploy Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODCs)

Deploy an additional domain controller to a domain

Remoting with PowerShell

Using the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)

Visualizing flexible single master operations (FSMO) roles

Troubleshoot flexible single master operations (FSMO) roles

SIMULATION: Create a pre-staged RODC computer object in Active Directory.

DONT SKIP: Redoing simulations in the course

SIMULATION: Transfer the RID master FSMO role from NYC-SVR1 to NYC-DC1

Visualizing forest and domain trusts

Configure and manage forest and domain trusts

Visualizing sites and replication

Configure and manage AD DS sites

Configure and manage AD DS replication

Configure a DC as a Global Catalog server

SIMULATION: Create an AD Site Link between New York and Dallas.

Visualizing AD DS users and organizational units

Create and manage AD DS users and organizational units

Visualizing groups in AD DS

Create and manage groups in multi domain forests scenarios

The universal group membership caching feature

Using PowerShell for AD DS Users, organizational units, and Groups

Implement group managed service accounts (gMSAs)

Implement Azure AD DS

Join a Windows Server to Azure AD DS

Giving admin rights over to a user for Azure AD DS

SIMULATION: Use ADUC to create an OU named Sales. Create a user in Sales

SIMULATION: Create three Sales global groups and a universal group

Visualizing the concepts of Group Policy

Implement Group Policy in AD DS

Implement Group Policy Preferences in AD DS

Implement Group Policy in Azure AD DS

SIMULATION: Create a GPO that disables desktop wallpapers in ADDS.

Removing AD DS from a DC in order to install Windows Admin Center

Deploy a Windows Admin Center gateway server

Configure a target machine for Windows Admin Center

Configure PowerShell Remoting with Windows Admin Center

Understanding CredSSP or Kerberos delegation for second hop remoting

Configure JEA for PowerShell

Manage Windows Servers by using Azure Arc

Assign Azure Policy Guest Configuration

Deploy Azure services using Azure VM extensions on non-Azure machines

SIMULATION: Use ARC Server to add a policy to NYC-SVR1

Installing Hyper-V on a server and using nested virtualization

Enable VM enhanced session mode

Manage VM using PowerShell Remoting, PowerShell Direct, and HVC.exe

Configure VM memory

Configure Integration Services

Understanding Discrete Device Assignment

Configure VM Resource Groups

Configure VM CPU Groups

Understanding hypervisor scheduling types

Manage VM Checkpoints

Implement high availability for virtual machines

Manage VHD and VHDX files

Configure Hyper-V network adapter

Configure NIC teaming

Configure Hyper-V switch

SIMULATION: Use Hyper-V Manager to enable enhanced session mode

Manage data disks

Resize Azure Virtual Machines

Configure connections to VMs

Visualizing Azure networking

Manage Azure Virtual Machines network configuration

SIMULATION: Resize the ServerAADDSDemo VM to DS3_v2. Add a new 4GB SSD data disk

Visualizing DNS with AD DS

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

SIMULATION: Add DNS forwarder & a condition forwarder

Implement and configure the DHCP server role (on-premises only)

Create and manage scopes

Create and manage IP reservations

Implement DHCP high availability

Implement and manage IPAM

Resolve IP address issues in hybrid environments

SIMULATION: Create a 192.168. scope. Configure an exclusion, the router, and DNS

Create Azure File Sync service

Create sync groups and cloud endpoints

Register servers

Create server endpoints

Cloud tiering

Monitor File Sync

Configure Windows Server file share access

Installing File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)

Configure file screens

Configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) quotas

Configure BranchCache

Visualizing Distributed File System (DFS)

Implement and configure Distributed File System (DFS)

SIMULATION: Use FSRM to block executables and set a 2GB quota on Sales Data

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)

Understanding file systems

Configure file systems

Visualizing Windows file permissions

Implementing Windows file permissions

Manage Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker)

Manage and recover encrypted volumes

SIMULATION: Create a Storage Pool with a 100GB vDisk.

Configure and manage exploit protection

Configure and manage Windows Defender Application Control

Activating a free trial for Windows Defender for Endpoint

Configure and manage Windows Defender for Endpoint

Configure and manage Windows Defender Credential Guard

Configure SmartScreen

Implement operating system security by using Group Policies

Manage Windows Defender Firewall

Manage Windows Firewall, including connection security rules

Configure password policies

Enable password block lists

Manage protected users

Manage account security on a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)

Harden domain controllers

Configure authentication policies silos

Restrict access to domain controllers

Configure account security

Manage AD built-in administrative groups

Manage AD delegation

Implement and manage Microsoft Defender for Identity

Monitor Windows Server by using Performance Monitor

Create and configure Data Collector Sets

Monitor servers by using Windows Admin Center

Monitor by using System Insights

Manage event logs

Deploy Log Analytics agents

Collect performance counters to Azure

Create alerts

Monitor Azure Virtual Machines by using Azure diagnostics extension

Monitor Azure Virtual Machines performance by using VM insights

Restore objects from AD recycle bin

Recover Active Directory database using Directory Services Restore Mode

Recover SYSVOL

Troubleshoot Active Directory replication

Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues

Troubleshoot on-premises Active Directory

Understanding how Role Plays work

Meeting with the IT Director on whether the company should install a RODC at a small branch office

Meeting with co-administrator on how Block Inheritance and Enforced are different regarding GPOs

Getting your Udemy certificate for this course

BONUS Lecture