Technical requirements and lab setup

To successfully follow along and complete the tasks and exercises throughout this chapter and the following chapters in this book, we will need to ensure that the technical requirements from both Chapter 1, Exam Overview and the Current State of Cloud Workflows, and Chapter 2, Securing the Windows Server Operating System, have been completed in full. We will be using both the Domain Controller and the File Server VMs to complete the exercises and tasks throughout this chapter to align with the AZ-801 exam objectives. We will focus on the requirements, best practices, and hands-on walkthroughs in this chapter that align with the AZ-801 exam objectives.

Let’s begin with some general insights and recommendations on the various tools that are made available to us for monitoring both the applications and the OS running on Windows Server.