You're reading from Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure AZ-800 Exam Guide Design, implement, and manage Windows Server core infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803239200

Length 502 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Windows Server

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Steve Miles

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Hybrid Identity

2. Chapter 1: Implementing and Managing Active Directory Domain Services FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Implementing and Managing Azure Active Directory Domain Services

4. Chapter 3: Managing Users and Computers with Group Policy

5. Chapter 4: Implementing and Managing Hybrid Identities

6. Part 2: Hybrid Networking

7. Chapter 5: Implementing and Managing On-Premises Network Infrastructure

8. Chapter 6: Implementing and Managing Azure Network Infrastructure

9. Part 3: Hybrid Storage

10. Chapter 7: Implementing Windows Server Storage Services

11. Chapter 8: Implementing a Hybrid File Server Infrastructure

12. Part 4: Hybrid Compute

13. Chapter 9: Implementing and Managing Hyper-V on Windows Server

14. Chapter 10: Implementing and Managing Windows Server Containers

15. Chapter 11: Managing Windows Server Azure Virtual Machines

16. Chapter 12: Managing Windows Server in a Hybrid Environment

17. Chapter 13: Managing Windows Servers Using Azure Services

18. Part 5: Exam Prep

19. Chapter 14: Exam Preparation Practice Tests

20. Index

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When is AD not AD? When it is Azure AD!

We will take a brief moment to introduce the tale of two directories.

Azure AD is often shrouded in the misconception that it is purely the cloud equivalent of the traditional Windows Server-based AD; in some respects, it’s quite close. In others, it’s not, so it is essential to understand that this is not the case, and we should not think of this as AD in the cloud, as it were; if only it were that simple.

While both AD and Azure AD are identity providers (IDPs) and share AD in the name, they function very differently.

At the moment, at least at the time of publishing, Azure AD cannot fully replace the functionality and capabilities of traditional Windows Server AD implementations. However, this may not be a bad thing, and the solution you need may not require the full functionality and capabilities of what we can refer to as traditional AD.

Microsoft provides Azure AD as a fully managed IDP platform...