Exam objectives
This is a very broad and deep exam covering the administration, design, and security surrounding on-premises workloads, hybrid workloads and services, and cloud-native applications and infrastructure. This book will cover the specific objectives of the exam guide and outline, while reinforcing hands-on skills in addition to reading and general exercises.
The objectives covered in the AZ-801 exam are listed in the following table:
|
Overall objective |
Weight (in percent or percent range) |
|
Secure the Windows server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures |
25 – 30% |
|
Implement and manage the Windows server’s high availability |
10 – 15% |
|
Implement disaster recovery |
10 – 15% |
|
Migrate servers and workloads |
20 – 25% |
|
Monitor and troubleshoot Windows server environments |
20 – 25% |
Table 1.1 – Overall exam objectives
A more complete exam skills outline that covers these objectives in greater detail can be found at https://aka.ms/az-801examguide. Taking and reviewing this comprehensive exam skills outline allows you to review areas of comfort, while also helping to identify and highlight areas of improvement prior to you sitting the exam.
