Comprehensive LinkedIn Learning Course – AZ-801 Migrate Servers and Workloads

Learn the skills you need to know for the domain of the Microsoft AZ-801 certification exam that focuses on migrating servers and workloads.

Over the past 6 months, I’ve been actively working on my third LinkedIn learning course – Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-801) Cert Prep: 4 Migrate Servers and Workloads.

I am happy to share that my third LinkedIn learning course is just published – Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-801) Cert Prep: 4 Migrate Servers and Workloads.

Introduction

Migrating Windows servers and workloads involves moving data, applications, and other resources from one Windows-based system to another. This can be done for a variety of reasons, such as upgrading to a newer operating system, consolidating servers, or transitioning to a cloud-based environment.

The process of migration typically involves planning, testing, and executing a series of steps to ensure a smooth transition and minimize downtime or disruptions to users. Effective migration requires a good understanding of the systems involved, as well as expertise in areas such as data migration, application compatibility, and security.

Becoming a certified Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate is crucial for advancing your career, helping you land a new role, and developing your skill set for managing your organization’s hybrid infrastructure.

In this course, I will take you through the portion of the Microsoft AZ-801 exam that tests your ability to migrate servers and workloads. I will show you how to migrate on-premises storage to on-premises servers or Azure, migrate on-premises servers to Azure, migrate workloads to Windows Server 2022, migrate IIS workloads to Azure, and upgrade previous versions of Active Directory Domain Services to Windows Server 2022.

Even if you don’t plan on taking the AZ-801 exam, having an effective migration plan in place will help you migrate your workloads seamlessly from previous versions of Windows Servers, whether the application is running on-premises or in Azure.

So, come join me in this learning course to learn how to migrate servers and workloads.

Related: Learning Course – Implement Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Azure.

Who Is This Course For?

This course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have extensive experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies.

Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who already implement and manage on-premises core technologies want to secure and protect their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure IaaS, enable a highly available, fully redundant environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting tasks.

This course covers advanced migration solutions including storage migration, Azure Migrate, Active Directory Domain Services, and IIS workloads migration.

Sample Course Content

If you would like to take a sneak peek at what you will learn in this course, please check and watch the floating sample video:

Course Requirements

To get the maximum out of this training course, you should be familiar with the following concepts:

• Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services
• An understanding of the following concepts as related to Windows Server and hybrid technologies: High Availability and Disaster Recovery, automation, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• An awareness of basic security best practices and basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory.

You should have extensive experience working with Windows Server operating systems and have a strong understanding of core and advanced Windows Server and hybrid infrastructure services and Windows Server Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) workloads.

You should also have experience in using PowerShell, the Command Line Interface, and Azure Portal.

What Does This Course Cover?

Here are the details of what this course covers and what to expect to learn after watching it:

0) Chapter 0, Introduction.

1. Taking the next steps with the AZ-801 Exam.
2. What should you know?

1) Chapter 1, Migrate on-premises storage to on-premises servers or Azure.

1. Transfer data and share.
2. Storage Migration Service Overview.
3. Use Storage Migration Service to migrate to Azure VMs.
4. Migrating file shares from server to server.
5. Migrate to Azure file shares.
6. Implement Azure File Sync.

2) Chapter 2, Migrate on-premises servers to Azure.

1. Describe Azure Migrate.
2. Migrate VM workloads to Azure IaaS.
3. Migrate physical workloads to Azure IaaS.
4. Deploy and configure the Azure Migrate appliance.
5. Assess workloads by using Azure Migrate.
6. Migrate servers by using Azure Migrate.

3) Chapter 3, Migrate Workloads to Windows Server 2022.

1. Migrate Internet Information Services (IIS).
2. Migrate Hyper-V hosts.
3. Migrate RDS host servers.
4. Migrate DHCP.
5. Migrate Print servers

4) Chapter 4, Migrate IIS Workloads to Azure.

1. Migrate IIS workloads to Azure Web Apps.
2. How to Migrate IIS workloads to Azure Web Apps.
3. Migrate IIS workloads to containers.
4. How to migrate IIS workloads to containers.

5) Chapter 5, Migrate AD DS to Windows Server 2022 AD DS.

1. Why Migrate to a New AD DS Forest?
2. Migrate AD DS objects using Active Directory Migration Tool.
3. Migrate to a new Active Directory Forest.
4. Upgrade an existing forest.

6) Chapter 6, Conclusion.

1. Next steps.

Additionally, by the end of each chapter, you will have assessment questions to complete which will help you to grasp the material discussed in each chapter and prepare you to pass and take the AZ-801 exam.

Acknowledgments

Online courses don’t record, edit, and publish themselves. I would like to say a big thank you to my wife and family for their support and patience while I was busier than usual for the last 6 months, and for always supporting the crazy things I want to do. They are the reason that I can fulfill my dream and follow my passion.

Certainly, the learning course wouldn’t be possible at all without the Linkedin Learning team supporting all the instructors in different projects running simultaneously.

I want to say a big thank you to the Senior Content Manager, Technology Jeff Kellum, and Senior Content Producer Christen Beck and Tino Truong, as well as the entire designer and graphics team (if I’ve missed anyone, I’m truly sorry).

Migrate Servers and Workloads

With this course (over 2 hours) on your side, you will be equipped to learn and understand how to migrate servers and workloads on-premises and to Azure.

I highly encourage you to get access to this course directly from the LinkedIn Learning platform here.

Thank You!

We hope you enjoy watching this video course as much as we loved producing it.

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-Charbel Nemnom-