WS013T00: Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack HCI

This course is intended primarily for IT Professionals who already have significant experience with managing an on-premises Windows Server environment. It covers advanced topics related to Windows Server software-defined datacenter, Azure Stack HCI, and other Azure Stack products. The course also describes the use of existing Microsoft System Center products to implement and manage software-defined datacenters with Windows Server 2019. This course is advanced and is designed for people that want to run their virtual workloads on Windows Server 2019 at medium-to-large scale using software-defined datacenter and hyper-converged principles.

Duration: 3 Days

Prerequisites

• Basic experience with implementing and managing Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) services in Microsoft Azure
• Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
• Intermediate experience with managing Windows Server operating systems, virtualized workloads in on-premises scenarios, and common management tools
• Intermediate knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies
• Intermediate knowledge of Windows Server-based compute and storage high availability technologies
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft virtualization, security-related technologies
• Intermediate knowledge of PowerShell scripting and PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Audience

• IT professionals who manage on-premises Windows Server environments and want to use Azure to manage server workloads and run their virtual workloads on Windows Server 2019
• IT professionals who want to use existing Microsoft System Center products to implement and manage software-defined datacenters with Windows Server 2019

Learning Objectives

• Describe the Azure Stack portfolio, including Azure Stack HCI, Azure Stack Hub, and Azure Stack Edge
• Describe the Azure Stack HCI core technologies and management tools
• Describe the process of a typical Azure Stack HCI implementation
• Identify Azure Stack HCI hybrid capabilities
• Implement, manage, and maintain workloads on Azure Stack HCI
• Plan for and implement Azure Stack HCI Storage, including Storage QoS and Storage Replica
• Plan for Azure Stack HCI networking
• Implement software defined networks in Azure Stack HCI

Topics

• Introducing Azure Stack HCI
• Operating and Maintaining Azure Stack HCI
• Planning for and Implementing Azure Stack HCI Storage
• Planning for and Implementing Azure Stack HCI Networking