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Exam AZ-802: Administering Windows Server

As a candidate for this exam, you’re responsible for deploying, implementing, managing, and troubleshooting Windows Server as a workload in on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.

You administer identity, security, management, compute, networking, storage, and monitoring for Windows Server.

You typically collaborate with architects, administrators, and engineers.

For this exam, you should have experience administering Windows Server by using technologies such as Windows Admin Center, Hyper-V, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. You should also be familiar with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

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Part of the requirements for: Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

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  • AZ-802: Administering Windows Server

    Languages: English

    Retirement date: none

    This certification validates your ability to deploy, implement, manage, and troubleshoot Windows Server workloads across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, with expertise in identity, security, networking, storage, monitoring, and modern administration technologies.

    Price based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored.

    We strongly recommend that you register for an exam with a personal MSA account. If you register with an organizational (work/school) AAD account, your exam records will be lost if you leave your organization and they will be unrecoverable.
    for Administering Windows Server

    All objectives of the exam are covered in depth so you'll be ready for any question on the exam.

Assessed on this exam

  • Deploy and manage AD DS (20–25%)
  • Manage Windows Server instances and workloads in a hybrid environment (10–15%)
  • Manage virtual machines (10–15%)
  • Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure (10–15%)
  • Manage storage and file services (15–20%)
  • Secure Windows Server infrastructure (10–15%)
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments (15–20%)

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