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Microsoft

Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments

Microsoft via Microsoft Learn

Overview

  • Module 1: Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances
  • After completing this module, you will be able to:

    • Enable Azure Monitor for VMs.
    • Monitor an Azure VM with Azure Monitor.
    • Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios.
    • Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment.
    • Integrate Azure Monitor with Microsoft Operations Manager.
  • Module 2: Learn how to monitor the health of your Azure VMs by using Azure Metrics Explorer and metric alerts.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Identify metrics and diagnostic data that you can collect for virtual machines
    • Configure monitoring for a virtual machine
    • Use monitoring data to diagnose problems
  • Module 3: Learn how to use Azure Monitor VM Insights to monitor your organization's Azure virtual machines.
    • Evaluate Azure Monitor Logs and Azure Monitor VM Insights.
    • Configure a Log Analytics workspace.
    • Build queries from the Heartbeat and InsightsMetrics tables.
  • Module 4: Learn to use a range of Windows Server tools to monitor the operating system and applications on a server computer. You'll also learn to configure your system to optimize efficiency and to troubleshoot problems.
  • After completing this module, you will be able to:

    • Use built-in tools in Windows Server to monitor server performance
    • Understand the fundamentals of server performance tuning
  • Module 5: Learn how Event Viewer provides a convenient and accessible location for you to observe events that occur. Access event information quickly and conveniently. Learn how to interpret the data in the event log.
  • After completing this module, you will be able to:

    • Describe event logs
    • Use Server Manager and Windows Admin Center to - Review event logs
    • Implement custom views
    • Configure an event subscription
  • Module 6: Learn to audit and diagnose your Windows Server environment for regulatory compliance, user activity, and troubleshooting. Implement security best practices through regular audits of your network environment to gain early warning of potential malicious activity.
  • After completing this module, you will be able to:

    • Audit Windows Server events
    • Configure Windows Server to record diagnostic information
  • Module 7: Learn to troubleshoot on-premises connectivity and hybrid network connectivity. Diagnose common issues with DHCP, name resolution, IP configuration, and routing that can cause reliability and connectivity problems in an on-premises and a hybrid environment.
  • After completing this module, you will be able to:

    • Diagnose DHCP and DNS problems in on-premises contexts
    • Diagnose IP configuration and routing problems
    • Implement Packet Monitor to help diagnose network problems
    • Use Azure Network Watcher to troubleshoot Microsoft Azure virtual networks
  • Module 8: Learn to troubleshoot configuration issues that impact connectivity to your Azure-hosted Windows Server virtual machines (VMs). Explore approaches to resolve issues with VM startup, extensions, performance, storage, and encryption.
  • After completing this module, you will be able to:

    • Troubleshoot VM deployment and extension issues
    • Troubleshoot VM startup and performance issues
    • Troubleshoot VM storage and encryption issues
    • Troubleshoot connectivity to VMs
  • Module 9: Learn how to troubleshoot AD DS service failures or degraded performance. Learn how to recover deleted security objects and the AD DS database, and how to troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues.
  • After completing this module, you will be able to:

    • Recover the AD DS database, objects in AD DS, and SYSVOL
    • Troubleshoot AD DS replication
    • Troubleshoot Hybrid authentication issues

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances
    • Introduction
    • Enable Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines
    • Monitor an Azure Virtual Machine with Azure Monitor
    • Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios
    • Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment
    • Integrate Azure Monitor with Microsoft Operations Manager
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Monitor the health of your Azure virtual machine by using Azure Metrics Explorer and metric alerts
    • Introduction
    • Monitor the health of the virtual machine
    • Exercise - Set up a VM with boot diagnostics
    • View VM metrics
    • Configure the Azure Diagnostics extension
    • Exercise - Configure the Azure Diagnostics extension
    • Diagnostic data case studies
    • Exercise - Use diagnostic data
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Monitor performance of virtual machines by using Azure Monitor VM Insights
    • Introduction
    • What are Azure Monitor Logs and Azure Monitor VM Insights?
    • Exercise - Set up a Log Analytics workspace and Azure Monitor VM Insights
    • Build log queries by using the Kusto Query Language
    • Exercise - Build log queries
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Monitor Windows Server performance
    • Introduction
    • Use Performance Monitor to identify performance problems
    • Use Resource Monitor to review current resource usage
    • Review reliability with Reliability Monitor
    • Implement a performance monitoring methodology
    • Use Data Collector Sets to analyze server performance
    • Monitor network infrastructure services
    • Monitor virtual machines running Windows Server
    • Monitor performance with Windows Admin Center
    • Use System Insights to help predict future capacity issues
    • Optimize the performance of Windows Server
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 5: Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs
    • Introduction
    • Describe Windows Server event logs
    • Use Windows Admin Center to review logs
    • Use Server Manager to review logs
    • Use custom views
    • Implement event log subscriptions
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics
    • Introduction
    • Describe basic auditing categories
    • Describe advanced categories
    • Log user access
    • Enable setup and boot event collection
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 7: Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking
    • Introduction
    • Diagnose DHCP problems
    • Diagnose DNS problems
    • Diagnose IP configuration issues
    • Diagnose routing problems
    • Use Packet Manager to help diagnose network problems
    • Use Azure Network Watcher to help diagnose network problems
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 8: Troubleshoot Windows Server Virtual Machines in Azure
    • Introduction
    • Troubleshoot VM deployment
    • Troubleshoot VM startup
    • Troubleshoot VM extensions
    • Troubleshoot VM connectivity
    • Troubleshoot VM performance
    • Troubleshoot VM storage
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 9: Troubleshoot Active Directory
    • Introduction
    • Recover objects from the AD recycle bin
    • Recover the AD DS database
    • Recover SYSVOL
    • Troubleshoot AD DS replication
    • Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary

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