AZ-802 Bootcamp: Windows Server Administrator in 5 Days

AZ-802 Windows Server Administration Bootcamp Overview

This Windows Server administration bootcamp is an accelerated, instructor-led path to Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate, earned by passing Exam AZ-802: Administering Windows Server. It is Microsoft's associate-level credential for IT professionals who deploy, manage, secure and troubleshoot Windows Server workloads across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. The camp follows the lifecycle of enterprise server management: you implement Active Directory Domain Services and identity, configure hybrid management with Azure Arc and Windows Admin Center, run Hyper-V and Azure virtual machines, build resilient networking and storage, then harden the operating system and monitor it with Azure tooling. You have the option to sit the AZ-802 exam on site while attending.

Who This AZ-802 Course Is For

Microsoft writes AZ-802 for Windows Server administrators, systems engineers and infrastructure specialists who run server workloads in on-premises, cloud or hybrid configurations, and who administer identity, security, management, compute, networking, storage and monitoring for Windows Server. In the role you typically collaborate with architects, administrators and engineers. It suits professionals who want to extend traditional server administration with modern hybrid technologies such as Azure Arc, PowerShell, Azure Update Manager and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Microsoft classifies the course as intermediate level.

What You'll Learn in This AZ-802 Training

The course follows the seven skill areas Microsoft measures on the exam:

• Deploy and manage AD DS (20-25%): the largest area, covering domain controllers on-premises and in Azure, read-only domain controllers and RODC account security, FSMO roles, domain and forest trusts, AD DS sites and replication, users, groups and service accounts across multi-domain and multi-forest environments, and Group Policy including preferences.
• Manage Windows Server instances and workloads in a hybrid environment (10-15%): Windows Admin Center on-premises and in the Azure portal, PowerShell remoting including double-hop and Just Enough Administration, SSH and remote desktop access, Azure Arc enabled servers and device configuration, VM extensions on non-Azure machines, Azure Update Manager, and Azure Automation runbooks.
• Manage virtual machines (10-15%): Hyper-V and guest VM management including Enhanced Session Mode, nested virtualization, memory and integration services, device assignment and GPU partitioning, checkpoints, virtual hard disks, virtual switches, NIC teaming, Hyper-V Replica and high availability; plus Windows Server VMs in Azure covering storage, resizing and scale sets, availability sets and zones, just-in-time access and Azure Bastion.
• Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure (10-15%): DNS integrated with AD DS, zones and records, forwarding and conditional forwarding, DNS policies and DNSSEC, plus DHCP server deployment, scopes, reservations, high availability and hybrid IP addressing troubleshooting.
• Manage storage and file services (15-20%): Azure file shares, permissions, Azure File Sync and DFS migration; Windows Server file shares, File Server Resource Manager, DFS and SMB over QUIC; and storage configuration covering disks and volumes, Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct, Storage Replica, Data Deduplication, SMB Direct, Storage QoS, NTFS and ReFS, iSCSI and BitLocker.
• Secure Windows Server infrastructure (10-15%): exploit protection, Application Control for Windows, Credential Guard, Defender SmartScreen, security baselines with OSConfig, Windows LAPS, Defender for Servers and Windows Firewall; then securing AD DS through password policies, Microsoft Entra Password Protection, protected users, domain controller hardening, delegation and authentication protocols.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments (15-20%): Performance Monitor and data collector sets, alerting through Windows Admin Center, System Insights, event logs, Azure Monitor data collection rules and VM Insights; plus troubleshooting connectivity, name resolution, Windows Update, Time service, performance, Azure Arc extensions, disk encryption and storage, and recovering Active Directory through the AD Recycle Bin, Directory Services Restore Mode, SYSVOL recovery and replication and Kerberos diagnosis.

Why Choose This Windows Server Certification Camp

Windows Server administration is a broad exam, and five focused days with an instructor and real lab environments beats months of piecemeal study. The camp is led by Microsoft Certified Trainers as an authorized Microsoft Solutions Partner, using the official Microsoft course AZ-802T00: Administer Windows Server with official hands-on labs, and you can sit the exam while you attend.

• 5-day accelerated format: one course, one exam, one certification.
• 95% first-attempt pass rate, with a retake voucher if you need it.
• Microsoft Official Exam Voucher included, with no hidden exam fees.
• Microsoft official hands-on labs and vetted practice exams, plus 90 days of extended lab access after the camp.
• Onsite and online Pearson VUE testing, so you certify without booking a separate test center.
• Up to 6 months to defer your exam or re-sit the training if you need more time.
• Taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, live online or in person in Sarasota, Florida.
• Classes run as scheduled, with no cancellations, so you can book travel with confidence.