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Let's wrap up with the Pluralsight AZ‑801 path.

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I designed our paths for both AZ‑800 and 801,

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and I aligned them very simply to Microsoft's published exam objectives,

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so there wasn't too much creativity I needed to apply other than making sure

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I brought in all of the skills that you'll be tested on.

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So we have six courses in the 801 path.

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We're looking, or we're working, through this first one now,

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Introduction to Exam AZ‑801.

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Then the content starts with the next course,

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Secure On‑premises and Hybrid Infrastructure.

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Then we have Implement and Manage Windows Server High Availability,

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Implement Disaster Recovery,

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Migrate Servers and Workloads, and Monitor and Troubleshoot.

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Now I just want to pause here. This is where we can really begin to see some

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of the separation of duties between AZ‑800, the core exam, and 801, the

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advanced exam. The core exam is about deployment,

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configuration, troubleshooting Active Directory, whereas the 801 is

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assuming that your environment is already in place and fairly

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optimized, and it deals with stuff like migration,

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high availability,

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disaster recovery, and deeper monitoring and troubleshooting. I

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would strongly recommend you build out a practice environment to

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support your study as a Windows Server Hybrid Administrator.

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What would this look like?

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Well, for example, if you have Windows 10 on your laptop or desktop computer,

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as long as it's Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition,

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you can install Hyper‑V and bring up virtual machines on that box.

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Don't have a license for Windows Server? You can get 180‑day eval

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licenses from the Microsoft Evaluation Center,

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and Microsoft has a 30‑day free trial for Azure.

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This is going to be all you need, assuming,

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I guess, the biggest prerequisite is that you have a

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computer that can run Hyper‑V and that you have enough RAM

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to support the virtual machines. Let me show you a sample topology I've created.