1 00:00:01,140 --> 00:00:04,510 Hello, and welcome to Pluralsight. Welcome to the course, Windows Server 2 00:00:04,510 --> 00:00:09,040 2022: Secure On‑premises and Hybrid Infrastructure. 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:11,410 This is the first module in the course, and its title is 4 00:00:11,410 --> 00:00:14,040 Secure the Windows Server Operating System. 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:19,030 My name is Tim Warner. I'm happy to be your instructor. In 6 00:00:19,030 --> 00:00:21,520 this module, we have a number of goals, 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,290 all of which are aligned to exam AZ‑801, part of the Windows Server 8 00:00:26,290 --> 00:00:31,140 Hybrid Administrator Associate certification. In this module, we're going 9 00:00:31,140 --> 00:00:35,450 to start by configuring exploit protection in Windows Server and then 10 00:00:35,450 --> 00:00:38,040 review a number of Defender services. 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,640 There's Windows Defender Application Control, Windows Defender for Endpoint, 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,440 Windows Defender Credential Guard, 13 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,540 Defender SmartScreen, and then we'll finally, we finish things up 14 00:00:49,540 --> 00:00:52,430 by looking at good, old‑fashioned Group Policy. 15 00:00:52,430 --> 00:00:52,990 So, yes, 16 00:00:52,990 --> 00:00:56,340 there's a lot of AI, artificial intelligence, at play here, and 17 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:59,450 that's a theme that runs through not only this module, 18 00:00:59,450 --> 00:01:01,230 but really much of the course. 19 00:01:01,230 --> 00:01:07,440 Let's proceed. This course, Windows Server 2022: Secure On‑premises and 20 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,040 Hybrid Infrastructure, consists of six modules. We're doing the first one 21 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,340 right now on securing the Window OS, and then, 22 00:01:15,340 --> 00:01:18,040 as you see from a thematic standpoint, 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,060 we'll take a look at each major subsystem of Windows Server through 24 00:01:22,060 --> 00:01:26,410 the lens of security. We'll look at hybrid cloud Active Directory 25 00:01:26,410 --> 00:01:30,910 account security, then we have, well, actually it looks like two 26 00:01:30,910 --> 00:01:33,940 modules on that, secure and configure. 27 00:01:33,940 --> 00:01:39,440 Then we've got remediate Windows Server security issues using Azure. 28 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,200 Then we look at Windows Server network security, and 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,540 finish with Windows Server storage. 30 00:01:46,540 --> 00:01:47,530 As I mentioned, 31 00:01:47,530 --> 00:01:52,490 everything I'm teaching here is directly aligned from exam AZ‑801. As 32 00:01:52,490 --> 00:01:55,750 you can see in this flow chart, in order to earn your Windows Server 33 00:01:55,750 --> 00:01:58,480 Hybrid Administrator Associate certification, 34 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,220 you need to pass two exams: one, AZ‑800, 35 00:02:02,220 --> 00:02:06,740 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure, and this one, 36 00:02:06,740 --> 00:02:10,040 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services. 37 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,240 Now it doesn't matter whether you pass 800 or 801 first, 38 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,720 you just need to know that it isn't until you pass the second of those two 39 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,440 exams that you earn your Administrator Associate credential. You should also 40 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:27,930 know that the Associate, Expert, and Specialty tier exams in the Microsoft 41 00:02:27,930 --> 00:02:32,580 cert portfolio have a one‑year validity, and when you're at your six‑month 42 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:37,290 mark, you'll start to get invitations via email from Microsoft to renew your 43 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:41,620 credential, and guess how you do that? It's a free online assessment at 44 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:45,750 Microsoft Learn. Actually, now would be a good time to remind you that I've 45 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:52,800 created introduction courses for both AZ‑800 and the AZ‑801 skill paths here 46 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,560 at Pluralsight, and if you haven't looked at those introduction courses, 47 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,540 I strongly suggest you do, so you can learn all of these details. 48 00:03:01,540 --> 00:03:04,030 I like to make sure that my students know where to find the 49 00:03:04,030 --> 00:03:07,370 exercise files in the full Pluralsight web player, 50 00:03:07,370 --> 00:03:10,510 not on a mobile app. You'll want to go in the course 51 00:03:10,510 --> 00:03:14,170 interface over to Exercise files, where you'll see a 52 00:03:14,170 --> 00:03:17,340 button called Download exercise files. 53 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:20,200 That operation will bring down a single ZIP archive, 54 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,270 and once you unzip that ZIP file, 55 00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:26,860 you'll find a PDF of the slide deck for each of the six modules in the 56 00:03:26,860 --> 00:03:30,610 course, and there will also be one or more supplemental files. 57 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:35,010 I almost always include a links list that consolidates any references to 58 00:03:35,010 --> 00:03:39,140 the Microsoft docs that I mention during the training, 59 00:03:39,140 --> 00:03:42,560 and I also will habitually include script files. 60 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,680 This course in particular is pretty heavy on the PowerShell, 61 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,710 so I will share the source code of those files with you as 62 00:03:48,710 --> 00:03:55,000 well for your learning success. Now let's get into the content specifically.