Lavinia Spatariu | Sep 16, 2021 | Updated Feb 24, 2022
Migrating infrastructures to the cloud takes time. There is no doubt about it. The more complex the environment, the longer it will take to evaluate, test, architect and implement. Add industry-specific compliance requirements related to data privacy or residence and the possibility of a full migration becomes a long-term challenge. Some organizations are born in the cloud but for many of them, a hybrid deployment or even a multi-cloud architecture will work best.
This may probably be the idea behind the two new Azure certifications focused on configuring and managing hybrid Windows Server on-premises and as IaaS in Azure.
AZ-800 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure
Certification title: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate;
Availability: February 2022;
All exam topics are detailed here;
Role: this exam is aimed at Azure and Microsoft 365 administrators and architects.;
Ideal experience in: deploying and managing on-premises, hybrid or cloud solutions. Handling Compute, Storage, Networking and Identity;
Tools: Familiarity and experience with Azure VM configuration, deployment and administration through the Azure portal; Windows Admin Center, Azure Container Services (ACS), Hyper-V, Powershell, Azure Arc etc.;
Microsoft Learn path: Available here.
AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services
Certification title: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate;
Availability: February 2022.
All exam topics are detailed here.
Role: this exam is aimed at Azure and Microsoft 365 administrators and architects;
Ideal experience in: same as for AZ-800 plus a focus on managing security, migration, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, troubleshooting and monitoring;
Tools: same as for AZ-800 plus Azure Migrate, Azure Monitor, Azure Security Center;
Microsoft Learn path: Available here.