The AZ-802 training prepares you to administer Windows Server across on-premises and hybrid environments. This official Microsoft course succeeds AZ-800 and AZ-801, both retired on 30 September 2026, and brings together in five days the core of the server administrator role: Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Hyper-V virtualisation, storage, security and monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official outline runs to 58 modules covering physical servers and Azure IaaS virtual machines alike. You connect servers to Azure Arc, automate their configuration, enforce security baselines, and troubleshoot networking, authentication and performance incidents. Every topic is practised in official Microsoft labs, on machines you can deploy and break without touching production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delivered by MCT certified trainers at ITTA in Geneva, in Lausanne or in a virtual classroom, this training targets administrators who already run Windows Server and want their skills recognised through the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","editeurs":[1488,2633],"domaine":[1253,1260],"class_list":["post-254462","formations","type-formations","status-publish","hentry","editeurs-microsoft","editeurs-windows-server-en","domaine-it-pro","domaine-systems-networking"],"acf":{"reference":"AZ-802T00","duree_nombre":5,"duree_unite":"jour","prix_virtuel":3650,"prix_presentiel":3900,"prix_blended":"","prix_elearning":"","views":11,"niveau":["Interm\u00e9diaire"],"role":[],"certifiant":["Certifiant"],"pdus":"","lieux":["Gen\u00e8ve","Lausanne"],"formats_dapprentissage":["presentiel","virtuel"],"examen_inclus":"Optionnel","garanti":[],"financement":["Temptraining"],"description_temptraining":"","description_caf":"","description_title":"Administer Windows Server Training (AZ-802)","objectifs":"
Microsoft retires the AZ-800 and AZ-801 courses on 30 September 2026. AZ-802 replaces both and merges into a single five day path what the two earlier courses handled separately: core infrastructure on one side, advanced services on the other. The result is a dense programme of 58 modules that follows the real working day of an administrator: deploy a domain controller, standardise thousands of endpoints through Group Policy, host virtual machines, publish a file share, lock down access, then monitor the whole estate.<\/p>\n
The most visible change is the weight given to Azure Arc. Where the previous path still separated the local server from the cloud resource, AZ-802 treats them as one estate to govern. You onboard physical machines into Azure, apply compliance policies to them, drive their patching from Azure Update Manager and forward their logs into Azure Monitor, without switching tools depending on where a server happens to sit.<\/p>\n
In French speaking Switzerland the move to a full cloud model remains partial. Banks, cantonal administrations, trust and accounting firms, watchmaking industry and service SMEs keep domain controllers, file servers and line of business applications on their own premises, often for data sovereignty or latency reasons. Those same organisations run Microsoft 365 and Azure every day. The administrator therefore sits at the junction, responsible for holding together two worlds with their own consoles, identity models and security rules.<\/p>\n
That is precisely the profile AZ-802 addresses. The skills practised in class map directly onto the system administrator, infrastructure engineer and Microsoft consultant roles advertised in Geneva and Lausanne: Active Directory, GPO, Hyper-V, storage, PowerShell, privileged account hardening and hybrid monitoring.<\/p>\n
The 58 modules fall into coherent blocks. Identity opens the path, with domain controller deployment on-premises and in Azure virtual machines, FSMO role management, Active Directory objects and synchronisation to Microsoft Entra ID. Administration follows: Windows Admin Center, Just Enough Administration, PowerShell remoting, Azure Automation and machine configuration. Virtualisation takes a large share, with Hyper-V, Windows containers, high availability and Azure IaaS virtual machines.<\/p>\n
The AZ-802 exam leads to the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate certification. It is sat online or in an authorised test centre, contains around sixty items mixing multiple choice questions, scenarios and case studies, and leans heavily on operational situations rather than theory recall. Preparation therefore relies far more on repeated hands-on practice than on memorisation.<\/p>\n
This certification supersedes the former Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate path, which required two exams. One is now enough, which shortens the route without narrowing the scope you need to master. If you already hold the previous certification, AZ-802 acts as an upgrade, particularly on governance and Azure Arc.<\/p>\n
The reference content is public and many administrators try to work through it alone. The exercise quickly shows its limits: 58 modules swallow weeks of reading, the dependencies between topics are far from obvious, and most of the real difficulty appears when you build the lab, not when you read about it. A classroom brings three things reading cannot: a lab environment that is already wired up, a trainer who has met your production incident before, and the experience of other participants who usually run comparable infrastructures.<\/p>\n
Format matters too. Five consecutive days create a continuity that evenings spread across weeks never reproduce, especially on dependency chains such as identity, then Group Policy, then service account hardening.<\/p>\n
Two follow-ups pair naturally with this course. The AZ-040 training, Automating Administration with PowerShell, turns the repetitive tasks discovered here into reliable, repeatable scripts: it is the best return on invested time for anyone managing more than a handful of servers. The AZ-104 training, Microsoft Azure Administrator, picks up on the cloud side and goes deeper into virtual networking, storage, governance and Azure monitoring, which AZ-802 only covers from a server perspective.<\/p>\n
In the weeks after the session, the most useful habit is to replay the labs on your own lab environment, then pick one real and bounded project: onboard ten servers into Azure Arc, rebuild a GPO structure, or move a file share to Azure File Sync. Sitting the exam within six to eight weeks remains the surest way to consolidate what you learned.<\/p>\n
Do I need to take AZ-800 or AZ-801 before AZ-802?<\/strong><\/p>\n No. AZ-802 replaces both courses and stands on its own. It covers core infrastructure as well as the advanced services.<\/p>\n What technical level is expected over the five days?<\/strong><\/p>\n Real Windows Server administration experience is required. You should be able to create a user in Active Directory, read an IP configuration and run a PowerShell command. The pace is demanding and the programme does not revisit those basics.<\/p>\n Does the course cover Windows Server 2025?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes. The official content tracks the supported Windows Server releases and the labs run on recent editions, including the points to watch when upgrading from an older estate.<\/p>\n Is a single certification really enough now?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes. The AZ-802 exam alone leads to the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate certification, whereas the previous path required two exams.<\/p>\n Can the training be attended remotely?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes. Every session runs in person in Geneva and Lausanne and as a virtual classroom, with the same trainer and the same labs as the group on site.<\/p>\n Which training should follow this one?<\/strong><\/p>\n The AZ-040 training (Automating Administration with PowerShell) for automation, and the AZ-104 training (Microsoft Azure Administrator) to go further on the cloud side.<\/p>","inclus_dans_ce_cours_virtuel":"\r\n \t
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