You are managing a Storage Spaces Direct cluster. You want to create a new volume. Which file system is highly recommended for S2D to take advantage of features like block-cloning?

You are managing an Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to implement ‘Thin Provisioning’ for your volumes to optimize storage utilization. Which tool is recommended to create and manage these volumes?

You are troubleshooting Azure AD Connect ‘Health’. You notice that the ‘Sync’ health is not reporting data to the Azure portal. Which two services should you check on the Azure AD Connect server?

You are managing a Windows Server 2022 cluster on Azure Stack HCI. You need to ensure that the cluster can continue to operate if a single node and a separate disk in another node fail simultaneously. Which two storage resiliency types meet this requirement?

You are troubleshooting Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync. You notice that some users are not being provisioned to the cloud. Which two locations should you check for logs?

You are managing an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environment. You need to store user profiles using FSLogix profile containers. Which storage solution provides the best integration and performance for hybrid environments using SMB?

You are managing a Windows Server 2022 file server. You want to track WHO deleted a specific file last week. What must you have enabled?

You are configuring Azure File Sync. You want to ensure that even if the local server is destroyed, you can immediately point a new server to the same files in Azure. What should you do?

You are managing a hybrid Active Directory. You want to implement ‘Password Writeback’. Where is this feature configured?

You are configuring Azure AD Connect. You want to implement ‘Seamless Single Sign-On’. What is a requirement for the client computers?

You are managing a hybrid DNS environment. You want your Azure VMs to resolve names of servers in your on-premises domain ‘corp.contoso.com’. What should you configure in Azure?

You are configuring a site-to-site VPN between your on-premises data center and an Azure Virtual Network. Which Windows Server role should you install on a server to act as the VPN gateway if you are not using a hardware appliance?

You are managing an Azure Virtual Desktop environment. You need to store user profile containers using FSLogix. Which storage service is recommended for low latency and integration with Active Directory?

You are configuring Azure Site Recovery. You want to group multiple VMs together so they fail over at the same time and maintain data consistency. What should you create?

You are configuring a new Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster. You have a mix of SSDs and HDDs. How does S2D use these drives by default?

You are managing an Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to configure ‘Cluster-Aware Updating’ (CAU). You want to ensure that the cluster automatically retries the update process if a node fails to reboot. Which two settings should you configure in the CAU profile?

You are configuring a Windows Server hybrid environment. You need to ensure that administrative tasks performed via Windows Admin Center are logged for auditing purposes. Which type of logging should you enable within Windows Admin Center settings?

You are deploying a 2-node failover cluster in a remote branch office. You do not have a third server for a file share witness and no local SAN. How should you configure quorum?

You are configuring a ‘Scale-Out File Server’ (SoFS) cluster. What is the primary use case for an SoFS?

A user reports they cannot access a shared folder. You suspect the NTFS permissions are correct but the Share permissions are restrictive. Which statement is true regarding the relationship between Share and NTFS permissions?

You are configuring a Site-to-Site VPN between an on-premises network and Azure. The on-premises VPN device has a dynamic public IP address. Which Azure VPN Gateway type should you use?

You are managing a hybrid Windows Server environment. You need to monitor the performance of on-premises servers using Azure Monitor. You have installed the Azure Connected Machine agent. What is the next step to collect performance counters into a Log Analytics workspace?

You are configuring ‘Cloud Tiering’ in Azure File Sync. You set the ‘Volume Free Space’ policy to 20%. The volume size is 1 TB. What happens when the local volume reaches 850 GB of used space?

You are configuring ‘Azure File Sync’. You have a server in a remote location with very slow internet. What should you use to perform the initial bulk data transfer to Azure?

You are configuring Azure AD Connect. You want to ensure that if a user’s account is disabled in the on-premises Active Directory, their access to cloud resources is revoked immediately. Which feature handles this?

You are managing a hybrid environment. You need to enable ‘Desktop Analytics’ to plan a Windows 11 deployment. Which tool is used to collect the hardware and app compatibility data?

You are managing a Windows Server 2022 cluster. You need to perform maintenance on Node1. What is the correct first step in Failover Cluster Manager?

You are implementing Azure File Sync. You have multiple offices. You want users in the London office to access a local cache of the ‘Finance’ share, while users in the New York office access a local cache of the same ‘Finance’ share. How should you configure the Sync Groups?

You are configuring a Site-to-Site VPN. You need to ensure the connection is ‘highly available’. What is the best practice in Azure?

You are configuring a Windows Server 2022 failover cluster. You want to ensure that certain VMs never run on the same physical host to ensure high availability. What should you configure?

You are configuring Azure AD Connect. You want to implement ‘Staged Rollout’ to move users from Federation (AD FS) to Password Hash Synchronization (PHS). Which two actions should you take?

You are managing an Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to monitor the ‘health’ of the physical disks. Which tool provides the most detailed view of ‘Storage Spaces Direct’ (S2D) disk health and bus status?

You are migrating a legacy on-premises application to Azure. The application requires access to a Windows file share that uses SMB. You want to use Azure File Sync. Which two steps are required to initialize the cloud tiering and sync process?

You are troubleshooting Azure AD Connect ‘Password Hash Sync’ (PHS). Users report that when they change their password on-premises, it takes several hours to sync. Which two actions can you take to force a PHS update?

You are configuring a hybrid network. You want to use ‘Azure Private Link’ to access an ‘Azure SQL Managed Instance’ from on-premises. Which two DNS solutions are valid to ensure the FQDN resolves to the Private Endpoint IP?

You are managing an Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to optimize the storage performance for a SQL Server workload. Which two technologies should you implement?

You are managing several Azure Arc-enabled servers. You want to use ‘Azure Automanage’ to apply best practices. Which two ‘Custom’ configuration profiles can you create if the built-in ones don’t meet your needs?

You are troubleshooting a migration using ‘Azure Migrate’. A Windows Server 2016 VM is failing to replicate. You suspect the issue is related to the ‘Mobility Service’ installation. Which two manual methods can you use to install the agent for a physical server migration?

You are deploying the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) to 100 hybrid servers. You need to ensure they all use the same configuration for collecting performance data. Which two actions are required?

You are configuring a hybrid network with a VPN Gateway. You want to ensure that if the primary VPN tunnel fails, the traffic automatically switches to a secondary tunnel. Which two configurations support this?

You are deploying a new Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to ensure the networking is compliant with ‘Network ATC’ requirements. Which two statements describe the benefits of using Network ATC?

You are configuring Azure Stack HCI networking using ‘Network ATC’. You want to ensure that ‘Storage’ traffic uses a specific VLAN. Which two steps should you take?

You are configuring a hybrid network using an Azure VPN Gateway. You need to ensure that on-premises users can resolve names for Azure Resources in a Private DNS zone. Which two components should you deploy in Azure?

You are setting up a hybrid network. You want to ensure that all DNS queries for ‘.azure.com’ from on-premises are resolved by Azure Private DNS. Which two components are required?

You are managing a hybrid storage environment. You want to use ‘Azure Storage Mover’ to migrate data from an on-premises SMB share to an Azure File share. Which component must be installed on-premises?

A company plans to use Azure Relay to connect an on-premises web service to an Azure Logic App. You need to ensure that the on-premises service can be accessed without opening inbound firewall ports. Which two actions are necessary to implement this?

You are implementing Azure File Sync for a large department. You need to ensure that the synchronization is as efficient as possible and that you can recover from a server failure quickly. Which two actions should you take to optimize the initial sync and disaster recovery?

You are managing several Azure Arc-enabled servers. You need to run a PowerShell script on all of them to update a local configuration file. Which two Azure features allow you to do this without a VPN?

You are configuring a Windows Server hybrid environment and want to use Azure File Sync. You need to ensure that the server endpoints are highly available. Which two configurations are supported for high availability?

You are configuring Azure Stack HCI networking. You need to ensure high availability for the management and compute traffic. Which two technologies should you combine for the physical network adapters?

You are configuring ‘Azure Site Recovery’ (ASR) for on-premises servers. You want to ensure that VMs can be failed over to a specific ‘Isolated’ virtual network for testing. Which two settings should you configure in the ‘Compute and Network’ properties of the replicated item?

You are managing an Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to update the operating system on all nodes while ensuring that virtual machines remain highly available during the process. Which two tools or features should you use?

You are managing a hybrid identity solution. You need to ensure that when a user account is disabled in the on-premises Active Directory, the corresponding user cannot sign in to Microsoft 365 within 30 minutes. Which two features or settings should you verify?

You are configuring a hybrid network with a VPN Gateway. You want to use ‘Azure Private Link’ to access a SQL database. Which two statements are true regarding Private Link over VPN?

You are implementing Azure AD Application Proxy to provide remote access to an internal web application. Which two authentication methods are supported for ‘Pre-authentication’?

You are configuring ‘Azure AD Connect’ for a multi-forest environment. You need to ensure that a single user with accounts in two different forests is represented as a single object in Microsoft Entra ID. Which attribute should you use for ‘consistency’ across forests?

You are managing an Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to configure ‘Network ATC’ to manage the networking intents. You want to combine ‘Compute’ and ‘Storage’ traffic on the same physical adapters. Which two steps are part of this process?

You are troubleshooting ‘Azure AD Connect’ Password Hash Sync. You find that passwords are not syncing for a specific set of users. Which two factors should you investigate?

You are managing an Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to implement ‘Storage Replica’ to replicate a volume to a single standalone Windows Server 2022 in a different site. Which two replication types are supported?

You are configuring Azure AD Connect. You need to ensure that only users located in a specific Organizational Unit (OU) are synchronized to Azure. Which filtering method should you use?