Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure Practice Test
AZ-800 covers administration of Windows Server environments that connect on-premises infrastructure with Azure services. Its scope includes core server operations such as network configuration, name resolution, event review, and virtualization, alongside tasks that keep services available and data recoverable. The practice bank samples concrete Windows Server administration scenarios rather than treating hybrid infrastructure as cloud-only work.
Exam overview
About the Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure Exam
Server administrators must interpret operational evidence and choose the right built-in tools for the task. That can mean inspecting Security events in Event Viewer, checking system version information, configuring a persistent IPv4 address, or using routing and DNS settings to support client connectivity. The question bank also samples decisions involving Hyper-V storage and virtual machines, including shared virtual disk data and alternate storage paths. For continuity planning, it touches on block-level volume replication between servers. These scenarios connect individual configuration choices to broader responsibilities: maintaining reliable name resolution, reducing repeated storage use, preserving access to virtual machine data, and preparing for recovery after a server or storage problem. Use the questions to distinguish what each Windows Server feature does and identify the operational condition that makes it relevant.
Sample Practice Questions
Review a selection from this exam's published US Practice Tests practice bank.
A server administrator wants to inspect security events recorded by Windows Server, such as failed logon attempts. Which tool provides access to the Security event log?
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Correct answer: AEvent Viewer provides access to Windows event logs, including the Security log when the user has appropriate permissions and auditing is configured. The other tools manage disks, scheduled tasks, and performance counters.
A Windows Server administrator wants to view and modify the computer's IPv4 routing table from a command prompt. Which utility is designed for this task?
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Correct answer: AThe route utility displays and can modify the IP routing table. hostname reports the computer name, whoami reports the current security identity, and ipconfig displays or manages interface configuration rather than the routing table.
A server must translate an internal host name such as files.contoso.com into an IP address for clients. Which service provides this function?
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Correct answer: ADomain Name System (DNS) resolves host names to IP addresses and supports name-based access to network resources.
A server administrator needs to identify the Windows edition and version installed on a computer using a built-in command-line utility. Which command is most appropriate?
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Correct answer: Awinver displays Windows version and edition information in a dialog. format prepares a volume, chkdsk checks a volume's filesystem, and gpupdate refreshes Group Policy.
A Windows Server administrator wants to reduce the number of updates that must be downloaded repeatedly by several virtual machines on the same Hyper-V host. Which feature can help by sharing identical virtual hard disk data?
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Correct answer: DData deduplication identifies and stores common data patterns only once, which can reduce storage consumption when supported workloads contain duplicate data. Dynamic Memory adjusts VM memory allocation, while Virtual Fibre Channel provides VM access to Fibre Channel storage.
A Windows Server hosts a virtual machine whose virtual disk is stored as a VHDX file. An administrator needs the virtual machine to keep operating if the host briefly loses access to its storage path. Which Hyper-V capability can provide an alternate path when supported by the storage and configuration?
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Correct answer: BHyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel lets a virtual machine connect to Fibre Channel storage through virtual host bus adapters. With supported redundant Fibre Channel paths and multipath configuration, storage connectivity can continue through an alternate path after a path failure. Checkpoints and Dynamic Memory do not provide storage-path redundancy.
An administrator needs to allow a Windows Server to host multiple isolated web applications with separate site bindings. Which server role provides the web server platform?
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Correct answer: AInternet Information Services (IIS) is the Windows Server web server role used to host websites and web applications, with site configuration and bindings. The other roles provide certificate issuance, remote desktop access, and printing services.
How to use this practice test
Work through up to 20 randomly selected questions from the 50-question AZ-800 practice bank in each free session. After submitting, review the session results and revisit any missed concepts, such as DNS forwarding, IPv4 configuration, Hyper-V storage options, or volume replication.
Preparation tips
- Practice locating Security events in Event Viewer and distinguish log review from commands that report Windows edition or version.
- Compare static IPv4 configuration, routing-table inspection, DNS name resolution, and DNS forwarding; identify which setting or utility addresses each network task.
- Review how Hyper-V handles VHDX storage, shared virtual disk data, and alternate storage paths, including the storage or configuration conditions each capability depends on.
- Contrast block-level volume replication with virtual machine storage features, and map each to a recovery or availability scenario.