You have a Windows Server 2022 file server with RDMA-capable network adapters. You need to maximize throughput for a high-performance SMB file share. What should you do?

Enable SMB Direct on the file share.

Create a storage pool with simple layout.

Enable SMB Encryption on the file share.

Enable Data Deduplication on the volume.

What is the purpose of an iSCSI initiator in Windows Server?

To provide block storage to other servers.

To connect to and access block storage provided by an iSCSI target.

To replicate data between servers.

To manage file shares on a server.

You add a new physical disk to a Windows Server. In Disk Management, the disk shows as 'Not Initialized'. What must you do before you can create a volume on this disk?

Format the disk with NTFS before initialization.

Convert the disk to a dynamic disk.

Initialize the disk with a partition style such as GPT or MBR.

Assign a drive letter to the disk.

You have a file server with a volume that contains a mix of large video files and many small Office documents. You enabled Data Deduplication, but the space savings are lower than expected. What is the most likely reason?

The volume is formatted with ReFS.

The minimum file age is set too high.

The deduplication job has not run yet.

The video files are already compressed and do not deduplicate well.

Microsoft Certified:Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

Domain 5Objective 3

Configure Windows Server Storage AZ-800 Practice Questions (Page 10)

Part of the Manage storage and file services domain, which accounts for 15–20% of the AZ-800 exam. Microsoft does not publish an official question count, but from its 100-minute exam (~40–65 total, ~6–13 in this domain), expect 2–4 from this objective — we provide 49 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

49questions here

10free pages

14concepts

15–20%of the exam

14 Concepts in This Objective

Disk Initialization
Volume Creation
Disk Partitioning
Storage Spaces Configuration
Storage Spaces Management
Storage Replica Configuration
Storage Replica Management
Data Deduplication Setup
Data Deduplication Management
SMB Direct Configuration
Storage QoS Configuration
File System Configuration
iSCSI Target Configuration
iSCSI Initiator Configuration

Questions 46–49

46application · medium
You have a Windows Server 2022 file server with RDMA-capable network adapters. You need to maximize throughput for a high-performance SMB file share. What should you do?
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47foundation · easy
What is the purpose of an iSCSI initiator in Windows Server?
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48foundation · easy
You add a new physical disk to a Windows Server. In Disk Management, the disk shows as 'Not Initialized'. What must you do before you can create a volume on this disk?
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49expert · hard
You have a file server with a volume that contains a mix of large video files and many small Office documents. You enabled Data Deduplication, but the space savings are lower than expected. What is the most likely reason?
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