Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (Course AZ-104)

Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment.

Responsibilities for this role include implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.

An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an organization's cloud infrastructure.

A candidate for this exam should have at least six months of hands-on experience administering Azure, along with a strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and governance. In addition, this role should have experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure portal, and Azure Resource Manager templates.

What Will I Learn ?

  • The content of this exam was updated on September 24, 2021. Please download the exam skills outline below to see what changed.
  • Manage Azure identities and governance (15-20%)
  • Implement and manage storage (15-20%)
  • Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20-25%)
  • Configure and manage virtual networking (25-30%)
  • Monitor and back up Azure resources (10-15%)

Prerequisite Knowledge

  • Students need to have basic knowledge on Cloud concepts
  • Students need to have some background IT Knowledge on Virtual Machines , Networks and other IT infrastructure aspects

Who can benefits ?

Candidates for the Azure Administrator Associate certification should have subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment.

Responsibilities for this role include implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.

An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an organization's cloud infrastructure.

A candidate for this certification should have at least six months of hands-on experience administering Azure, along with a strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and governance. In addition, this role should have experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure portal, and Azure Resource Manager templates.

Candidates preparing for Microsoft’s AZ-104 examination to become Azure Administrators. 

Opportunity Scope

Mentor shall discuss on classroom.

Modules / Chapter

Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

Manage Azure identities and governance (15–20%)

Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) objects

     create users and groups

     create administrative units

     manage user and group properties

     manage device settings

     perform bulk user updates

     manage guest accounts

     configure Azure AD join

     configure self-service password reset

Manage role-based access control (RBAC)

     create a custom role

     provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes interpret access assignments

Manage subscriptions and governance

     configure Azure policies 

     configure resource locks

     apply and manage tags on resources

     manage resource groups

     manage subscriptions

manage costs   configure management groups

Implement and manage storage (15–20%)

Secure storage

     configure network access to storage accounts

     create and configure storage accounts

     generate shared access signature (SAS) tokens

     manage access keys

     configure Azure AD authentication for a storage account

     configure access to Azure Files

Manage storage

     export from Azure job

     import into Azure job

     install and use Azure Storage Explorer

     copy data by using AZCopy

     implement Azure Storage replication

     configure blob object replication

Configure Azure files and Azure Blob Storage

     create an Azure file share

     create and configure Azure File Sync service

     configure Azure Blob Storage

     configure storage tiers

     configure blob lifecycle management

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%)

Automate deployment of virtual machines (VMs) by using Azure Resource Manager templates

     modify an Azure Resource Manager template

     configure a virtual hard disk (VHD) template

     deploy from a template

     save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template

     deploy virtual machine extensions

Configure VMs

configure Azure Disk Encryption

move VMs from one resource group to another

     manage VM sizes

     add data disks

     configure networking

     redeploy VMs

     configure high availability

     deploy and configure virtual machine scale sets

Create and configure containers

     configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances

     configure container groups for Azure Container Instances

     configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

     configure scaling for AKS

     configure network connections for AKS

     upgrade an AKS cluster

Create and configure Azure App Service

     create an App Service plan

     configure scaling settings in an App Service plan

     create an App Service

     secure an App Service

     configure custom domain names

     configure backup for an App Service

     configure networking settings

     configure deployment settings

Configure and manage virtual networking (25–30%)

Implement and manage virtual networking

     create and configure virtual networks, including peering

     configure private and public IP addresses

     configure user-defined network routes 

     implement subnets

     configure endpoints on subnets

     configure private endpoints

     configure Azure DNS, including custom DNS settings and private or public DNS zones

Secure access to virtual networks

create security rules associate a network security group (NSG) to a subnet or network interface

     evaluate effective security rules

     implement Azure Firewall

     implement Azure Bastion

Configure load balancing

     configure Azure Application Gateway

     configure an internal or public load balancer

     troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking

     monitor on-premises connectivity

     configure and use Azure Monitor for Networks

     use Azure Network Watcher

     troubleshoot external networking

     troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network

     create and configure Azure VPN Gateway

     create and configure Azure ExpressRoute

     configure Azure Virtual WAN

Monitor and back up Azure resources (10–15%)

Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor

     configure and interpret metrics

     configure Azure Monitor logs

     query and analyze logs

     set up alerts and actions

     configure Application Insights

Implement backup and recovery

     create a Recovery Services vault

     create a Backup vault

     create and configure backup policy

     perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup 

     perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery

     configure and review backup reports

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