AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

This course is for Azure Administrators. The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate.

This course gives knowledge and is a preparation for the new AZ-104 certification test

Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage.

• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control.
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

Module 01: Identity

• Azure Active Directory
• Users and Groups

Module 02: Governance and Compliance

• Subscriptions and Accounts
• Azure Policy
• Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

Module 03: Azure Administration

• Resource Manager
• Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
• Azure PowerShell and CLI
• ARM Templates

Module 04: Virtual Networking

• Virtual Networks
• IP Addressing
• Network Security groups
• Azure Firewall
• Azure DNS

Module 05: Intersite Connectivity

• VNet Peering
• VPN Gateway Connections
• ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN

Module 06: Network Traffic Management

• Network Routing and Endpoints
• Azure Load Balancer
• Azure Application Gateway
• Traffic Manager

Module 07: Azure Storage

• Storage Accounts
• Blob Storage
• Storage Security
• Azure Files and File Sync
• Managing Storage

Module 08: Azure Virtual Machines

• Virtual Machine Planning
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Availability
• Virtual Machine Extensions

Module 09: Serverless Computing

• Azure App Service Plans
• Azure App Services
• Container Services
• Azure Kubernetes Services

Module 10: Data Protection

• File and Folder Backups
• Virtual Machine Backups

Module 11: Monitoring

• Azure Monitor
• Azure Alerts
• Log Analytics
• Network Watcher