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AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Prep

By Chase Dovey
By Robert Burnett

Master the skills for the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator certification exam. Upskill by learning to implement, manage, and monitor identity and governance in Azure cloud.

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35.4 hours
  • 109 Lessons
  • 23 Hands-On Labs
  • 1 Course Quiz
  • 3 Practice Exams

About the course

This certification prep course for the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam is intended to assist in assessing your readiness to take the AZ-104 exam. This exam follows the Microsoft Job Role assessment model to ensure that a Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate has the required knowledge and skills to handle the job.

A typical Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. An Azure Administrator can also provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate.

Skills measured for the exam are:

  • 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%)

Note: These percentages are intended to show an estimation of the number of questions to expect for each skill area measured.

Lab Highlights

Create a Group and Add a Member in Azure Active Directory (AAD) Add, Remove and Update Tags for Resources in Azure Create and Manage Azure AD Users in the Portal Perform Bulk Azure AD Operations in the Portal Snapshot an Azure VM Disk using PowerShell Restore File Share from Azure Backup to Another Storage Account Create a Standard Load Balancer with Azure CLI Create a Hub-Spoke Network Topology in Azure Attach a Firewall to a Virtual Network in Azure Create an Application Security Group for Two Web Servers in Azure Creating Multiple Subnets in Azure Build and Run a Container Using Azure ACR Tasks Create Web App from Docker Container in Azure Scale Out an App Service Plan Automatically in Azure Access Windows VMs over SSL without Public IPs using Azure Bastion Using Custom Images for a Virtual Machine Scale Set in Azure Add Existing Data Disk to a VM in Azure Install NGINX on a Linux VM in Deployment with Cloud Init Use PowerShell to Resize an Azure Virtual Machine in an Availability Set Limit Access to Azure Storage Account Using SAS URI Create and Restore File Share Snapshots in Azure Expire Data Based on Age in Azure Blob Storage Using Service Principal Identity to List AD Roles
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  • Chapter 1 7 Lessons Welcome to the Course 54:15

    Course Introduction

    1:41

    About Microsoft Learn

    1:30

    About the Training Architect

    1:07

    About the Exam

    3:09

    AZ-104 Course Readiness

    1:18

    AZ-104 Readiness Quiz

    45:00 Quiz

    Course Update Video

    0:30
  • Chapter 2 2 Lessons Supplementary 2:27

    Azure IAM Supplementary Course

    1:11

    Azure Storage Supplementary Course

    1:16
  • Chapter 3 4 Lessons Azure Administration 47:26

    Understanding Azure Resource Manager

    8:49

    Using the Azure Portal and Cloud Shell

    14:57

    Using Azure CLI and PowerShell

    13:46

    Using ARM Templates

    9:54
  • Chapter 4 8 Lessons Governance and Compliance 2:21:45

    Managing Subscriptions

    7:49

    Using Management Groups

    12:17

    Understanding Azure Policy

    12:50

    Tagging Resources

    12:24

    Add, Remove and Update Tags for Resources in Azure

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Locking and Moving Resources

    14:28

    Managing Azure Costs

    15:10

    Building a Cloud Governance Strategy

    6:47
  • Chapter 5 12 Lessons Identity 3:36:29

    Introduction to Section

    2:08

    Conceptualizing Azure Active Directory

    13:35

    Managing Tenants

    11:05

    Creating and Managing Users

    15:00

    Create and Manage Azure AD Users in the Portal

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Perform Bulk Azure AD Operations in the Portal

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Creating and Managing Groups

    11:25

    Create a Group and Add a Member in Azure Active Directory (AAD)

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Creating Administrative Units

    13:33

    Configuring SSPR

    13:37

    Azure AD Device Management

    13:38

    Conclusion to Section

    2:28
  • Chapter 6 4 Lessons Role-Based Access Control 1:22:16

    Understanding Roles in Azure

    12:54

    Assigning Access to Resources

    12:17

    Using Service Principal Identity to List AD Roles

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Creating Custom Roles

    12:05
  • Chapter 7 13 Lessons Azure Storage 3:19:13

    Understanding Storage Accounts

    14:15

    Conceptualizing Azure Blob Storage

    14:41

    Configuring Blob Object Replication

    14:05

    Configuring Blob Lifecycle Management

    11:49

    Expire Data Based on Age in Azure Blob Storage

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Configuring Azure Files

    13:03

    Configuring Azure File Sync

    13:23

    Create and Restore File Share Snapshots in Azure

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Storage Network Access

    9:07

    Securing Storage Accounts

    14:41

    Limit Access to Azure Storage Account Using SAS URI

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Azure Jobs

    7:25

    Storage Utilities

    11:44
  • Chapter 8 12 Lessons Virtual Networking 4:25:18

    Conceptualizing Virtual Networks

    9:01

    Creating Virtual Networks

    14:42

    Creating Multiple Subnets in Azure

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Deploying Network Resources

    14:01

    Routing Virtual Networks

    12:11

    Network Security Groups (NSGs)

    14:15

    Create an Application Security Group for Two Web Servers in Azure

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Azure DNS

    14:57

    Using Azure Firewall

    14:19

    Attach a Firewall to a Virtual Network in Azure

    1:15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Service Endpoints

    11:58

    Using Private Endpoints

    9:54
  • Chapter 9 6 Lessons Intersite Connectivity 1:57:11

    Configuring Azure VNet Peering

    12:21

    Implementing VPNs

    9:08

    Implementing VPNs (Demonstration)

    8:23

    Configuring ExpressRoute

    14:27

    Implementing Virtual WAN

    12:52

    Create a Hub-Spoke Network Topology in Azure

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 10 15 Lessons Azure Virtual Machines 5:19:17

    Creating and Managing Virtual Machines: Part 1

    5:15

    Creating and Managing Virtual Machines: Part 2

    11:04

    Managing Virtual Machine Disks

    12:44

    Add Existing Data Disk to a VM in Azure

    15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Configuring Virtual Machine Availability and Scale Sets: Part 1

    8:41

    Configuring Virtual Machine Availability and Scale Sets: Part 2

    8:45

    Use PowerShell to Resize an Azure Virtual Machine in an Availability Set

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Automating Virtual Machine Deployments

    15:13

    Install NGINX on a Linux VM in Deployment with Cloud Init

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Snapshot an Azure VM Disk using PowerShell

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Custom Images for a Virtual Machine Scale Set in Azure

    1:15:00 Hands-On Lab

    Managing Virtual Machine Updates

    10:10

    Automating Virtual Machine Configuration

    12:18

    Using Azure Bastion

    10:07

    Access Windows VMs over SSL without Public IPs using Azure Bastion

    45:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 11 3 Lessons Network Traffic Management 1:29:51

    Introducing Azure Load Balancer

    15:19

    Create a Standard Load Balancer with Azure CLI

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Application Gateway

    14:32
  • Chapter 12 10 Lessons Web Apps and Containers 3:37:51

    Creating an App Service Plan

    10:31

    Creating Web Apps: Part 1

    9:33

    Creating Web Apps: Part 2

    6:51

    Configuring Web Apps

    14:48

    Scale Out an App Service Plan Automatically in Azure

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Describing Containers in Azure

    13:06

    Using Azure Container Instances for Containers

    14:01

    Build and Run a Container using Azure ACR Tasks

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Create Web App from Docker Container in Azure

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Azure Kubernetes Service

    14:01
  • Chapter 13 6 Lessons Monitoring 47:40

    Using Azure Monitor

    8:29

    Setting Up Alerts and Actions

    8:11

    Configuring Azure Monitor Logs

    7:03

    Understanding Monitor Insights

    6:15

    Configuring Application Insights

    10:26

    Using Network Watcher

    7:16
  • Chapter 14 5 Lessons Backup and Recovery 1:31:38

    Understanding Disaster Recovery

    3:15

    Configuring Azure Backup

    12:15

    Restore File Share from Azure Backup to Another Storage Account

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Azure Site Recovery

    7:53

    Backup Reports

    8:15
  • Chapter 15 6 Lessons Wrap-Up and Practice 3:48:33

    Microsoft Learn Conclusion

    1:15

    Course Conclusion and Next Steps

    1:21

    AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator

    2:45:00 Quiz

    AZ-104 Case Study 1

    30:00 Quiz

    AZ-104 Case Study 2

    30:00 Quiz

    Keep Up to Date with Azure This Week

    0:57

What you will need

  • There are no prior certification exams required to achieve the Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104 certification. However, candidates should have a minimum of six months of hands-on experience in administering Azure. Candidates should have a strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and governance.Candidates for this exam should have experience in using PowerShell, the command-line interface, Azure Portal, and ARM templates. Students still needing the required hands-on experience should take the AZ-900 introductory Azure Fundamentals course and then return to take this course.

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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