Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate – AZ-104

This Microsoft Azure Administrator course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.

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

Course Summary

• Manage Azure subscriptions and resources (15-20%)
• Implement and manage storage (15-20%)
• Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) (15-20%)
• Configure and manage virtual networks (30-35%)
• Manage identities (15-20%)

Microsoft Azure Admin Course Outline

Manage Azure identities and governance (15-20%)

Manage Azure AD objects

• create users and groups
• 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
• subscriptions, resource groups, resources (VM, disk, etc.)
• interpret access assignments
• manage multiple directories

Manage subscriptions and governance

• configure Azure policies
• configure resource locks
• apply tags
• create and manage resource groups
• manage subscriptions
• configure Cost Management
• configure management groups

Implement and manage storage (10-15%)
Manage storage accounts

• configure network access to storage accounts
• create and configure storage accounts
• generate shared access signature
• manage access keys
• implement Azure storage replication
• configure Azure AD Authentication for a storage account

Manage data in Azure Storage

• export from Azure job
• import into Azure job
• install and use Azure Storage Explorer
•  copy data by using AZCopy

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 for Azure blobs

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (25-30%)

Configure VMs for high availability and scalability

• configure high availability
• deploy and configure scale sets

Automate deployment and configuration of VMs

• modify Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template
• configure VHD template
• deploy from template
•  save a deployment as an ARM template
• automate configuration management by using custom script extensions

Create and configure VMs

• configure Azure Disk Encryption
• move VMs from one resource group to another
• manage VM sizes
• add data discs
• configure networking
• redeploy VMs

Create and configure containers

• create and configure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• create and configure Azure Container Instances (ACI)
• NOT: selecting an container solution architecture or product; container registry settings

Create and configure Web Apps

• create and configure App Service
• create and configure App Service Plans

Configure and manage virtual networking (30-35%)

Implement and manage virtual networking

• create and configure VNET peering
• configure private and public IP addresses, network routes, network interface, subnets,
  and virtual network

Configure name resolution

• configure Azure DNS
• configure custom DNS settings
• configure a private or public DNS zone

Secure access to virtual networks

• create security rules
• associate an NSG to a subnet or network interface
• evaluate effective security rules
• deploy and configure Azure Firewall
• deploy and configure Azure Bastion Service

Configure load balancing

• configure Application Gateway
• configure an internal load balancer
• configure load balancing rules
• configure a public load balancer
•  troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking

• monitor on-premises connectivity
• use Network Performance Monitor
• use 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 VPNs
• configure ExpressRoute
• configure Azure Virtual WAN

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

Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor

• Configure and interpret metrics
• configure Log Analytics
• query and analyze logs
• set up alerts and actions
• configure Application Insights

Implement backup and recovery

• configure and review backup reports
• perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup Service
• create a Recovery Services Vault
• create and configure backup policy
• perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery

On completion of this training, you will know:

• Managing Azure Subscriptions and Resources
• Implementing and Managing Storage
• Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines
• Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
• Manage Identities

Certification Exam 
Starting on May 1, 2020, you only need to pass Exam AZ-104 to earn this certification. This new exam combines the skills covered in AZ-100 and AZ-101 (which retired on May 1, 2019)