Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
Learning Profile:

• This course is aimed at those who want to pursue and pass the AZ-104 Azure Administrator Certification.
• Once passed, 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.

Target Audience:

• Senior technical professionals, Operations team members, System administrators, Infrastructure
• professionals with exposure to Azure and are interested in passing the Azure AZ-104.
• This course is also for those who are planning for Azure DevOps Professional certification as AZ- 104 is a mandatory pre-requisite for AZ-400.

Pre-Requisites:

• Students enrolling to this course should at least have a basic understanding of Virtualization and Cloud Computing.
• Students need to have some background IT Knowledge on Virtual Machines, Networks and other IT infrastructure concepts.
• A free or paid Azure Account

Course Curriculum:
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
• Azure AD Connect

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
• Move resources
• Remove RGs
• Manage subscriptions
• Configure Cost Management
• Configure management groups

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

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)

Create and configure Web Apps

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

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 resources by using Azure Monitor

• Configure and interpret metrics
• Analyze metrics across subscriptions
• Configure Log Analytics
• Implement a Log Analytics workspace
• Configure diagnostic settings
• Query and analyze logs
• Create a query
• Save a query to the dashboard
• Interpret graphs
• Set up alerts and actions
• Create and test alerts
• Create action groups
• View alerts in Azure Monitor
• Analyze alerts across subscriptions
• Configure Application Insights

Implement backup and recovery

• Configure and review backup reports
• Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
• Create a Recovery Services Vault
• Use soft delete to recover Azure VMs
• Create and configure backup policy
• Perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery