Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

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Level

Intermediate

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Role

System Administrator

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Duration

45 Days

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Platform

Online/Offline

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Language

English/Hindi

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Certification

Based on Microsoft Exam AZ-104

Overview

This AZ-104: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate course focuses on the skills needed to manage core Microsoft Azure services, including compute, storage, networking, and security. It provides hands-on experience in deploying, monitoring, and managing Azure resources for scalable and secure cloud operations.

Audience Profile

This AZ-104 course is designed for IT professionals and administrators responsible for managing Azure services. It is ideal for individuals looking to enhance their expertise in deploying, monitoring, and securing Azure infrastructure and resources.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Azure management options
  • Navigate the portal
  • Exercise - Work with resources
  • Exercise - Use the Azure portal
  • Azure portal dashboards
  • Exercise - Customize the dashboard
  • Access preview features
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Azure Cloud Shell?
  • How does Azure Cloud Shell work?
  • When should you use Azure Cloud Shell?
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Bash?
  • Bash fundamentals
  • Bash commands and operators
  • Exercise - Try Bash
  • Exercise - Terminate a misbehaving process
  • Exercise - Use Bash and grep to filter CLI output
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is PowerShell?
  • Exercise - Run your first PowerShell commands
  • Locate commands
  • Exercise - Locate commands
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Resource Manager template structure
  • Exercise - Create and deploy an Azure Resource Manager template
  • Add flexibility to your Azure Resource Manager template by using parameters and outputs
  • Exercise - Add parameters and outputs to your Azure Resource Manager template
  • Knowledge check 2

  • Introduction
  • Examine Microsoft Entra ID
  • Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
  • Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a directory service for cloud apps
  • Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
  • Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Create, configure, and manage users
  • Exercise - assign licenses to users
  • Exercise - restore or remove deleted users
  • Create, configure, and manage groups
  • Exercise - add groups in Microsoft Entra ID
  • Configure and manage device registration
  • Manage licenses
  • Exercise - change group license assignments
  • Exercise - change user license assignments
  • Create custom security attributes
  • Explore automatic user creation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Microsoft Azure
  • Get started with Azure accounts
  • Exercise - Explore the Learn sandbox
  • Describe Azure physical infrastructure
  • Describe Azure management infrastructure
  • Exercise - Create an Azure resource
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
  • Azure Policy design principles
  • Azure Policy resources
  • Azure Policy definitions
  • Evaluation of resources through Azure Policy
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Azure RBAC?
  • Knowledge check - What is Azure RBAC?
  • Exercise - List access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
  • Exercise - Grant access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
  • Exercise - View activity logs for Azure RBAC changes
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID?
  • Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
  • Exercise - Set up self-service password reset
  • Exercise - Customize directory branding
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Plan virtual networks
  • Create subnets
  • Create virtual networks
  • Plan IP addressing
  • Create public IP addressing
  • Associate public IP addresses
  • Allocate or assign private IP addresses
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Implement network security groups
  • Determine network security group rules
  • Determine network security group effective rules
  • Create network security group rules
  • Implement application security groups
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Azure DNS?
  • Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
  • Exercise - Create a DNS zone and an A record by using Azure DNS
  • Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record
  • Exercise - Create alias records for Azure DNS
  • Knowledge Check

  • Introduction
  • Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
  • Determine gateway transit and connectivity
  • Create virtual network peering
  • Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
  • Exercise - Create custom routes
  • What is an NVA?
  • Exercise - Create an NVA and virtual machines
  • Exercise - Route traffic through the NVA
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Azure Load Balancer?
  • How Azure Load Balancer works
  • When to use Azure Load Balancer
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Azure Application Gateway?
  • How Azure Application Gateway works
  • When to use Azure Application Gateway
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Azure Network Watcher?
  • How Azure Network Watcher works
  • When to use Azure Network Watcher
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Implement Azure Storage
  • Explore Azure Storage services
  • Determine storage account types
  • Determine replication strategies
  • Access storage
  • Secure storage endpoints
  • Knowledge Check

  • Introduction
  • Implement Azure Blob Storage
  • Create blob containers
  • Assign blob access tiers
  • Add blob lifecycle management rules
  • Determine blob object replication
  • Upload blobs
  • Determine Blob Storage pricing
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Review Azure Storage security strategies
  • Create shared access signatures
  • Identify URI and SAS parameters
  • Determine Azure Storage encryption
  • Create customer-managed keys
  • Apply Azure Storage security best practices
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Compare storage for file shares and blob data
  • Manage Azure file shares
  • Create file share snapshots
  • Implement soft delete for Azure Files
  • Use Azure Storage Explorer
  • Deploy Azure File Sync
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Decide how many storage accounts you need
  • Choose your account settings
  • Choose an account creation tool
  • Exercise - Create a storage account using the Azure portal
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
  • Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
  • Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Compile a checklist for creating an Azure Virtual Machine
  • Exercise - Create a VM using the Azure portal
  • Describe the options available to create and manage an Azure Virtual Machine
  • Manage the availability of your Azure VMs
  • Back up your virtual machines
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Plan for maintenance and downtime
  • Create availability sets
  • Review update domains and fault domains
  • Review availability zones
  • Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
  • Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Implement autoscale
  • Configure autoscale
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Implement Azure App Service plans
  • Determine Azure App Service plan pricing
  • Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
  • Configure Azure App Service autoscale
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Implement Azure App Service
  • Create an app with App Service
  • Explore continuous integration and deployment
  • Create deployment slots
  • Add deployment slots
  • Secure your App Service app
  • Create custom domain names
  • Back up and restore your App Service app
  • Use Azure Application Insights
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Compare containers to virtual machines
  • Review Azure Container Instances
  • Implement container groups
  • Review Azure Container Apps
  • Interactive lab simulation
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • What is Azure Backup?
  • How Azure Backup works
  • When to use Azure Backup
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Azure Backup features and scenarios
  • Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
  • Exercise - Back up an Azure virtual machine
  • Restore virtual machine data
  • Exercise - Restore Azure virtual machine data
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Monitoring and Azure Monitor
  • Metrics and Logs
  • Azure Monitor Insights, visualizations, and actions
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Explore the different alert types that Azure Monitor supports
  • Use metric alerts for alerts about performance issues in your Azure environment
  • Exercise - Use metric alerts to alert on performance issues in your Azure environment
  • Use log search alerts to alert on events in your application
  • Use activity log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure
  • Use action groups and alert processing rules to send notifications when an alert is fired
  • Exercise -Use an activity log alert and an action group to notify users about events in your Azure infrastructure
  • Knowledge check

  • Introduction
  • Features of Azure Monitor logs
  • Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data
  • Exercise - Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data
  • Knowledge check