AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise in implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment, including virtual networks, storage, compute, identity, security, and governance.
An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an organization’s cloud infrastructure. Azure administrators also coordinate with other roles to deliver Azure networking, security, database, application development, and DevOps solutions.
Language: English
Duration: 4 days
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 4 days
Candidates for this exam should be familiar with operating systems, networking, servers, and virtualization. In addition, professionals in this role should have experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, the Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates), and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra.
Objectives
Manage Azure identities and governance (20–25%)
Implement and manage storage (15–20%)
Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%)
Implement and manage virtual networking (15–20%)
Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10–15%)
Prerequisites
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.
Outline for Microsoft Azure Administrator Training
- Manage Azure Active Directory Identities
Task 1: Create and configure Azure AD users
Task 2: Create Azure AD groups with assigned and dynamic membership
Task 3: Create an Azure Active Directory (AD) tenant (Optional – lab environment issue)
Task 4: Manage Azure AD guest users (Optional – lab environment issue)
- Manage Subscriptions and RBAC
Task 1: Implement Management Groups
Task 2: Create custom RBAC roles
Task 3: Assign RBAC roles
- Manage Governance via Azure Policy
Task 1: Create and assign tags via the Azure portal
Task 2: Enforce tagging via an Azure policy
Task 3: Apply tagging via an Azure policy
- Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal
Task 1: Create resource groups and deploy resources to resource groups
Task 2: Move resources between resource groups
Task 3: Implement and test resource locks
- Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates
Task 1: Review an ARM template for deployment of an Azure managed disk
Task 2: Create an Azure managed disk by using an ARM template
Task 3: Review the ARM template-based deployment of the managed disk
- Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell
Task 1: Start a PowerShell session in Azure Cloud Shell
Task 2: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure PowerShell
Task 3: Configure the managed disk by using Azure PowerShell
- Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI
Task 1: Start a Bash session in Azure Cloud Shell
Task 2: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure CLI
Task 3: Configure the managed disk by using Azure CLI
- Implement Virtual Networking
Task 1: Create and configure a virtual network
Task 2: Deploy virtual machines into the virtual network
Task 3: Configure private and public IP addresses of Azure VMs
Task 4: Configure network security groups
Task 5: Configure Azure DNS for internal name resolution
Task 6: Configure Azure DNS for external name resolution
- Implement Intersite Connectivity
Task 1: Provision the lab environment
Task 2: Configure local and global virtual network peering
Task 3: Test intersite connectivity
- Implement Traffic Management
Task 1: Provision the lab environment
Task 2: Configure the hub and spoke network topology
Task 3: Test transitivity of virtual network peering
Task 4: Configure routing in the hub and spoke topology
Task 5: Implement Azure Load Balancer
Task 6: Implement Azure Application Gateway
- Manage Azure Storage
Task 1: Provision the lab environment
Task 2: Create and configure Azure Storage accounts
Task 3: Manage blob storage
Task 4: Manage authentication and authorization for Azure Storage
Task 5: Create and configure an Azure Files shares
Task 6: Manage network access for Azure Storage
- Manage Virtual Machines
Task 1: Deploy zone-resilient Azure virtual machines by using the Azure portal and an Azure Resource Manager template
Task 2: Configure Azure virtual machines by using virtual machine extensions
Task 3: Scale compute and storage for Azure virtual machines
Task 4: Register the Microsoft.Insights and Microsoft.AlertsManagement resource providers
Task 5: Deploy zone-resilient Azure virtual machine scale sets by using the Azure portal
Task 6: Configure Azure virtual machine scale sets by using virtual machine extensions
Task 7: Scale compute and storage for Azure virtual machine scale sets (optional)
- Implement Web Apps
Task 1: Create an Azure web app
Task 2: Create a staging deployment slot
Task 3: Configure web app deployment settings
Task 4: Deploy code to the staging deployment slot
Task 5: Swap the staging slots
Task 6: Configure and test autoscaling of the Azure web app
- Implement Azure Container Instances
Task 1: Deploy a Docker image by using the Azure Container Instance
Task 2: Review the functionality of the Azure Container Instance
- Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
Task 1: Register the Microsoft.Kubernetes and Microsoft.KubernetesConfiguration resource providers.
Task 2: Deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster
Task 3: Deploy pods into the Azure Kubernetes Service cluster
Task 4: Scale containerized workloads in the Azure Kubernetes service cluster
- Backup virtual machines
Task 1: Provision the lab environment
Task 2: Create a Recovery Services vault
Task 3: Implement Azure virtual machine-level backup
Task 4: Implement File and Folder backup
Task 5: Perform file recovery by using Azure Recovery Services agent
Task 6: Perform file recovery by using Azure virtual machine snapshots (optional)
Task 7: Review the Azure Recovery Services soft delete functionality (optional)
- Implement Monitoring
Task 1: Provision the lab environment
Task 2: Register the Microsoft.Insights and Microsoft.AlertsManagement resource providers
Task 3: Create and configure an Azure Log Analytics workspace and Azure Automation-based solutions
Task 4: Review default monitoring settings of Azure virtual machines
Task 5: Configure Azure virtual machine diagnostic settings
Task 6: Review Azure Monitor functionality
Task 7: Review Azure Log Analytics functionality
AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
Group-1 Online virtual Class 11/04/2024 – 11/07/2024
10:30 AM – 06:30 PM EDT
USD $250.00
AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
Group-2 Online virtual Class 11/25/2024 – 11/28/2024
10:30 AM – 06:30 PM EDT
USD $250.00