MICROSOFT AZURE - AZ-104: MICROSOFT AZURE ADMINISTRATOR
The AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator course is a comprehensive, hands-on professional program designed to equip participants with the skills required to implement, manage, and monitor Microsoft Azure environments in enterprise and cloud-based infrastructures. The AZ-104 certification is administered by Microsoft and validates a professional's ability to manage Azure subscriptions, identities, networking, storage, compute resources, security, and governance. This course focuses on practical administration tasks performed by Azure Administrators, ensuring participants can support production workloads effectively. Aligned with the AZ-104 Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate exam objectives, the course prepares participants to confidently pass the certification exam while building real-world operational competence in Azure. Course Objectives By the end of this course, participants will be able to: Manage Azure identities and governance Implement and manage Azure storage solutions Deploy and manage Azure compute resources Configure and manage virtual networking Monitor and back up Azure resources Apply security and compliance best practices Prepare confidently for the AZ-104 certification exam
Course Curriculum
1
- Azure services and architecture overview
- Azure Administrator role and responsibilities
- Azure resource hierarchy
- Azure portal, CLI, and PowerShell
2
- Azure Active Directory concepts
- Users, groups, and roles
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Subscriptions, management groups, and policies
3
- Azure storage accounts
- Blob, File, Queue, and Table storage
- Storage security and access
- Azure Backup and recovery concepts
4
- Azure virtual machines
- VM availability options
- Virtual machine scale sets
- App Services and containers (overview)
5
- Azure virtual networks
- Subnets, IP addressing, and DNS
- Network security groups (NSGs)
- VPN gateways and connectivity
6
- Load balancers
- Azure Application Gateway
- Traffic Manager (overview)
- Network monitoring and diagnostics
7
- Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
- Alerts and action groups
- Performance and availability monitoring
- Resource health and diagnostics
8
- Azure Backup
- Azure Site Recovery (overview)
- Backup policies and vaults
- Restore operations
9
- Azure Security Center / Defender for Cloud
- Secure access to Azure resources
- Key Vault concepts
- Governance and compliance tools
10
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
- Automation concepts
- Scripting basics with PowerShell and CLI
- Infrastructure as Code overview
11
- Diagnosing compute and network issues
- Storage troubleshooting
- Monitoring logs and metrics
- Support and escalation processes
12
- AZ-104 exam objectives review
- Scenario-based practice questions
- Exam strategies and time management
- Certification readiness guidance
13
- Instructor-led classroom or virtual training
- Extensive hands-on lab sessions
- Guided demonstrations and exercises
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- Azure Administrators
- System and cloud administrators
- Infrastructure and operations engineers
- IT professionals transitioning to Azure
- Professionals seeking AZ-104 certification
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- Basic understanding of cloud concepts
- Familiarity with networking, virtualization, and operating systems
- Prior exposure to Azure is beneficial but not required
16
- Hands-on lab exercises
- Practical administrative scenarios
- Knowledge checks and quizzes
This course includes
- 16+ Activity Modules
- 40 hours + lessons
- Lifetime access
- Certificate of completion
- Available on desktop and mobile
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