Microsoft Azure Administrator Training (AZ-104)

In this module, you will learn how to: 

Lessons 

• Configure users accounts and user account properties. 
• Create new user accounts. 
• Import bulk user accounts with a template. 
• Configure group accounts and assignment types.

Learn how to configure Azure subscriptions, including how to obtain a subscription, implement cost management, and apply Azure resource tags. 

Lessons 

• Determine the correct region to locate Azure services. 
• Review features and use cases for Azure subscriptions. 
• Obtain an Azure subscription. 
• Understand billing and features for different Azure subscriptions. 
• Use Microsoft Cost Management for cost analysis. 
• Discover when to use Azure resource tagging. 
• Identify ways to reduce costs.

Learn how to configure Azure Policy to implement compliance requirements. 

Lessons 

• Create management groups to target policies and spending budgets. 
• Implement Azure Policy with policy and initiative definitions. 
• Scope Azure policies and determine compliance.

Learn how to use role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure resources are protected, but users can still access the resources they need. 

Lessons 

• Identify features and use cases for role-based access control. 
• List and create role definitions. 
• Create role assignments. 
• Identify differences between Azure RBAC and Microsoft Entra roles. 
• Manage access to subscriptions with RBAC. 
• Review built-in Azure RBAC roles. 

You will learn how to select a tooling option such as Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Azure Cloud Shell. 

Lessons 

• Manage resources with the Azure portal. 
• Manage resources with Azure Cloud Shell. 
• Manage resources with Azure PowerShell. 
• Manage resources with Azure CLI.

You'll learn how to use resource groups to organise your Azure resources. 

Lessons 

• Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Resource Manager. 
• Describe each Azure Resource Manager component and its usage. 
• Organise your Azure resources with resource groups. 
• Apply Azure Resource Manager locks. 
• Move Azure resources between groups, subscriptions, and regions. 
• Remove resources and resource groups. 
• Apply and track resource limits. 

You'll learn how to use Azure Resource Manager templates to consistently deploy assets. 

Learning objectives 

• List the advantages of Azure templates. 
• Identify the Azure template schema components. 
• Specify Azure template parameters. 
• Locate and use Azure Quickstart Templates. 

Learn to configure virtual networks and subnets, including IP addressing. 

Learning objectives 

• Describe Azure Virtual Network features and components. 
• Identify features and usage cases for subnets and subnetting. 
• Identify usage cases for private and public IP addresses. 
• Create and determine which resources require public IP addresses. 
• Create and determine which resources require private IP addresses. 
• Create virtual networks. 

Learn how to implement network security groups, and ensure network security group rules are correctly applied. 

Learning objectives 

• Determine when to use network security groups. 
• Implement network security group rules. 
• Evaluate network security group effective rules. 
• Examine the advantages of application security groups.

In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure, including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for domains, custom domains, and private zones. 
• Verify custom domain names by using DNS records. 
• Implement DNS zones, DNS delegation, and DNS record sets.
• Configure Azure DNS including custom domain names and record sets. 

Learn to configure an Azure Virtual Network peering connection and address transit and connectivity concerns. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify usage cases and product features of Azure Virtual Network peering. 
• Configure your network to implement Azure VPN Gateway for transit connectivity. 
• Extend peering by using a hub and spoke network with user-defined routes and service chaining.

Learn how to configure network routes, including endpoints and private links. 

Learning objectives 

• Implement system routes and user-defined routes. 
• Configure a custom route. 
• Implement service endpoints. 
• Identify features and usage cases for Azure Private Link and endpoint services. 

Learn how to configure an internal or public load balancer. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for Azure Load Balancer. 
• Implement public and internal Azure load balancers. 
• Compare features of load balancer SKUs and configuration differences. 
• Configure back-end pools, load-balancing rules, session persistence, and health probes.

Learn how to configure Azure Application Gateway. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for Azure Application Gateway. 
• Implement an Azure application gateway, including selecting a routing method. 
• Configure gateway components, such as listeners, health probes, and routing rules.

Learn how to configure storage accounts, including replication and endpoints. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for Azure storage accounts. 
• Select between different types of Azure Storage and storage accounts. 
• Select a storage replication strategy. 
• Configure network access to storage accounts. 
• Secure storage endpoints.

Learn how to configure Configure Azure Blob Storage, including tiers and object replication. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for Azure Blob Storage. 
• Configure Blob Storage and Blob access tiers. 
• Configure Blob lifecycle management rules. 
• Configure Blob object replication. 
• Upload and price Blob Storage

Learn how to configure common Azure Storage security features like storage access signatures. 

Learning objectives 

• Configure a shared access signature (SAS), including the uniform resource identifier (URI) and SAS parameters. 
• Configure Azure Storage encryption. 
• Implement customer-managed keys. 
• Recommend opportunities to improve Azure Storage security.

Learn how to configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify storage for file shares and blob data. 
• Configure Azure Files shares and file share snapshots. 
• Identify features and usage cases of Azure File Sync. 
• Identify Azure File Sync components and configuration steps.
• Recommend opportunities to improve Azure Storage security. 

Learn how to configure Azure Storage with tools like Azure Storage Explorer and AZCopy. 

Learning objectives 

• Configure and use Azure Storage Explorer. 
• Configure the Azure Import/Export service. 
• Use the WAImportExport tool with the Azure Import/Export service. 
• Configure and use AZCop.

Learn how to configure virtual machines including sizing, storage, and connections.. 

Learning objectives 

• Create a virtual machine planning checklist. 
• Determine virtual machine locations and pricing models. 
• Determine the correct virtual machine size. 
• Configure virtual machine storage. 

Learn how to configure virtual machine availability including vertical and horizontal scaling 

Learning objectives 

• Implement availability sets and availability zones. 
• Implement update and fault domains. 
• Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets. 
• Autoscale virtual machines.

Learn how to use virtual machine extensions to automate virtual machine deployments 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for virtual machine extensions. 
• Identify features and usage cases for Custom Script Extensions. 
• Identify features and usage cases for Desired State Configuration.

Learn how to configure an Azure App Service plan, including pricing and scaling

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for Azure App Service. 
• Select an appropriate Azure App Service plan pricing tier. 
• Scale an Azure App Service plan. 
• Scale-out an Azure App Service plan.

Learn how to configure and monitor Azure App Service instances, including deployment slots. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for Azure App Service. 
• Create an app with Azure App Service. 
• Configure deployment settings, specifically deployment slots. 
• Secure your Azure App Service app. 
• Configure custom domain names. 
• Back up and restore your Azure App Service app. 
• Configure Azure Application Insights.

Learn how to configure Azure Container Instances including container groups.

Learning objectives 

• Identify when to use containers versus virtual machines. 
• Identify the features and usage cases of Azure Container Instances. 
• Implement Azure container groups.

Learn how to configure Azure Kubernetes Service including networking, storage, and scaling. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) components including pods, clusters, and nodes. 
• Configure network connections for AKS. 
• Configure storage options for AKS. 
• Implement security options for AKS. 
• Scale AKS including adding Azure Container Instances.

Learn how to configure backup and restore policies that meet your company's regulatory needs 

Learning objectives 

• Identify features and usage cases for Azure Backup. 
• Configure Azure Recovery Services vault backup options. 
• Configure the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent for Azure Backup. 
• Implement on-premises file and folder backups. 

Learn how to configure virtual machine backups including restore operations. 

Learning objectives  

• Identify features and usage cases for different Azure backup methods. 
• Configure virtual machine snapshots and backup options. 
• Implement virtual machine backup and restore, including soft delete. 
• Perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery. 
• Compare the Azure Backup agent to the Microsoft Azure Backup Server. 

Learn how to configure Azure Monitor, including querying the Azure Monitor activity log. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Monitor. 
• Configure and interpret metrics and logs. 
• Identify the Azure Monitor components and data types. 
• Configure the Azure Monitor activity log. 

Learn how to configure Azure alerts including action groups 

Learning objectives 

• Identify Azure Monitor alerts, including alert types and alert states. 
• Configure Azure Monitor alerts. 
• Create alert rules and action groups. 

You will learn how to configure Log Analytics including structuring queries. 

Learning objectives 

• Identify the features and usage cases for Log Analytics. 
• Create a Log Analytics workspace. 
• Structure a Log Analytics query and review results. 

You'll learn how to configure Network Watcher and troubleshoot common networking problems 

Learning objectives 

• Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Network Watcher. 
• Configure diagnostic capabilities like IP Flow Verify, Next Hop, and Network Topology.