Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Microsoft Certifications

Overview

This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.

Audience Profile

This course is for Azure Administrators. 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. 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.

Skills earned upon completion

• Manage identities and govenance in Azure
• Configure virtual networks with Azure
• Monitor and back up resources in Azure

Here are the learning paths in the AZ-104 Azure Administrator series:

Prerequisites for Azure administrators Manage identities and governance in Azure Implement and manage storage in Azure Deploy and manage Azure compute resources Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure administrators Monitor and back up Azure resources