IT-professional

AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator

This Microsoft Azure Administration 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.

Course objectives

  • Learn how to manage Azure Active Directory identities
  • Administer subscriptions and Azure resources with Azure Portal, ARM Templates, Azure PowerShell and Azure CLI
  • Follow a curriculum based on Microsoft Official Courseware
  • Implement virtual networking, intersite connectivity, traffic management, data protection, and more
  • Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

Target audience

Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualisation, networking, identity, and storage.

  • Understand on-premises virtualisation technologies, including VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.

  • Understand network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.

  • Understand Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control.

  • Understand resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

Prerequisites

Before attempting AZ-104, attendees should have taken or have equivalent knowledge and hands-on experience of Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-099T00.

Outline

Module 1: Identity
Teach you how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory and implement users and groups.

Module 2: Governance and Compliance
You will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.

Module 3: Azure Administration
You will learn about the Azure Administrator's tools to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates.

Module 4: Virtual Networking
You will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.

Module 5: Intersite Connectivity
You will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.

Module 6: Network Traffic Management
You will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway.

Module 7: Azure Storage
You will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.

Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines
You will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Module 9: PaaS Compute Options
You will learn administer serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.

Module 10: Data Protection
You will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.

Module 11: Monitoring
You will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.