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AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

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.

4 Days Instructor-Led

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.

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.
• Prerequisite courses (or equivalent knowledge and hands-on experience):

Course Outline

Module 1: Manage Identities and Governance in
Azur

• Understand Microsoft Entra ID
• Understand Microsoft Entra ID
• Describe the core architectural components of Azure
• Azure Policy initiatives
• Secure your Azure resources with Azure rolebased access control (Azure RBAC)
• Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset

Module 2: Configure and Manage Virtual Networks for Azure Administrators
• Configure virtual networks
• Configure network security groups
• Host your domain on Azure DNS
• Configure Azure Virtual Network peering
• Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure
deployment with routes
• Introduction to Azure Load Balancer
• Introduction to Azure Application Gateway
• Introduction to Azure Network Watcher

Module 3: Implement and Manage Storage in Azure
• Configure storage accounts
• Configure Azure Blob Storage
• Configure Azure Storage security
• Configure Azure Files

Module 4: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Introduction to Azure virtual machines
• Configure virtual machine availability
• Configure Azure App Service plans
• Configure Azure App Service
• Configure Azure Container Instances

Module 5: Monitor and back up Azure resources
• Introduction to Azure Backup
• Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
• Introduction to Azure Monitor
• Improve incident response with Azure Monitor alerts
• Analyze your Azure infrastructure by using Azure Monitor logs

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