Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ-104

(AZ-104.AP1)/ISBN:978-1-64459-237-3

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Lessons
TestPrep
Hand-on Lab

Kick start your prep for the AZ-104 exam with the Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ-104 course and lab. The lab provides a hands-on learning experience in a safe and online environment. Interactive chapters comprehensively cover AZ-104 exam objectives and provide the knowledge required to deploy and manage Azure compute resources, configure and manage virtual networking, monitor and back up Azure resources, and many more.

Here's what you will get

The Microsoft Azure Administrator exam focuses on common tasks and concepts that an administrator needs to understand to deploy and manage infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. The AZ-104 exam topics include managing Azure AD objects (users, groups, and devices), Azure AD join and self-service password reset. It also covers role-based access control, tagging, subscription level policies, and resource organization using resource groups, subscription, and management groups.

Lessons

6+ Lessons |

TestPrep

51+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 53+ Post Assessment Questions | 100+ Practice Test Questions

Hand on lab

18+ LiveLab | 00+ Minutes

Here's what you will learn

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Lessons 1: Introduction

  • Organization of this course
  • Preparing for the exam
  • Microsoft certifications
  • Quick access to online references

Lessons 2: Manage Azure identities and governance

  • Skill 1.1: Manage Azure Active Directory (AD) objects
  • Skill 1.2: Manage role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Skill 1.3: Manage subscriptions and governance
  • Thought experiment
  • Lesson summary

Lessons 3: Implement and manage storage

  • Skill 2.1: Manage storage accounts
  • Skill 2.2: Manage data in Azure Storage
  • Skill 2.3: Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage
  • Thought experiment
  • Lesson summary

Lessons 4: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

  • Skill 3.1: Configure VMs for high availability and scalability
  • Skill 3.2: Automate deployment and configuration of VMs
  • Skill 3.3: Create and configure VMs
  • Skill 3.4: Create and configure containers
  • Skill 3.5: Create and configure web apps
  • Thought experiment
  • Lesson summary

Lessons 5: Configure and manage virtual networking

  • Skill 4.1: Implement and manage virtual networking
  • Skill 4.2: Configure name resolution
  • Skill 4.3: Secure access to virtual networks
  • Skill 4.4: Configure load balancing
  • Skill 4.5: Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
  • Skill 4.6: Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network
  • Thought experiment
  • Lesson summary

Lessons 6: Monitor and back up Azure resources

  • Skill 5.1: Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
  • Skill 5.2: Implement backup and recovery
  • Thought experiment
  • Lesson summary

Hands-on LAB Activities

Implement and manage storage

  • Creating a Storage Account
  • Implementing Azure Storage Replication
  • Uploading and Downloading Blobs with the Azure Portal
  • Creating and Managing Azure File Shares with the Azure Portal

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

  • Configuring a High Availability Set
  • Creating and Deploying Azure Resource Manager Templates by Using the Azure Portal
  • Downloading the Template for a VM
  • Creating a Virtual Machine
  • Attaching a Managed Data Disk to a Windows VM by Using the Azure Portal

Configure and manage virtual networking

  • Attaching Network Interfaces
  • Creating and Configuring VNet Peering
  • Creating a Virtual Network
  • Creating a Network Security Group
  • Creating a Firewall
  • Creating a Load Balancer
  • Creating an Azure VPN gateway
  • Creating an Azure ExpressRoute

Monitor and back up Azure resources

  • Configuring the Recovery Services Vault

Exam FAQs

There are no technical prerequisites for the certification exam.

USD 165

Single choice, multiple choice, drag-and-drop, active screen, build list, case studies, and short answer.

The exam contains 40-60 questions.

120 minutes

The passing score varies from exam to exam and is provided on the score report.

General Microsoft Certification exam retake policy

  1. If a candidate does not achieve a passing score on an exam the first time, the candidate must wait 24 hours before retaking the exam. At that time, candidates can log onto their certification dashboard and reschedule the exam themselves.
  2. If a candidate does not achieve a passing score the second time, the candidate must wait at least 14 days before retaking the exam a third time.
  3. A 14-day waiting period is also imposed between the third and fourth attempts and fourth and fifth attempts.
  4. A candidate may not take a given exam any more than five times per year (12 months). This 12-month period starts from the first attempt. The candidate is eligible to retake the exam 12 months from the date of their first attempt.
  5. To take a given exam more than five times per year or to have the time between attempts waived, a candidate must have experienced one of the errors listed below and request an exception from Microsoft. Requests should be sent to mlsecure@microsoft.com. These requests must include the following information:
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    • Exam Registration ID
    • Exam Number
    • Description of error
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