AZ-104 Preparation Details

Preparing for the AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator exam? Don’t know where to start? This post is the AZ-104 Certificate Study Guide (with links to each exam objective).

I have curated a list of articles from Microsoft documentation for each objective of the AZ-104 exam. Please share the post within your circles so it helps them to prepare for the exam.

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Manage Azure Identities and Governance (15-20%)

Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Objects

Create users and groups

Add or Delete users using Azure AD

Create a basic group & add members using Azure AD

Create administrative units

Administrative units in Azure AD

Add an administrative unit

Manage user and group properties

Add or update a user’s profile information by Azure AD

Editing group information using Azure AD

Manage device settings

Managing device identities using the Azure portal

Perform bulk user updates

Active Directory Bulk User Modification

Manage guest accounts

Quickstart: Adding guest users to your directory in the Azure portal

Configure Azure AD Join

Joining work device to organization’s network

Configuring hybrid Azure AD join for managed domains

Configure self-service password reset

Using Azure AD self-service password reset

Manage Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

Create a custom role

Creating Azure custom role by Azure PowerShell

Provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes

Interpret access assignments

Understand Azure deny assignments

Manage Subscriptions and Governance

Configure Azure policies

Create and manage policies to enforce compliance

Configure resource locks

Lock resources to prevent unexpected changes

Apply and manage tags on resources

Use tags to organize your Azure resources

[Video]: Resource Groups & Tagging

Manage resource groups

Manage Azure Resource Manager resource groups

Manage subscriptions

Pluralsight Course on Managing Subscriptions

Manage costs

Create and manage Azure budgets

Azure Cost Management overview

Configure management groups

Quickstart: Create a management group

Implement and Manage Storage (15-20%)

Secure Storage

Configure network access to storage accounts

Configure Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks

Create and configure storage accounts

Creating an Azure Storage account

Manage storage account access keys

Generate shared access signature (SAS) tokens

Grant limited access to Azure Storage resources using SAS

Manage access keys

Managing storage account access keys

Configure Azure AD Authentication for a storage account

Acquire a token from Azure AD for authorizing client requests

Configure access to Azure Files

Different ways to access files in Azure Files

Manage Storage

Export from Azure job

Azure Export service to export data from Azure Blob storage

Import into Azure job

Azure Import service to import data from Azure Blob storage

Install and use Azure Storage Explorer

Get started with Storage Explorer

Copy data by using AZCopy

Get started with AzCopy

Implement Azure Storage replication

MSDN Blog: Azure Storage Replication Implementation

Configure blob object replication

Object replication for block blobs

Configure object replication for block blobs

Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

Create an Azure file share

Creating an Azure file share

Create and configure Azure File Sync service

Deploy Azure File Sync

Configure Azure blob storage

Quickstart: Upload, download & list blobs with the Azure portal

Configure storage tiers

Azure Blob storage: hot, cool & archive access tiers

Configure blob lifecycle management

Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management Generally Available

Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management

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Deploy & Manage Azure Compute Resources (20-25%)

Automate Deployment of Virtual Machines (VMs) By Using Azure Resource Manager Templates

Modify an Azure Resource Manager template

Updating a resource in an ARM template

Configure a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) template

Create a Windows VM from a specialized disk using PowerShell

Deploy from a template

Create a Windows VM from an ARM template

Save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template

Downloading template for a VM

Deploy virtual machine extensions

Deploy virtual machine extensions with ARM templates

Configure VMs

Configure Azure Disk Encryption

Quickstart: Create & encrypt a Windows VM with the Azure portal

Move VMs from one resource group to another

Moving Windows VMs between resource groups or subscriptions

Manage VM sizes

Sizes for virtual machines in Azure

Add data disks

Attach a data disk to a Windows VM with PowerShell

Configure networking

Virtual networks and virtual machines in Azure

Redeploy VMs

Redeploy Windows virtual machine to new Azure node

Configure high availability

Create & deploy highly available VMs by Azure PowerShell

Azure High Availability (Availability Zone) Demo for VM

Deploy and configure scale sets

Quickstart: Create a VM scale set in the Azure portal

Create and Configure Containers

Configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances

Container image sizes

Autoscaling Azure Container Instances

Configure container groups for Azure Container Instances

Container groups in ACI

Configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Storage options for applications in AKS

Configure scaling for AKS

Scaling options for applications in AKS

Scale the node count in an AKS cluster

Scale applications in AKS

Configure network connections for AKS

Network concepts for applications in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Use kubenet networking in AKS

Upgrade an AKS cluster

Upgrade an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster

Create and Configure Azure App Service

Create an App Service Plan

Manage an App Service plan in Azure

Configure scaling settings in an App Service plan

Scale up an app in Azure App Service

Create an App Service

Quickstart: Create an ASP.NET Core web app in Azure

Secure an App Service

Security in Azure App Service

Configure custom domain names

Map an existing custom DNS name to Azure App Service

Configure backup for an App Service

Back up your app in Azure

Configure backup for your Azure App Service

Configure networking settings

Integrate your app with an Azure VNet

Set up App Service access restrictions

Configure deployment settings

Continuous deployment to App Service

Git deployment to App Service

Configure and Manage Virtual Networking (25-30%)

Implement and Manage Virtual Networking

Create and configure virtual networks, including peering

Create a virtual network

Azure VNET Peering Demo

Configure private and public IP addresses

Managing public IP addresses

Configure a private IP address for a VM using the Azure portal

Configure user-defined network routes

Route network traffic with a Route table using the Azure portal

Implement subnets

Add, change, or delete a virtual network subnet

Configure endpoints on subnets

Configure endpoints

Configure private endpoints

What is Azure Private Endpoint?

Create a Private Endpoint

Configure Azure DNS, including custom DNS settings and private or public DNS zones

Quickstart: Create an Azure DNS Zone & Record with the Azure portal

Quickstart: Create an Azure private DNS zone in the Azure portal

Use Azure DNS to provide custom domain settings

Secure Access to Virtual Networks

Create security rules

Work with security rules

Associate a network security group (NSG) to a subnet or network interface

Associate/dissociate an NSG to/from a subnet/network interface

Evaluate effective security rules

View effective security rules

Implement Azure Firewall

Deploy & configure Azure Firewall using the Azure portal

Implement Azure Bastion

Create an Azure Bastion host using the portal

Configure Load Balancing

Configure Application Gateway

Direct web traffic with Azure Application Gateway using Azure PowerShell

Configure an internal or public load balancer

Create an internal load balancer

Create a public load balancer

Troubleshoot load balancing

Troubleshooting Azure Load Balancer

Monitor and Troubleshoot Virtual Networking

Monitor on-premises connectivity

Monitoring On-Premise AD via Azure AD Connect Health

Configure and use Azure Monitor for Networks

Azure Monitor Network Insights

Use Azure Network Watcher

Create an Azure Network Watcher instance

Troubleshoot external networking

Troubleshooting: An Azure site-to-site VPN connection issues

Troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

Diagnose communication problems using the Azure portal

Integrate an On-premises Network with an Azure Virtual Network

Create and configure Azure VPN Gateway

Create and manage a VPN gateway using PowerShell

Create and configure Azure ExpressRoute

Create and modify an ExpressRoute circuit

Configure Azure Virtual WAN

Connect a VPN Gateway to Virtual WAN

Monitor and Back up Azure Resources (10-15%)

Monitor Resources by Using Azure Monitor

Configure and interpret metrics

Metrics in Azure Monitor

Configure Azure Monitor logs

Azure Monitor Logs overview

Query and analyze logs

Get started with log queries in Azure Monitor

Save queries

Overview of log queries in Azure Monitor

Set up alerts and actions

Create, view & manage metric alerts using Azure Monitor

Configure Application Insights

Start Monitoring Your ASP.NET Core Web Application

Implement Backup and Recovery

Create a Recovery Services vault

Create and configure a Recovery Services vault

Create and configure a backup policy

az backup policy

Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup

Back up a virtual machine in Azure

How to restore Azure VM data in the Azure portal

Perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery

Prepare Azure resources for Hyper-V disaster recovery

Configure and review backup reports

Configure Azure Backup reports

This brings us to the end of the AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Study Guide.

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