Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Course Code: AZ-104

Duration: 4 days

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COURSE 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.

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TARGET AUDIENCE

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.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

After completing this course you should be able to:

• Secure and manage identities with Azure Active Directory.
• Implement and manage users and groups.
• Implement and manage Azure subscriptions and accounts.
• Implement Azure Policy, including custom policies.
• Use RBAC to assign permissions.
• Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources.
• Use the Azure Portal and Cloud Shell.
• Use Azure PowerShell and CLI.
• Use ARM Templates to deploy resources.
• Implement virtual networks and subnets.
• Configure public and private IP addressing.
• Configure network security groups.
• Configure Azure Firewall.
• Configure private and public DNS zones
• Configure VNet Peering.
• Configure VPN gateways.
• Choose the appropriate intersite connectivity solution.
• Configure network routing including custom routes and service endpoints.
• Configure an Azure Load Balancer.
• Configure and Azure Application Gateway.
• Choose the appropriate network traffic solution.
• Create Azure storage accounts.
• Configure blob containers.
• Secure Azure storage.
• Configure Azure files shares and file sync.
• Manage storage with tools such as Storage Explorer
• Plan for virtual machine implementations.
• Create virtual machines.
• Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets.
• Use virtual machine extensions.
• Create an app service plan.
• Create a web app.
• Implement Azure Container Instances.
• Implement Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Backup and restore file and folders.
• Backup and restore virtual machines.
• Use Azure Monitor.
• Create Azure alerts.
• Query using Log Analytics.
• Use Network Watcher.

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COURSE CONTENT

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Module 1: Identity

• Azure Active Directory
• Users and Groups
• Lab : Manage Azure Active Directory Identities

Module 2: Governance and Compliance

• Subscriptions and Accounts
• Azure Policy
• Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
• Lab : Manage Subscriptions and RBAC
• Lab : Manage Governance via Azure Policy

Module 3: Azure Administration

• Azure Resource Manager
• Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
• Azure PowerShell and CLI
• ARM Templates
• Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal
• Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates
• Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell
• Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI

Module 4: Virtual Networking

• Virtual Networks
• IP Addressing
• Network Security groups
• Azure Firewall
• Azure DNS
• Lab : Implement Virtual Networking

Module 5: Intersite Connectivity

• VNet Peering
• VPN Gateway Connections
• ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
• Lab : Implement Intersite Connectivity

Module 6: Network Traffic Management

• Network Routing and Endpoints
• Azure Load Balancer
• Azure Application Gateway
• Traffic Manager
• Lab : Implement Traffic Management

Module 7: Azure Storage

• Storage Accounts
• Blob Storage
• Storage Security
• Azure Files and File Sync
• Managing Storage
• Lab : Manage Azure storage

Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines

• Virtual Machine Planning
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Availability
• Virtual Machine Extensions
• Lab : Manage virtual machines

Module 9: Serverless Computing

• Azure App Service Plans
• Azure App Service
• Container Services
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Lab : Implement Web Apps
• Lab : Implement Azure Container Instances
• Lab : Implement Azure Kubernetes Service

Module 10: Data Protection

• File and Folder Backups
• Virtual Machine Backups
• Lab : Implement Data Protection

Module 11: Monitoring

• Azure Monitor
• Azure Alerts
• Log Analytics
• Network Watcher
• Lab : Implement Monitoring

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COURSE PREREQUISITES

Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

• Experience on operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.
• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

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TEST CERTIFICATION

Recommended as preparation for the following exams:

• AZ-104 - Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

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