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.

AZ-104 certification

Key Learning Areas

  • Cloud Concepts
  • Identity
  • Governance and Compliance
  • Azure Administration
  • Virtual Networking
  • Intersite Connectivity
  • Network Traffic Management
  • Azure Storage
  • Azure Virtual Machines
  • PaaS Compute Options
  • Data Protection
  • Monitoring

Course Outline

This certification track comes with the following benefits:

  • Digital Courseware
  • Practice Labs
  • 30-Day Azure Pass
  • Free Practice Exam
  • Free Exam Voucher
  • Mentoring

Identity
In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups.

  • Azure Active Directory
  • Users and Groups

Lab: Manage Azure Active Directory Identities

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Secure and manage identities with Azure Active Directory
  • Implement and manage users and groups

Governance and Compliance
In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.

  • Subscriptions and Accounts
  • Azure Policy
  • Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

Lab: Manage Subscriptions and RBAC

Lab: Manage Governance via Azure Policy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Implement and manage Azure subscriptions and accounts
  • Implement Azure Policy, including custom policies
  • Use RBAC to assign permissions

Azure Administration
In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates.

  • Azure Administrator Tools
  • 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 (optional)

Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI (optional)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Use the Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
  • Use Azure PowerShell and CLI
  • Use ARM Templates to deploy resources

Virtual Networking
In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.

  • Virtual Networks
  • Network Security groups
  • Azure Firewall
  • Azure DNS

Lab: Implement Virtual Networking

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Implement virtual networks and subnets
  • Configure network security groups.
  • Configure Azure Firewall
  • Configure private and public DNS zones

Intersite Connectivity
In this module, you will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.

  • VNet Peering
  • VPN Gateway Connections
  • ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN

Lab: Implement Intersite Connectivity

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Configure VNet Peering.
  • Configure VPN gateways.
  • Choose the appropriate intersite connectivity solution.

Network Traffic Management
In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Application Gateway.

  • Network Routing and Endpoints
  • Azure Load Balancer
  • Azure Application Gateway
  • Network Watcher

Lab: Implement Traffic Management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Configure network routing including custom routes and service endpoints
  • Configure an Azure Load Balancer.
  • Configure an Azure Application Gateway
  • Configure Network Watcher

Azure Storage
In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Blob Storage
  • Storage Security
  • Azure Files and File Sync
  • Managing Storage

Lab: Manage Azure storage

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • 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

Azure Virtual Machines
In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

  • Creating Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Availability
  • Virtual Machine Extensions

Lab: Manage virtual machines

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Plan for virtual machine implementations
  • Create virtual machines
  • Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets
  • Use virtual machine extensions

PaaS Compute Options
In this module, you will learn how to administer serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.

  • Azure App Service Plans
  • Azure App Service
  • Container Services
  • Azure Kubernetes Service

Lab: Implement Web AppsLab : Implement Azure Container Instances

Lab: Implement Azure Kubernetes Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Create an app service plan
  • Create a web app
  • Implement Azure Container Instances
  • Implement Azure Kubernetes Service

Data Protection
In this module, you will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.

  • File and Folder Backups
  • Virtual Machine Backups

Lab: Implement Data ProtectionAfter completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Backup and restore file and folders
  • Backup and restore virtual machines

Monitoring
In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Alerts
  • Log Analytics

Lab: Implement Monitoring

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Use Azure Monitor
  • Create Azure alerts
  • Query using Log Analytics

Who Benefits

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.

Prerequisites

Successful Azure Administrators start this role with 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.