Azure Administrator: AZ-104

AZ-104 Certification

Current Course Update: v1.6  (July 2025)

This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, create and scale virtual machines, implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Implement access management with Azure users, groups, and role-based access control.

• Use Azure Monitor to configure Azure alerts and review the Azure Activity Log.

• Query and analyze Log Analytics data.

• Deploy resources with ARM templates and organize Azure resources.

• Optimize your use of Azure tools like the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Cloud Shell and the Azure CLI.

• Create Azure storage accounts for different data replication, pricing, and content scenarios.

• Implement virtual machine storage, blob storage, Azure files, and structured storage.

• Secure and manage storage with shared access keys, Azure backup, and Azure File Sync.

• Store and access data using Azure Content Delivery Network, and the Import and Export service.

• Explain virtual machine usage cases, storage options, pricing, operating systems, networking capabilities, and general planning considerations.

• Create Windows virtual machines in the Azure Portal, with Azure PowerShell, or using ARM Templates.

• Deploy custom server images and Linux virtual machines.

• Configure virtual machine networking and storage options.

• Implement virtual machine high availability, scalability, and custom scripts extensions.

• Backup, restore, and monitor virtual machines.

• Understand virtual networking components, IP addressing, and network routing options.

• Implement Azure DNS domains, zones, record types, and resolution methods.

• Configure network security groups, service endpoints, logging, and network troubleshooting.

• Implement site connectivity schemas including VNet-to-VNet connections and virtual network peering.

• Implement Azure Active Directory, Self-Service Password Reset, Azure AD Identity Protection, and integrated SaaS applications.

• Configure domains and tenants, users and groups, roles, and devices.

• Implement and manage Azure Active Directory integration options and Azure AD Application Proxy.

• Implement and configure Azure Load Balancer, Azure Traffic Manager, and Azure Application Gateway.

• Use Azure RBAC to grant a granular level of access based on an administrator’s assigned tasks.

• Use Azure Multi-Factor Authentication to configure a strong authentication for users at sign-in.

• Azure Firewall

• Azure AD Domain Services

• AZ Copy

• Application Gateway

• Update for creating a Linux virtual machines with SSH built-in to Azure Portal

• Updated content includes App Services, App Service Plans, Containers, and Kubernetes