Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ104)

Module 1: 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

Module 2: 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)

Module 3: 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. This module includes:

• Azure Resource Manager
• Azure Administrator Tools
• ARM Templates

Module 4: 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

Module 5: 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

Module 6: Network Traffic Management

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

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

Module 7: 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

Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines

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

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

Module 9: Serverless Computing

In this module, you will learn 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

Module 10: 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

Module 11: 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
• Network Watcher