Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) Exam

Course details

Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) Online Course covers the learning path prescribed to prepare for the AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator exam. The courseware provides hands-on experience that will prepare you to become an Azure ;

Who should take the exam?

• Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) exam has been built to facilitate candidates planning a career as Azure Administrator. Some of the important details listed for candidates planning to take this exam includes - 
• You should have a minimum of six months of hands-on experience administering Azure.
• You should have a strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and governance.
• You should have experience in using PowerShell, the Command Line Interface, Azure Portal, and ARM templates.

Introduction (3)  

•  Introduction to AZ 104 Program 
•  Course Introduction 
•  Disclaimer 

Identity (19)  

•  Introduction to Identities 
•  Azure Active Directory Features and Benefits 
•  Azure AD Vs on Premise Active Directory 
•  Understanding Azure Active Directory - Lab Activity 
•  Managing Azure AD with Powershell - Lab Activity 
•  All About Azure AD Groups - Lab Activity 
•  Managing Azure AD Groups with Powershell - Lab Activity 
•  What is Multi Factor Authentication 
•  Azure Multi Factor Authentication - Lab Activity 
•  Authentication methods 
•  Types of Azure AD Users 
•  Self Service Options in Azure AD 
•  Azure AD Editions 
•  What is Azure AD Join 
•  Azure AD Connect 
•  Azure AD connect Health 
•  Azure AD B2B 
•  Azure AD B2C 
•  Monitoring Azure AD 

Azure Governance & Compliance (20)  

•  Management Groups 
•  Create Management Groups using Powershell and UI 
•  Azure Subscriptions 
•  How do you get a Azure Subscription 
•  Azure Subscription Usage 
•  Subscription User Types 
•  Resource Limits and Quotas 
•  Resource Tagging 
•  Azure Pricing Calculator 
•  Billing Alerts 
•  Azure Reservations 
•  RBAC Concepts 
•  RBAC Roles 
•  Azure AD Roles and Permissions 
•  Role Definitions 
•  Role Defintions - Powershell 
•  Azure Active Directory and Powershell 
•  Azure Policy 
•  Azure Policy Lab Activity - I 
•  Azure Policy WalkThrough and LAB Activity 

Azure Administration (26)  

•  Azure Portal 
•  Azure Mobile App 
•  Azure Portal Demo 
•  Azure Cloud Shell 
•  Azure Cloud Shell - Demo 
•  Introduction to Powershell 
•  Introduction to Powershell - II 
•  What is a Powershell Module 
•  Azure Modules for Powershell 
•  Manage Resource Groups with PS 
•  Azure RM vs AZ 
•  Demo - Working with Azure CLI Locally 
•  Benefits of Resource Manager 
•  Resource providers 
•  Resource Providers - Lab Activity 
•  Moving Resources 
•  Resource Group: Demo - Lab Activity 
•  Advantages of Using ARM Templates 
•  What is JSON 
•  Parameters and Variables 
•  Azure Resource Manager Templates 
•  Understanding JSON 
•  Demonstration - Run templates with PS 
•  Interacting with VM using Powershell 
•  Cleaning up Resources - With Powershell 
•  ARM Viz Tool 

Azure Virtual Networking (23)  

•  Azure Network Introduction 
•  Purpose of Virtual Networks 
•  Virtual Networks - LAB 
•  Creating Virtual Networks with Powershell - Lab Activity 
•  What are Subnets 
•  Multiple NICs - LAB Activity 
•  IP Addressing 
•  Private IP Addresses 
•  Public IP Addresses 
•  Manage IP Addresses - Lab Activity 
•  Azure Service Endpoints 
•  Why use Service Endpoints 
•  Service Endpoints Demo 
•  Services that Use Service Endpoints 
•  Domain and Custom Domains 
•  Azure DNS 
•  DNS Delegation 
•  Private Zone - Scenario I 
•  Private Zone - Scenario II 
•  Private DNS - Demo 
•  What are NSG's 
•  Scope of NSG's 
•  NSG Demo 

Interconnectivity (14)  

•  Interconnectivity Intro 
•  Vnet Peering 
•  Benefits of Network peering 
•  Vnet Peering - Lab Activity 
•  Gateway Transit 
•  Service Chaining 
•  Virtual Network Gateway 
•  Virtual Network Gateway Lab - I (Point to Site) 
•  Virtual Network Gateway Lab - II (Point to Site) 
•  Express Route - I 
•  Express Route - II 
•  Express Route - III 
•  Azure Connectivity - Comparison 
•  Inter-connectivity - Conclusion 

Network Traffic Management (16)  

•  Network Routing - System Routes 
•  Network Routing - User Defined Routes 
•  What is a Load Balancer - I 
•  What is a Load Balancer - II 
•  Public Load Balancer 
•  Internal Load Balancer 
•  Load Balancer SKU 
•  Load Balancer - Lab - I 
•  Load Balancer - Lab -II 
•  Load Balancer - Lab -III 
•  Azure Traffic Manager Profiles 
•  Traffic Manager: Priority Routing 
•  Traffic Manager: Performance Routing 
•  Traffic Manager: Geographic Routing 
•  Traffic Manager: Weighted Routing 
•  Traffic Manager Profiles - Lab Activity 

Azure Storage (29)  

•  Azure Storage 
•  Azure Storage Account 
•  Standard and premium storage accounts 
•  Storage Types 
•  Creating - Storage Account - Lab Activity 
•  Create Storage Account with Powershell - Lab Activity 
•  Create Storage Account with CLI - Lab Activity 
•  Azure Storage Explorer - Introduction 
•  Azure Blob Containers 
•  Storage Performance Tiers 
•  Uploading Blobs 
•  Blob Access Policies 
•  Blob Storage Pricing 
•  Blob Storage - Lab Activity 
•  Azure Files 
•  Files Vs Blobs 
•  Create Azure File Share (Lab Activity) 
•  Creating File Share with Poweshell and Mouting on Linux (Lab Activity) 
•  Secure File Transfer 
•  File Share Snaphots 
•  FIle Share Snapshots - Lab Activity 
•  Storage Security 
•  Authorization Options 
•  Shared Access Signatures 
•  Shared Access Signatures - Lab Activity 
•  Storage Security Encryption 
•  Customer Managed Keys 
•  SAS Best Practices 
•  Blob Public Access Level 

Azure Virtual machines (16) 

•  Supported Operating Systems 
•  What is not supported? 
•  What is Azure Compute 
•  Virtual Machine I - LAB 
•  Virtual machine II - LAB 
•  Virtual Machine III - LAB 
•  Virtual Machine IV - Lab 
•  Virtual Machine V - LAB 
•  Virtual Machine VI - Lab 
•  Creating VM with Powershell 
•  Managing Linux Instances 
•  Maintenance and Downtime 
•  Availability Sets 
•  Fault Domain and Update Domain 
•  Custom Script Extensions 
•  CSE - LAB 

 Serverless Computing (37)  

•  Introduction 
•  App Service Plan 
•  App Service Plan - Pricing Tiers 
•  App Service Plan Scaling 
•  Auto scaling Features - Lab 
•  Autoscale considerations 
•  Creating a web app 
•  Azure App service Features 
•  Azure web app deployment options 
•  Azure app deployment Slots 
•  Authentication and Authorization 
•  Web App Custom Domains 
•  App Services - Backup and Restore 
•  What are Containers? 
•  Containers VS Virtual Machines 
•  Containerization Benefits 
•  What is Container Orchestration? 
•  Azure Container Instances - Lab Activity - I 
•  Azure Container Instances - Lab Activity - II 
•  Azure Container Instances -Deploy with CLI- Lab - III 
•  Build Custom Apps and Azure Container Registry - LAB Activity 
•  Azure Container Groups 
•  What is Docker? 
•  Docker Terminologies 
•  Azure Kubernetes Services 
•  Azure Kubernetes Services - Features 
•  AKS Nodes and Clusters 
•  AKS Networking - Services 
•  AKS - Volumes 
•  AKS Security 
•  AKS and Azure AD Introduction 
•  Kubernetes Service Accounts 
•  AKS and Azure AD - Roles and ClusterRoles 
•  Kubernetes LAB Activity - I 
•  Kubernetes LAB Activity - II 
•  Kubernetes LAB Activity - III 
•  Kubernetes Architecture 

 Data Protection (15)  

•  Data Protection Agenda 
•  Storage Account Replication Options 
•  Local Redundant Storage 
•  Zone Redundant Storage 
•  GRS and RA-GRS 
•  GZRS and RA-GZRS 
•  Comparing Replication Strategies 
•  Azure Backup 
•  Recovery Services Vault - Backup I 
•  Recovery Services Vault - Backup II 
•  Recovery Services Vault - Backup III 
•  Azure Site Recovery 
•  Data Protection for Virtual Machines 
•  Image Vs Snapshots 
•  Azure Site Recovery - Replication LAB 

Azure Monitoring (18)  

•  Azure Monitoring Service - Introduction 
•  Key Capabilities 
•  Monitoring Data Platform 
•  Log Data 
•  Data Types 
•  Azure Advisor 
•  Azure Advisor - Lab Activity 
•  Activity Log - Lab 
•  Event Categories 
•  Azure Alerts 
•  Log Analytics 
•  Log Analytics - Lab Activity 
•  Network Watcher - Introduction 
•  Network Watcher - Connection Monitor - Lab 
•  Network Watcher - Topology - Demo 
•  Network Watcher - IP Flow Verify 
•  Network Watcher - Next Hop 
•  Network Watcher - Connection Troubleshoot