Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Learn to deploy and manage Microsoft Azure

Description

You will study at your own pace in our training center, guided by a certified trainer.

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.

Audience profile 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.

This course also prepares for the Certified Azure Administrator exam and certification.

Learning Goals

• Implement users and groups with Entra ID [Apply]
• Implement subscriptions and accounts, Azure policies, and Role-Based Access Control [Apply]
• Use Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates to administer Azure [Apply]
• Implement Virtual Networks, network security groups, Azure Firewall and DNS zones. [Apply]
• Implement VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections [Apply]
• Implement network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Application Gateway. [Apply]
• Implement Azure virtual machines [Apply]
• Implement serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes. [Apply]
• Implement backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backup [Apply]
• Implement monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics [Apply]

Subjects

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

Lessons

• 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.

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

Lessons

• 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.

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:

Lessons

• Azure Resource Manager
• Azure Administrator Tools
• ARM Templates

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) Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• 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.

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.

Lessons

• 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.

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

Lessons

• 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.

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

Lessons

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

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 and Azure Application Gateway.

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.

Lessons

• 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.

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

Lessons

• Virtual Machine Planning
• 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.

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

Lessons

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

Lab : Implement Web Apps Lab : Implement Azure Kubernetes Service Lab : Implement Azure Container Instances

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.

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

Lessons

• File and Folder Backups
• Virtual Machine Backups

Lab : Implement Data Protection

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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

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

Lessons

• Azure Monitor
• Azure Alerts
• Log Analytics
• Network Watcher

Lab : Implement Monitoring

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use Azure Monitor.
• Create Azure alerts.
• Query using Log Analytics.
• Use Network Watcher.