Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104T00) Virtual Classroom Live February 18, 2025

Price: $1,850

This course runs for a duration of 4 days.

The class will run daily from 8 AM CT to 4 PM CT.

Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.

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Description

About This Course

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.

Course Overview

1 - Configure Microsoft Entra ID

Describe Azure Active Directory benefits and features
Describe Azure Active Directory concepts
Compare Active Directory Domain Services to Azure Active Directory
Select Azure Active Directory editions
Implement Azure Active Directory join
Implement Azure Active Directory self-service password reset

2 - Configure user and group accounts

Create user accounts
Manage user accounts
Create bulk user accounts
Create group accounts
Create administrative units

3 - Configure subscriptions

Identify Azure regions
Implement Azure subscriptions
Obtain an Azure subscription
Identify Azure subscription usage
Implement Microsoft Cost Management
Apply resource tagging
Apply cost savings

4 - Configure Azure Policy

Create management groups
Implement Azure policies
Create Azure policies
Create policy definitions
Create an initiative definition
Scope the initiative definition
Determine compliance

5 - Configure role-based access control

Implement role-based access control
Create a role definition
Create a role assignment
Compare Azure roles to Azure Active Directory roles
Apply role-based access control
Review fundamental Azure RBAC roles

6 - Configure Azure resources with tools

Use the Azure portal
Use Azure Cloud Shell
Use Azure PowerShell
Use Azure CLI

7 - Use Azure Resource Manager

Review Azure Resource Manager benefits
Review Azure resource terminology
Create resource groups
Create Azure Resource Manager locks
Reorganize Azure resources
Remove resources and resource groups
Determine resource limits

8 - Configure resources with Azure Resource Manager templates

Review Azure Resource Manager template advantages
Explore the Azure Resource Manager template schema
Explore the Azure Resource Manager template parameters
Consider Bicep templates
Review QuickStart templates

9 - Configure virtual networks

Plan virtual networks
Create subnets
Create virtual networks
Plan IP addressing
Create public IP addressing
Associate public IP addresses
Allocate or assign private IP addresses

10 - Configure network security groups

Implement network security groups
Determine network security group rules
Determine network security group effective rules
Create network security group rules
Implement application security groups

11 - Configure Azure DNS

Identify domains and custom domains
Verify custom domain names
Create Azure DNS zones
Delegate DNS domains
Add DNS record sets
Plan for Azure Private DNS zones
Review Azure Private DNS zone scenarios

12 - Configure Azure Virtual Network peering

Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
Determine gateway transit and connectivity
Create virtual network peering
Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining

13 - Configure network routing and endpoints

Review system routes
Identify user-defined routes
Determine service endpoint uses
Determine service endpoint services
Identify private link uses

14 - Configure Azure Load Balancer

Determine Azure Load Balancer uses
Implement a public load balancer
Implement an internal load balancer
Determine load balancer SKUs
Create back-end pools
Create health probes
Create load balancer rules

15 - Configure Azure Application Gateway

Implement Azure Application Gateway
Determine Azure Application Gateway routing
Configure Azure Application Gateway components

16 - Configure storage accounts

Implement Azure Storage
Explore Azure Storage services
Determine storage account types
Determine replication strategies
Access storage
Secure storage endpoints

17 - Configure Azure Blob Storage

Implement Azure Blob Storage
Create blob containers
Assign blob access tiers
Add blob lifecycle management rules
Determine blob object replication
Upload blobs
Determine Blob Storage pricing

18 - Configure Azure Storage security

Review Azure Storage security strategies
Create shared access signatures
Identify URI and SAS parameters
Determine Azure Storage encryption
Create customer-managed keys
Apply Azure Storage security best practices

19 - Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

Compare storage for file shares and blob data
Manage Azure file shares
Create file share snapshots
Implement Azure File Sync
Identify Azure File Sync components
Deploy Azure File Sync

20 - Configure Azure Storage with tools

Use Azure Storage Explorer
Use the Azure Import/Export service
Use the WAImportExport tool
Use the AzCopy tool

21 - Configure virtual machines

Review cloud services responsibilities
Plan virtual machines
Determine virtual machine sizing
Determine virtual machine storage
Create virtual machines in the Azure portal
Connect to virtual machines

22 - Configure virtual machine availability

Plan for maintenance and downtime
Create availability sets
Review update domains and fault domains
Review availability zones
Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Implement autoscale
Configure autoscale

23 - Configure Azure App Service plans

Implement Azure App Service plans
Determine Azure App Service plan pricing
Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
Configure Azure App Service autoscale

24 - Configure Azure App Service

Implement Azure App Service
Create an app with App Service
Explore continuous integration and deployment
Create deployment slots
Add deployment slots
Secure your App Service app
Create custom domain names
Back up and restore your App Service app
Use Azure Application Insights

25 - Configure Azure Container Instances

Compare containers to virtual machines
Review Azure Container Instances
Implement container groups
Review the Docker platform

26 - Configure file and folder backups

Describe Azure Backup benefits
Implement Backup center for Azure Backup
Configure Azure Recovery Services vault backup options
Use the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent
Configure on-premises file and folder backups

27 - Configure virtual machine backups

Explore options to protect virtual machine data
Create virtual machine snapshots in Azure Backup
Set up Azure Recovery Services vault backup options
Back up your virtual machines
Restore your virtual machines
Implement System Center DPM and Azure Backup Server
Compare the MARS agent and Azure Backup Server
Implement soft delete for your virtual machines
Implement Azure Site Recovery

28 - Configure Azure Monitor

Describe Azure Monitor key capabilities
Describe Azure Monitor components
Define metrics and logs
Identify monitoring data and tiers
Describe activity log events
Query the activity log

29 - Configure Azure alerts

Describe Azure Monitor alerts
Manage Azure Monitor alerts
Create alert rules
Create action groups

30 - Configure Log Analytics

Determine Log Analytics uses
Create a Log Analytics workspace
Create Kusto (KQL) queries
Structure Log Analytics queries

31 - Configure Network Watcher

Describe Azure Network Watcher features
Review IP flow verify diagnostics
Review next hop diagnostics
Visualize the network topology

Prerequisites

Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage. Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks. Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies. Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control. Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.