MS-AZ-104T00 - AZ-104T00 Microsoft Azure Administrator

This course teaches IT Professionals how to secure identities, manage their Azure subscriptions, 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.

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Prerequisites


Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage

Detailed Class Syllabus

Module 1: Configure Azure Active Directory

Introduction
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
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 2: Configure user and group accounts

Introduction
Create user accounts
Manage user accounts
Create bulk user accounts
Create group accounts
Create administrative units
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 3: Configure subscriptions

Introduction
Identify Azure regions
Implement Azure subscriptions
Obtain an Azure subscription
Identify Azure subscription usage
Implement Microsoft Cost Management
Apply resource tagging
Apply cost savings
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 4: Configure Azure Policy

Introduction
Create management groups
Summary and resources
Implement Azure policies
Create Azure policies
Create policy definitions
Create an initiative definition
Scope the initiative definition
Determine compliance
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check

Module 5: Configure role-based access control

Introduction
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
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 6: Configure Azure resources with tools

Introduction
Use the Azure portal
Use Azure Cloud Shell
Use Azure PowerShell
Interactive lab simulation (Azure PowerShell)
Use Azure CLI
Interactive lab simulation (Azure CLI)
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 7: Use Azure Resource Manager

Introduction
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
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 8: Configure resources with Azure Resource Manager templates

Introduction
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
Interactive lab simulation - templates
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 9: Configure virtual networks

Introduction
Plan virtual networks
Create subnets
Create virtual networks
Plan IP addressing
Create public IP addressing
Associate public IP addresses
Associate private IP addresses
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 10: Configure network security groups

Introduction
Implement network security groups
Determine network security group rules
Determine network security group effective rules
Create network security group rules
Implement Application Security Groups
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 11: Configure Azure Firewall

Introduction
Determine Azure Firewall uses
Create Azure Firewalls
Create firewall rules
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 12: Configure Azure DNS

Introduction
Identify domains and custom domains
Verify custom domain names
Create Azure DNS zones
Delegate DNS domains
Add DNS record sets
Plan for private DNS zones
Determine private zone scenarios
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 13: Configure virtual network peering

Introduction
Determine virtual network peering uses
Determine gateway transit and connectivity
Create virtual network peering
Determine service chaining uses
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 14: Configure VPN Gateway

Introduction
Determine VPN gateway uses
Determine high availability scenarios
Knowledge check
Summary and resources
Create site-to-site connections
Create the gateway subnet
Create the VPN gateway
Determine the VPN gateway type
Determine gateway SKU and generation
Create the local network gateway
Set up the on-premises VPN gateway
Create the VPN connection

Module 15: Configure ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN

Introduction
Determine ExpressRoute uses
Determine ExpressRoute capabilities
Coexist site-to-site and ExpressRoute
Compare intersite connection options
Determine Virtual WAN uses
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 16: Configure network routing and endpoints

Introduction
Review system routes
Identify user-defined routes
Determine service endpoint uses
Determine service endpoint services
Identify private link uses
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 17: Configure Azure Load Balancer

Introduction
Determine Azure load balancer uses
Summary and resources
Implement a public load balancer
Implement an internal load balancer
Determine load balancer SKUs
Create backend pools
Create load balancer rules
Create health probes
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check

Module 18: Configure Azure Application Gateway

Introduction
Implement Application Gateway
Determine Application Gateway routing
Application Gateway component set up
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 19: Configure storage accounts

Introduction
Implement Azure Storage
Explore Azure Storage services
Determine storage account types
Determine replication strategies
Access storage
Secure storage endpoints
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 20: Configure Azure Blob Storage

Introduction
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
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 21: Configure Azure Storage security

Introduction
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
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 22: Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

Introduction
Compare storage for file shares and blob data
Manage Azure Files shares
Create file share snapshots
Implement Azure File Sync
Identify Azure File Sync components
Deploy Azure File Sync
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 23: Configure Azure Storage with tools

Introduction
Use Azure Storage Explorer
Use the Azure Import/Export service
Use the WAImportExport tool
Use the AzCopy tool
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 24: Configure virtual machines

Introduction
Review cloud services responsibilities
Summary and resources
Plan virtual machines
Determine virtual machine sizing
Determine virtual machine storage
Create virtual machines in the portal
Connect to virtual machines
Connect to Windows virtual machines
Connect to Linux virtual machines
Knowledge check

Module 25: Configure virtual machine availability

Introduction
Plan for maintenance and downtime
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources
Setup availability sets
Review update and fault domains
Review availability zones
Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
Implement scale sets
Create scale sets
Implement autoscale
Configure autoscale

Module 26: Configure virtual machine extensions

Introduction
Implement virtual machines extensions
Implement custom script extensions
Implement desired state configuration
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 27: Configure app service plans

Introduction
Implement Azure app service plans
Determine app service plan pricing
Scale up and scale out the app service
Configure app service plan scaling
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 28: Configure Azure App Services

Introduction
Implement Azure App Services
Exercise - Implement web services
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources
Create an app service
Explore continuous integration and deployment
Create deployment slots
Add deployment slots
Secure an app service
Create custom domain names
Back up an app service
Use Application Insights

Module 29: Configure Azure Container Instances

Introduction
Compare containers to virtual machines
Review Azure container instances
Implement container groups
Review the docker platform
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 30: Configure Azure Kubernetes Service

Introduction
Explore the AKS terminology
Explore the AKS cluster and node architecture
Configure AKS networking
Configure AKS storage
Configure AKS scaling
Configure AKS scaling to Azure Container Instances
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 31: Configure file and folder backups

Introduction
Describe Azure backup benefits
Implement Azure backup center
Setup recovery service vault backup options
Configure on-premises file and folder backups
Manage the Azure recovery services agent
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 32: Configure virtual machine backups

Introduction
Protect virtual machine data
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources
Create virtual machine snapshots
Setup recovery services vault backup options
Backup virtual machines
Restore virtual machines
Implement Azure Backup Server
Compare backup options
Manage soft delete
Implement Azure Site Recovery

Module 33: Configure Azure Monitor

Introduction
Describe Azure Monitor key capabilities
Describe Azure Monitor components
Define metrics and logs
Identify data types
Describe activity log events
Query the activity log
Interactive lab simulation
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 34: Configure Azure alerts

Introduction
Manage Azure Monitor alerts
Create alert rules
Create action groups
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 35: Configure Log Analytics

Introduction
Determine Log Analytics uses
Create a workspace
Visualize Log Analytics data
Structure Log Analytics queries
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 36: Configure Network Watcher

Introduction
Describe Network Watcher features
Review flow verify diagnostics
Review next hop diagnostics
Visualize the network topology
Knowledge check
Summary and resources