Description

The Microsoft AZ-104 certification training from CloudThat offers candidates proper training and relevant study material to clear the new role-based AZ-104 certification exam targeted for Azure Administrators. Taking up this Azure training and passing the exam will meet all the Azure certification requirements necessary to be a certified Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate.

An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an organization’s cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities for this role include implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.

Note: The AZ-104 exam is the replacement of AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator which got updated on APRIL 2, 2020. The content of AZ-104  will be updated on September 24, 2021.

Course Fee: £1,799+VAT

Objectives

After successful completion of this BootCamp candidates will be able to:

• Manage Azure identities and governance
• Implement and manage storage
• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Configure and manage virtual networking
• Monitor and back up Azure resources

Who Should Attend

Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and
monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment.
Responsibilities for this role include implementing, managing, and monitoring identity,
governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size,
monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.
An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an
organization’s cloud infrastructure.
A candidate for this exam should have at least six months of hands-on experience administering
Azure, along with a strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and
governance. In addition, this role should have experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure
portal, and Azure Resource Manager templates.

Prerequisites

Should have an understanding of the following:

• On-premises virtualization technologies, including VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks
• Network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies
• Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations

Course Outline

Module 1: Manage Azure identities and governance
Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) objects

• create users and groups
• create administrative units
• manage user and group properties
• manage device settings
• perform bulk user updates
• manage guest accounts
• configure Azure AD join
• configure self-service password reset
  Manage role-based access control (RBAC)
• create a custom role
• provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes
• interpret access assignments
  Manage subscriptions and governance
• configure Azure policies
• configure resource locks
• apply and manage tags on resources
• manage resource groups
• manage subscriptions
• manage costs
• configure management groups
  

  Module 2: Implement and manage storage

  Secure storage

• configure network access to storage accounts
• create and configure storage accounts
• generate shared access signature (SAS) tokens
• manage access keys
• configure Azure AD authentication for a storage account
• configure access to Azure Files
  Manage storage
• export from Azure job
• import into Azure job
• install and use Azure Storage Explorer
• copy data by using AZCopy
• implement Azure Storage replication
• configure blob object replication
  Configure Azure files and Azure Blob Storage
• create an Azure file share
• create and configure Azure File Sync service
• configure Azure Blob Storage
• configure storage tiers
• configure blob lifecycle management
  

  Module 3: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

  Automate deployment of virtual machines (VMs) by using Azure Resource Manager
  templates

• modify an Azure Resource Manager template
• configure a virtual hard disk (VHD) template
• deploy from a template
• save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template
• deploy virtual machine extensions
  Configure VMs
• configure Azure Disk Encryption
• move VMs from one resource group to another
• manage VM sizes
• add data disks
• configure networking
• redeploy VMs
• configure high availability
• deploy and configure scale sets
  Create and configure containers
• configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances
• configure container groups for Azure Container Instances
• configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• configure scaling for AKS
• configure network connections for AKS
• upgrade an AKS cluster
  Create and configure Azure App Service
• create an App Service plan
• configure scaling settings in an App Service plan
• create an App Service
• secure an App Service
• configure custom domain names
• configure backup for an App Service
• configure networking settings
• configure deployment settings
  

  Module 3: Configure and manage virtual networking

  Implement and manage virtual networking

• create and configure virtual networks, including peering
• configure private and public IP addresses
• configure user-defined network routes
• implement subnets
• configure endpoints on subnets
• configure private endpoints
• configure Azure DNS, including custom DNS settings and private or public DNS zones
  Secure access to virtual networks
• create security rules
• associate a network security group (NSG) to a subnet or network interface
• evaluate effective security rules
• implement Azure Firewall
• implement Azure Bastion
  Configure load balancing
• configure Azure Application Gateway
• configure an internal or public load balancer
• troubleshoot load balancing
  Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
• monitor on-premises connectivity
• configure and use Azure Monitor for Networks
• use Azure Network Watcher
• troubleshoot external networking
• troubleshoot virtual network connectivity
  Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network
• create and configure Azure VPN Gateway
• create and configure Azure ExpressRoute
• configure Azure Virtual WAN
  

  Module 4: Monitor and back up Azure resources

  Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor

• configure and interpret metrics
• configure Azure Monitor logs
• query and analyze logs
• set up alerts and actions
• configure Application Insights
  Implement backup and recovery
• create a Recovery Services vault
• create and configure backup policy
• perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
• perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery
• configure and review backup reports

About the Trainer

A Certified Microsoft Azure Trainer

Course Fee

£1,799+VAT