The AZ-104 certification is a new path to get certified as a Microsoft Azure Administrator. It is designed to measure the candidate skills as an Azure Administrator to implement, manage, and monitor identity in the cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources appropriately. The AZ-104 Certification training provides you a deep understanding of the administrative life-cycle. This Azure AZ-104 course shows you how Azure administrators maintain services related to computing, storage, network, and security. The AZ-104 certification training enhances your skills and prepares you for the AZ-104 certification exam. Candidates also gain hands-on exposure to optimize cloud performance and scalability, provisioning, reliability, and monitoring.

This Azure certification course tends to explain:

• How to manage Azure AD objects.
• How to manage role-based access control (RBAC).
• How to manage subscriptions and governance.
• How to manage storage accounts.
• How to manage data in Azure Storage
• How to configure Azure files and Azure blob storage.
• How to configure VMs for high availability and scalability
• How to automate deployment and configuration of VMs.
• How to create and configure VMs.
• How to create and configure containers.
• How to create and configure Web Apps.
• How to monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking.
• How to configure name resolution.
• How to secure access to virtual networks.
• How to configure load balancing
• How to monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
• How to integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network.
• How to monitor resources by using Azure Monitor.
• How to implement backup and recovery.

Course Content

AZ-104 Azure certification provides an in-depth understanding of:
Domain 1 Manage Azure identities and governance:

Manage Azure AD objects

• create users and groups
• manage user and group properties
• manage device settings perform bulk user updates
• manage guest accounts
• configure Azure AD Join
• configure self-service password reset
• NOT: Azure AD Connect; PIM

Manage role-based access control (RBAC) 

• create a custom role
• provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles
• subscriptions
• resource groups
• resources (VM, disk, etc.)
• interpret access assignments
• manage multiple directories

   Manage subscriptions and governance

• configure Azure policies
• configure resource locks
• apply tags
• create and manage resource groups
• move resources
• remove RGs
• manage subscriptions
• configure Cost Management
• configure management groups

Domain 2: Implement and manage storage (15–20%)
Manage storage accounts  

• configure network access to storage accounts
• create and configure storage accounts
• generate shared access signature
• manage access keys
• implement Azure storage replication
• configure Azure AD Authentication for a storage account

Manage data in Azure Storage

• export from Azure job
• import into Azure job
• install and use Azure Storage Explorer
• copy data by using AZCopy

 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 for Azure blobs

Domain 3 : Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

Configure VMs for high availability and scalability

• configure high availability
• deploy and configure scale sets

Automate deployment and configuration of VMs

• modify the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template
• configure VHD template
• deploy from template
• save a deployment as an ARM template
• automate configuration management by using custom script extensions

Create and configure VMs

• configure Azure Disk Encryption
• move VMs from one resource group to another
• manage VM sizes
• add data discs
• configure networking
• redeploy VMs

Create and configure containers

• create and configure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• create and configure Azure Container Instances (ACI)
• NOT: selecting a container solution architecture or product; container registry settings

Create and configure Web Apps

• create and configure App Service
• create and configure App Service Plans
• NOT: Azure Functions; Logic Apps; Event Grid

Domain 4: Configure and manage virtual networking.

Implement and manage virtual networking

• create and configure VNET peering
• configure private and public IP addresses, network routes, network interface, subnets, and virtual network

Configure name resolution  

• configure Azure DNS
• configure custom DNS settings
• configure a private or public DNS zone

Secure access to virtual networks

• create security rules
• associate an NSG to a subnet or network interface
• evaluate effective security rules
• deploy and configure Azure Firewall
• deploy and configure Azure Bastion Service
• NOT: Implement Application Security Groups; DDoS

Configure load balancing

• configure Application Gateway
• configure an internal load balancer
• configure load balancing rules
• configure a public load balancer troubleshoot load balancing
• NOT: Traffic Manager and FrontDoor and PrivateLink

Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking  

• monitor on-premises connectivity
• use Network Performance Monitor
• use 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 VPNs
• configure ExpressRoute
• configure Azure Virtual WAN 

Domain 5: Monitor and backup Azure resources

Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor

• configure and interpret metrics (analyze metrics across subscriptions)
• Configure Log Analytics implement a Log Analytics workspace configure diagnostic settings
• query and analyze logs (Create a query, Save a query to the dashboard,
  Intepret graphs)
• set up alerts and actions (Create and test alerts, Create action groups, View
  alerts in Azure Monitor, Analyze alerts across subscriptions)
• configure Application Insights

Implement backup and recovery

• configure and review backup reports
• perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup Service
• create a Recovery Services Vault
• use soft delete to recover Azure VMs
• create and configure a backup policy
• perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery