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Microsoft Certified:Azure Administrator - Exam AZ-104 Syllabus


Skills Measured

  • Manage Azure identities and governance (15–20%)
  • Implement and manage storage (15–20%)
  • Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%)
  • Configure and manage virtual networking (20-25%)
  • Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10–15%)

Functional Groups

  • Manage Azure AD objects
  • Create users and groups
  • Manage licenses in Azure AD
  • Create administrative units
  • Manage user and group properties
  • Manage device settings and device identity
  • Perform bulk updates
  • Manage guest accounts
  • Configure self-service password reset

Manage Access Control

  • Create custom role-based access control (RBAC) and Azure AD roles
  • Provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes
  • Interpret access assignments
  • Manage Azure subscriptions and governance
  • Configure and manage Azure Policy
  • Apply and manage tags on resources
  • Manage resource groups
  • Manage subscriptions
  • Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and recommendations
  • Configure management groups
  • Configure resource locks
  • Configure access to storage
  • Configure network access to storage accounts
  • Create and configure storage accounts
  • Generate shared access signature tokens
  • Configure stored access policies
  • Manage access keys
  • Configure Azure AD authentication for a storage account
  • Configure storage encryption

Manage data in Azure storage accounts

  • Create import and export jobs
  • Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy
  • Implement Azure Storage redundancy
  • Configure object replication

Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

  • Create an Azure file share
  • Configure Azure Blob Storage
  • Configure storage tiers
  • Configure blob lifecycle management

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%)

  • Automate deployment of resources by using templates
  • Modify an ARM template
  • Deploy a template
  • Save a deployment as an ARM template
  • Deploy virtual machine (VM) extensions

Create and configure VMs

  • Create a VM
  • Configure VM network settings
  • Configure Azure Disk Encryption
  • Move VMs from one resource group to another
  • Manage VM sizes
  • Add data disks
  • Configure VM availability options
  • Configure VM network settings
  • Deploy and configure VM scale sets

Create and configure containers

  • Configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances
  • Configure container groups for Azure Container Instances
  • Create and configure Azure Container Apps
  • Configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Configure scaling for AKS
  • Configure network connections for AKS
  • Upgrade an AKS cluster

Create and configure an 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 a backup for an App Service
  • Configure networking settings
  • Configure deployment settings

Configure and manage virtual networking (20–25%)

  • Configure virtual networks
  • Create and configure virtual networks and subnets
  • Create and configure virtual network peering
  • Configure private and public IP addresses
  • Configure user-defined network routes
  • Configure Azure DNS

Configure secure access to virtual networks

  • Create and configure network security groups (NSGs) and application security groups (ASGs)
  • Evaluate effective security rules
  • Implement Azure Bastion
  • Configure service endpoints on subnets
  • Configure private endpoints

Configure load balancing

  • Configure Azure Application Gateway
  • Configure an internal or public load balancer
  • Troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor virtual networking

  • Monitor on-premises connectivity
  • Configure and use Azure Monitor for networks
  • Use Azure Network Watcher
  • Troubleshoot external networking
  • Troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10–15%)

  • Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
  • Configure and use Azure Monitor for networks
  • Configure and interpret metrics
  • Configure Azure Monitor Logs
  • Query and analyze logs
  • Set up alerts and actions
  • Configure monitoring of VMs, storage accounts, and networks by using VM insights

Implement backup and recovery

  • Create an Azure Recovery Services vault
  • Create an Azure Backup vault
  • Create and configure a backup policy
  • Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
  • Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources
  • Perform failover to a secondary region by using Azure Site Recovery
  • Configure and review backup reports


Manage Azure identities and governance (15-20%)
  • Manage Azure AD objects
  • - Create users and groups
    - Manage licenses in Azure AD
    - Create administrative units
    - Manage user and group properties
    - Manage device settings and device identity
    - Perform bulk updates
    - Manage guest accounts
    - Configure self-service password reset

  • Manage access control
  • - Create custom role-based access control (RBAC) and Azure AD roles
    - Provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes
    - Interpret access assignments

  • Manage Azure subscriptions and governance
  • - Configure and manage Azure policy
    - Configure resource locks
    - Apply and manage tags on resources
    - Manage resource groups
    - Manage subscriptions
    - Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and recommendations
    - Configure management groups

    Implement and manage storage (15-20%)
  • Configure access to storage
  • - Configure network access to storage accounts
    - Create and configure storage accounts
    - Generate shared access signature tokens
    - Configure stored access policies
    - Manage access keys
    - Configure Azure AD Authentication for a storage account
    - Configure storage encryption

  • Manage data in Azure storage accounts
  • - Create import and export jobs
    - Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy
    - Implement Azure Storage redundancy
    - Configure object replication

  • Configure Azure files and Azure blob storage
  • - Create an Azure file share
    - Configure Azure Blob Storage
    - Configure storage tiers
    - Configure blob lifecycle management

    Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20-25%)
  • Automate deployment of resources by using templates
  • - Modify an ARM template
    - Deploy a template
    - Save a deployment as an ARM template
    - Deploy virtual machine (VM) extensions

  • Create and configure VMs
  • - Create a VM
    - Manage images by using the Azure Compute Gallery
    - Configure Azure Disk Encryption
    - Move VMs from one resource group to another
    - Manage VM sizes
    - Add data disks
    - Configure VM network settings
    - Configure VM availability options
    - Deploy and configure VM scale sets

  • Create and configure containers
  • - Configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances
    - Configure container groups for Azure Container Instances
    - Create and configure Azure Container Apps
    - Configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    - Configure scaling for AKS
    - Configure network connections for AKS
    - Upgrade an AKS cluster

  • Create and configure an 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

    Configure and manage virtual networking (20-25%)
  • Configure virtual networks
  • - Create and configure virtual networks and subnets
    - Create and configure virtual network peering
    - Configure private and public IP addresses
    - Configure user-defined network routes
    - Configure Azure DNS

  • Configure secure access to virtual networks
  • - Create and configure network security groups (NSGs) and application security groups (ASGs)
    - Evaluate effective security rules
    - Implement Azure Bastion
    - Configure service endpoints
    - Configure private endpoints

  • Configure load balancing
  • - Configure Azure Application Gateway
    - Configure an internal or public load balancer
    - Troubleshoot load balancing

  • Monitor virtual networking
  • - Monitor on-premises connectivity
    - Configure and use Azure Monitor for Networks
    - Use Azure Network Watcher
    - Troubleshoot external networking
    - Troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

    Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10-15%)
  • Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
  • - Configure and interpret metrics
    - Configure Azure Monitor Logs
    - Query and analyze logs
    - Set up alerts and actions
    - Configure monitoring of VMs, storage accounts, and networks by using VM insights

  • Implement backup and recovery
  • - Create an Azure Recovery Services vault
    - Create an Azure Backup vault
    - Create and configure backup policy
    - Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
    - Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources
    - Perform failover to a secondary region by using Azure Site Recovery
    - Configure and review backup reports