Exam Prep AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate Specialization

Become Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate. Master in Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate

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5 course series

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6 months, 2 hours a week

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What you'll learn

Gain Skills to understand the Azure Administrator Associate Certificate
Learn working with various Azure Services necessary for Associate Level

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Specialization - 5 course series

Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate is an intermediate-level certification exam from Microsoft for those who are working as System engineers, or administrators. It is an important and fundamental exam for Azure administrators. This AZ-104 exam validates your skills such as implementing, managing, and monitoring the identity, compute, storage, virtual networks, and governance in the Azure cloud. Also, skills such as provisioning, sizing, monitoring, and adjusting resources for business requirements.

The Exam Prep AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate Specialization is divided into a set of 5 Courses. These courses cover Domain requirements for appearing in Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

The detail of the Courses is provided below

Course 1. Manage Identities and Governance in Azure

Course 2. Storage in Azure

Course 3. Compute Resources in Azure

Course 4. Virtual Networks in Azure

Course 5. Monitoring and Backup in Azure

All these courses are further divided into Modules, Lessons, and Video Items. All the courses have a set of Practice Quiz and Graded Quiz available that test the candidate's ability to understand the concept and grasp the topics discussed in the courses.

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Whizlabs is a renowned provider of Hands-on learning opportunities in a diverse range of technologies including Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevOps, Java, Big Data, Snowflake, CompTIA, Cybersecurity, and Blockchain. Since its inception in 2000, Whizlabs has assisted more than 10 million professionals and learners worldwide to accomplish their career objectives by offering an extensive selection of courses, hands-on labs, practice tests, and a Cloud Sandbox.

Manage Identities and Governance in Azure

Course 15 hours4.2 (70 ratings)

What you'll learn

Introduction Certification Overview, Azure Active Directory, Access Control Management, RBAC, Azure Subscriptions and Governance

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes

Category: Microsoft Azure

Category: Scalability

Category: Containerization

Category: Cloud Applications

Category: Azure Virtual Machines

Category: Virtual Machines

Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Category: Cloud Infrastructure

Category: Cloud Computing

Category: Azure Kubernetes Services

Category: Application Deployment

Category: Platform As A Service (PaaS)

Category: Azure Container Instances

Storage in Azure

Course 24 hours4.3 (23 ratings)

What you'll learn

1. Introduction to Azure Storage Accounts
2. Accessing Storage Accounts
3. Managing data in Azure storage accounts

Skills you'll gain

Category: Application Performance Management

Category: Azure Site Recovery

Category: Query Languages

Category: Microsoft Azure

Category: Disaster Recovery

Category: Data Storage

Category: Network Monitoring

Category: Virtual Machines

Category: Azure Monitor

Category: Event Monitoring

Category: Cloud Storage

Category: Azure Backup Service

Category: Cloud Management

Category: Cloud Infrastructure

Category: System Monitoring

Category: Data Maintenance

Category: Cloud Computing

Category: Azure Log Analytics Workspace

Compute Resources in Azure

Course 37 hours4.3 (20 ratings)

What you'll learn

Explore Azure VMs, App Services, and Container Services
Explore VM Availability and Scalability Options, Automate deployment of resources

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Engineering

Category: Load Balancing

Category: Network Security

Category: System Configuration

Category: Azure Bastion Service

Category: Microsoft Azure

Category: Azure Virtual Networking

Category: Network Administration

Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

Category: Azure Load Balancer

Category: Network Monitoring

Category: Network Routing and Endpoints

Category: Virtual Machines

Category: Cloud Infrastructure

Category: Network Troubleshooting

Category: Virtual Network Peering

Category: Cloud Engineering

Virtual Networks in Azure

Course 46 hours4.4 (17 ratings)

What you'll learn

1. Working with Virtual Networks
2. Load Balancing, DNS and Monitor virtual networking

Skills you'll gain

Category: Command-Line Interface

Category: Azure RBAC and AD Roles

Category: Microsoft Azure

Category: Azure Resource Manager

Category: Identity and Access Management

Category: Microsoft Entra

Category: Azure Subscriptions

Category: User Accounts

Category: Active Directory

Category: Azure Active Directory(Azure AD)

Category: Virtual Machines

Category: Cloud Infrastructure

Category: Cloud Management

Category: Windows PowerShell

Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Category: Azure Active Directory

Monitoring and Backup in Azure

Course 54 hours4.3 (20 ratings)

What you'll learn

1: Demonstration of Azure Monitor
2: Demonstration of Azure Logs, queries, and Alerts
3: Backup and Recovery

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Services

Category: Cloud Security

Category: Data Management

Category: Azure Storage Services

Category: Data Security

Category: Microsoft Azure

Category: Data Storage Technologies

Category: Identity and Access Management

Category: Data Storage

Category: Cloud Storage

Category: Blob Storage Replication

Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Category: Azure Active Directory

Category: Azure Storage Accounts

Category: Azure Redundancy/Replications

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Frequently asked questions

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There is no prerequisite for the AZ-104: Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Exam. You can get hands-on with Microsoft Azure by using an Azure free tier account and validate your skills with the Exam Prep AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate Specialization to become a Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator.

The Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator is an intermediate-level exam and passing it earns you the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Certification. Azure recommends that you should have at least six months of hands-on experience administering the Microsoft Azure environment, along with the following skills:

A strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and governance.
Experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure portal, and Azure Resource Manager templates.
If you are an administrator in the cloud or an IT professional with the recommended Azure knowledge and want to grow your career in Azure administrator roles, then passing this exam is crucial.
If you are an aspiring Azure administrator or you want to specialize in the Azure administrator certification path then the skills obtained from preparing for this exam are extremely important.
In general, if you are a software administrator, cloud administrator, software engineer, and cloud engineer or work in related roles then you can take up this exam.

No, there is no specific order requirement to follow for this specialization. All the courses are Independent.

Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.