Microsoft Azure Administrator Training (AZ-104T00)
How do you keep your cloud infrastructure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient? The Azure Administrator does exactly that—and this course gives you the skills to do it well. According to Microsoft, more than 95% of Fortune 500 companies use Azure, making Azure administration one of the most in-demand cloud roles globally.
In this hands-on training, you'll learn how to configure and manage core Microsoft Azure services, including virtual networking, identity, compute, storage, and monitoring. The course aligns with the AZ-104 certification exam. Ideal for IT professionals who need to administer enterprise Azure deployments or are pursuing Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate status.
After completing this Microsoft Azure Administrator course, you’ll be able to effectively configure, monitor, and secure Azure services across infrastructure and network components. The course emphasizes automation, scalability, and role-based access management to prepare you for real-world cloud environment challenges and the AZ-104 certification.
- Configure and manage Azure subscriptions, resources, and governance
- Implement secure identity, access, and role-based access control
- Deploy and manage virtual machines and scale sets
- Configure virtual networking, DNS, load balancing, and firewall rules
- Set up storage accounts, containers, and secure access
- Monitor performance, set alerts, and maintain business continuity with Azure tools
This course is for Azure Administrators. The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate. Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage.
Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage. Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks. Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies. Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control. Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
- Azure Resource Manager concepts, groups, locks, limits
- Deploying with ARM and Bicep templates
- Azure Cloud Shell
- Bash and PowerShell fundamentals
- Azure CLI
- Microsoft Entra ID (overview, plans, services)
- Users, groups, B2B, and self-service password reset
- Azure RBAC roles and assignments
- Azure subscriptions and regions
- Cost management and resource tagging
- Management groups and Azure Policy
- Virtual network design, subnets, IP addressing
- Network Security Groups, Application Security Groups
- VNet peering, routing, endpoints, private link
- Load Balancers (public, internal, SKUs)
- Application Gateway and routing
- Azure DNS and alias records
- Storage accounts, replication, endpoints
- Blob Storage (tiers, lifecycle, replication, pricing)
- Storage security, SAS, encryption, customer keys
- File shares, snapshots, soft delete
- Azure File Sync
- Storage Explorer and Data Lake integration
- VM planning, creation, and connectivity
- Availability sets, zones, scaling, autoscale
- Windows VM setup and RDP
- App Service plans, scaling, and CI/CD
- App security, backups, and Application Insights
- Azure Container Instances, groups, and Container Apps
- Azure Backup and Recovery Services vault
- VM snapshots, restore, and soft delete
- Azure Site Recovery
- Azure Monitor components, metrics, and activity logs
- Log Analytics and KQL queries
- Network Watcher diagnostics and topology
- Alerts, action groups, and VM Insights