AZ-104T00: Microsoft Azure Administrator

During this four-day course IT Professionals will develop skills regarding managing their Azure subscriptions, securing identities, administering the infrastructure and configuring virtual networking. They will learn how to connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic and implement storage solutions. Students will also learn how to create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.

Target audience:

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.

This course is also suitable for IT professionals who want to become Azure administrators and/or understand what Microsoft Azure Administrator job role is all about  (for example: System Administrators, Network  Administrators, Developers, Cloud Architects, Database Administrators, Security Engineers) or the ones who are preparing for Microsoft’s AZ-104 exam.

It is designed as well for participants who have knowledge of other cloud platforms like AWS or Google cloud and want to explore Azure cloud service offerings.

Prerequisites to the course (recommended):

Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage, such as an:

• 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.

Prerequisite courses (or equivalent knowledge and hands-on experience):

This free online training will give you the experience you need to be successful in this course.

• Azure Fundamentals part 1: Describe core Azure concepts - Learn | Microsoft Docs
• Azure Fundamentals part 2: Describe core Azure services - Learn | Microsoft Docs
• Azure Fundamentals part 3: Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure - Learn | Microsoft Docs
• Azure Fundamentals part 4: Describe general security and network security features - Learn | Microsoft Docs
• Azure Fundamentals part 5: Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
• Azure Fundamentals part 6: Describe Azure cost management and service level agreements
• AZ-104: Prerequisites for Azure administrators - Learn | Microsoft Docs

Job role: Administrator

Preparation for exam: AZ-104

Features: none

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• manage Azure identities and governance;
• implement and manage Azure Storage;
• deploy and manage Azure compute resources;
• configure and manage Azure virtual networking;
• monitor and back up Azure resources.

The training topics and description:

Module 1: Identity

In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups.

Module 2: Governance and Compliance

In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.

Module 3: Azure Administration

In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates. 

Module 4: Virtual Networking

In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.

Module 5: Intersite Connectivity

In this module, you will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.

Module 6: Network Traffic Management

In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Application Gateway.

Module 7: Azure Storage

In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.

Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines

In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Module 9: PaaS Compute Options

In this module, you will learn how to administer serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.

Module 10: Data Protection

In this module, you will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.

Module 11: Monitoring

In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.

Training Principles:

The training is held in English!

Each learning module is supported by practical exercises with hands-on laboratories.

The prerequisite for issuing the certificate is full participation in training.

Length: 32 academic hours

Continuing Education Curriculum Group: 0612 Database and Network Design and Administration Curriculum Group

More detailed information about the training:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/courses/az-104t00

Participants who have completed the training will be issued a certificate. The prerequisite for issuing a certificate is full participation in training and achievement of learning outcomes. The acquisition of learning outcomes is assessed during the training through practical assignments.

For participants who have not achieved the learning outcomes, a certificate of attendance will be issued upon request.

The training is conducted by Henn Sarv.

Henn Sarv is the founder of IT Koolitus. He has been sharing his IT knowledge for over 30 years. Henn primarily focuses on Microsoft products, teaching both regular users (from Excel to Visio), system administrators, and programmers. His main expertise lies in databases (SQL) and business analytics  (BI, Excel).

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