Study Guide For Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator: Document Purpose
Study Guide For Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator: Document Purpose
Study Guide For Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator: Document Purpose
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Document purpose
About Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
Skills measured
Certification journey
Exam overview
Objective domains
Additional study resources
Document purpose
As an attendee of the Exam Prep session for Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure
Administrator, you can use this guide as a summary of the topics covered and to
explore important links and additional resources. The information and materials found
here can help you focus your studies as you prepare for the exam.
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: manage
Azure identities and governance; implement and manage storage; deploy and manage
Azure compute resources; configure and manage virtual networking; and monitor and
back up Azure resources.
As a candidate for this exam, you should have at least six months of hands-on
experience administering Azure, along with a strong understanding of core Azure
services, Azure workloads, security, and governance. In addition, you need experience
using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure portal, and Azure Resource Manager templates.
Skills measured
For the full list of the skills that the exam measures, along with the level of experience and
expertise that you’ll need as an exam candidate, check out the Exam AZ-104 skills outline.
Certification journey
For an overview of the journey to Microsoft Certification, including prerequisites (if any)
and follow-up resources, explore The journey to Microsoft Certified: Azure
Administrator.
Exam overview
For information on the exam, including the types of questions you may encounter, read
About Microsoft Certification exams.
Objective domains
This section itemizes the topics covered in the Exam Prep session and links to Microsoft
documentation so you can review the topics in detail.
Course AZ-104T00-A:
Take a four-day instructor-led course that covers how to
Microsoft Azure administer Azure and that combines lectures with practical,
Administrator hands-on exercises.
Course AZ-010T00-A:
Check out this two-day instructor-led course that explores how
Azure Administration for Azure differs from AWS and how Azure is administered. The
AWS SysOps course includes lectures, along with practical, hands-on exercises.
AZ-104 online learning Don’t miss these free, self-paced online resources to help you
paths gain the skills needed to earn your certification.
Azure documentation Stay informed on the latest products, tools, and features, and get
information on pricing, partners, support, solutions, and more.
Azure Community Ask questions, get answers, and connect with Microsoft engineers
Support and Azure community experts.
Microsoft Learn Get the latest information about certification tests and exam
Community Blog study groups.
Channel 9 Explore this community site for customers, which includes video
channels, discussions, podcasts, screencasts, and interviews.
Azure Fridays Scott Hanselman, Partner Program Manager, speaks with Azure
engineers as they demo capabilities and share insights.