Learn Azure AZ-104 2024.01.1

Microsoft Azure Administrator

Manage Azure subscriptions

• Assign administrator permissions;
• Configure cost center quotas and tagging;
• Configure Azure subscription policies at Azure subscription level.

Analyze resource utilization and consumption

• Configure diagnostic settings on resources;
• Create baseline for resources;
• Create and rest alerts;
• Analyze alerts across subscription;
• Analyze metrics across subscription;
• Create action groups;
• Monitor for unused resources;
• Monitor spend;
• Report on spend;
• Utilize Log Search query functions;
• View alerts in Log Analytics.

Manage resource groups

• Use Azure policies for resource groups;
• Configure resource locks;
• Configure resource policies;
• Implement and set tagging on resource groups;
• Move resources across resource groups;
• Remove resource groups.

Managed role-based access control (RBAC)

• Create a custom role;
• Configure access to Azure resources by assigning roles;
• Configure management access to Azure;
• Troubleshoot RBAC;
• Implement RBAC policies;
• Assign RBAC roles.

Create and configure storage accounts

• Configure network access to the storage account;
• Create and configure the storage account;
• Generate shared access signature;
• Install and use Azure Storage Explorer;
• Manage access keys;
• Monitor activity log by using Log Analytics;
• Implement Azure storage replication.

Import and export data to Azure

• Create export from Azure job;
• Create import into Azure job;
• Use Azure Data Box;
• Configure and use Azure blob storage;
• Configure Azure content delivery network (CDN) endpoints.

Configure Azure files

• Create Azure file share;
• Create Azure File Sync service;
• Create Azure sync group;
• Troubleshoot Azure File Sync.

Implement Azure backup

• Configure and review backup reports;
• Perform backup operation;
• Create Recovery Services Vault;
• Create and configure backup policy;
• Perform a restore operation.

Create and configure a VM for Windows and Linux

• Configure high availability;
• Configure monitoring, networking, storage, and virtual machine size;
• Deploy and configure scale sets.

Automate deployment of VMs

• Modify Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template;
• Configure the location of new VMs;
• Configure VHD template;
• Deploy from template;
• Save a deployment as an ARM template;
• Deploy Windows and Linux VMs.

Manage Azure VM

• Add data discs;
• Add network interfaces;
• Automate configuration management by using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and VM Agent by using custom script extensions;
• Manage VM sizes;
• Move VMs from one resource group to another;
• Redeploy VMs.

Manage VM backups

• Configure VM backup;
• Define backup policies;
• Implement backup policies;
• Perform VM restore;
• Azure Site Recovery.

Create connectivity between virtual networks

• Create and configure VNET peering;
• Create and configure VNET to VNET;
• Verify virtual network connectivity;
• Create a virtual network gateway.