Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104T00)

Course Duration

4 Days

Audience

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Prerequisites

Experience with operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage, and networking. Understanding of on-premises virtualization including VMs and virtual networking. Familiarity with TCP/IP, DNS, and Active Directory. Recommended: AZ-900 or equivalent.

Course Description

This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.

Course Outline

Module 1: Identity

Lessons

• Azure Active Directory
• Users and Groups
• Secure and manage identities with Azure Active Directory.
• Implement and manage users and groups.

Module 2: Governance and Compliance

Lessons

• Subscriptions and Accounts
• Azure Policy
• Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
• Implement and manage Azure subscriptions and accounts.
• Implement Azure Policy, including custom policies.
• Use RBAC to assign permissions.

Module 3: Azure Administration

Lessons

• Azure Resource Manager
• Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
• Azure PowerShell and CLI
• ARM Templates
• Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources.
• Use the Azure Portal and Cloud Shell.
• Use Azure PowerShell and CLI.
• Use ARM Templates to deploy resources.

Module 4: Virtual Networking

Lessons

• Virtual Networks
• IP Addressing
• Network Security groups
• Azure Firewall
• Azure DNS
• Implement virtual networks and subnets.
• Configure public and private IP addressing.
• Configure network security groups.
• Configure Azure Firewall.
• Configure private and public DNS zones.

Module 5: Intersite Connectivity

Lessons

• VNet Peering
• VPN Gateway Connections
• ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
• Configure VNet Peering.
• Configure VPN gateways.
• Choose the appropriate intersite connectivity solution.

Module 6: Network Traffic Management

Lessons

• Network Routing and Endpoints
• Azure Load Balancer
• Azure Application Gateway
• Traffic Manager
• Configure network routing including custom routes and service endpoints.
• Configure an Azure Load Balancer.
• Configure and Azure Application Gateway.
• Choose the appropriate network traffic solution.

Module 7: Azure Storage

Lessons

• Storage Accounts
• Blob Storage
• Storage Security
• Azure Files and File Sync
• Managing Storage
• Create Azure storage accounts.
• Configure blob containers.
• Secure Azure storage.
• Configure Azure files shares and file sync.
• Manage storage with tools such as Storage Explorer.

Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines

Lessons

• Virtual Machine Planning
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Availability
• Virtual Machine Extensions
• Plan for virtual machine implementations.
• Create virtual machines.
• Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets.
• Use virtual machine extensions.

Module 9: Serverless Computing

Lessons

• Azure App Service Plans
• Azure App Service
• Container Services
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Create an app service plan.
• Create a web app.
• Implement Azure Container Instances.
• Implement Azure Kubernetes Service.

Module 10: Data Protection

Lessons

• File and Folder Backups
• Virtual Machine Backups
• Backup and restore file and folders.
• Backup and restore virtual machines.

Module 11: Monitoring

Lessons

• Azure Monitor
• Azure Alerts
• Log Analytics
• Network Watcher
• Use Azure Monitor.
• Create Azure alerts.
• Query using Log Analytics.
• Use Network Watcher.