Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator

Description

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-104—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Microsoft Azure administration. Designed for working Azure administrators, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Manage Azure identities and governance
• Implement and manage storage
• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Configure and manage virtual networking
• Monitor and back up Azure resources

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
• Assumes you want to demonstrate your ability to administer diverse Microsoft Azure cloud environments

About the Exam

Exam AZ-104 focuses on knowledge needed to manage Azure AD objects, RBAC, subscriptions, and governance; manage storage accounts and Azure Storage data; configure Azure fi les and blob storage; configure VMs for high availability and scalability; automate VM deployment and configuration; create and configure VMs, containers, and Web Apps; implement, manage, secure, monitor, and troubleshoot virtual networking; configure name resolution and load balancing; integrate on-premises networks; monitor resources with Azure Monitor; implement backup and security.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate credential, demonstrating your readiness to implement, manage, and monitor identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, and to provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate.

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• Authoritative and complete Exam AZ-104 preparation content, straight from Microsoft
• Covers Azure subscriptions, resource management, Azure Storage, Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Azure Active Directory identity management, and more
• Includes techniques based on the Azure Portal, PowerShell, and the Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Organized by exam objectives for efficient study
• Strategic, what-if scenarios help you master the big-picture thinking the exam demands
• Contains up-to-date exam preparation tips from a leading Microsoft expert

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-104 — and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of implementing and deploying Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Designed for experienced cloud professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Manage Azure identities and governance
• Implement and manage storage
• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Configure and manage virtual networking
• Monitor and back up Azure resources

1 Manage Azure identities and governance

2 Implement and manage storage

3 Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

4 Configure and manage virtual networking

5 Monitor and back up Azure resources

Updated for Microsoft’s Exam AZ-104. 

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