3D illustration of cloud computing – Microsoft Azure administration (AZ-104)

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Azure Administration (AZ-104)

Free video series for the Microsoft AZ-104 exam (Azure Administrator Associate) by Khurram Nawaz (AZ-104 certified): identities and governance, storage, compute, virtual networking, and monitoring and backup – hands-on in the Azure portal, with PowerShell and the Azure CLI.

Level: Intermediate14 classes

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Azure for administrators: portal, Cloud Shell, PowerShell and Azure CLI

Class 01

Azure for administrators: portal, Cloud Shell, PowerShell and Azure CLI

Understand subscriptions, resource groups and regions, and manage Azure through the portal, Cloud Shell, PowerShell and the Azure CLI.

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  • AZ-104 study guide (Microsoft Learn)

    Microsoft's official study guide with all skills measured, weightings and learning resources for AZ-104.

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Curriculum

01 /

20–25%

Identities & governance

Microsoft Entra ID users, groups and licences; Azure RBAC; Azure Policy, resource locks, tags, management groups, cost management

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15–20%

Storage

Storage accounts and redundancy, access keys and SAS, blob containers and lifecycle management, Azure Files, AzCopy and Storage Explorer

03 /

20–25%

Compute resources

ARM templates and Bicep, virtual machines, availability sets and zones, VM scale sets, containers (ACI, Container Apps), App Service

04 /

15–20%

Virtual networking

VNets and subnets, peering, NSGs and ASGs, user-defined routes, Azure Bastion, service and private endpoints, Azure DNS, load balancers

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10–15%

Monitoring & maintenance

Azure Monitor metrics, logs (KQL) and alerts, Network Watcher, Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery