AZ-104: Azure Administrator Course Outline
Overview
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.
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Audience profile
This course is for Azure Administrators. The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate.
Prerequisites
Successful Azure Administrators start this role with:
• Experience on operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.
• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
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COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Identity
In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups.
Lessons
Azure Active Directory
Users and Groups
Lab : Manage Azure Active Directory Identities
Module 2: Governance and Compliance
In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.
Lessons
Subscriptions and Accounts
Azure Policy
Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Lab : Manage Subscriptions and RBAC
Lab : Manage Governance via Azure Policy
Module 3: Azure Administration
In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates. This module includes:
Lessons
Azure Resource Manager
Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
Azure PowerShell and CLI
ARM Templates
Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal
Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates
Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell
Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI
Module 4: Virtual Networking
In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS,
Lessons
Virtual Networks
IP Addressing
Network Security groups
Azure Firewall
Azure DNS
Lab : Implement Virtual Networking
Module 5: Intersite Connectivity
In this module, you will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.
Lessons
VNet Peering
VPN Gateway Connections
ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
Lab : Implement Intersite Connectivity
Module 6: Network Traffic Management
In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager.
Lessons
Network Routing and Endpoints
Azure Load Balancer
Azure Application Gateway
Traffic Manager
Lab : Implement Traffic Management
Module 7: Azure Storage
In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.
Lessons
Storage Accounts
Blob Storage
Storage Security
Azure Files and File Sync
Managing Storage
Lab : Manage Azure storage
Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines
In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.
Lessons
Virtual Machine Planning
Creating Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Availability
Virtual Machine Extensions
Lab : Manage virtual machines
Module 9: Serverless Computing
In this module, you will learn administer serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.
Lessons
Azure App Service Plans
Azure App Service
Container Services
Azure Kubernetes Service
Lab : Implement Web Apps
Lab : Implement Azure Container Instances
Lab : Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
Module 10: Data Protection
In this module, you will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.
Lessons
File and Folder Backups
Virtual Machine Backups
Lab : Implement Data Protection
Module 11: Monitoring
In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.
Lessons
Azure Monitor
Azure Alerts
Log Analytics
Network Watcher
Lab : Implement Monitoring
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