Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator

by Patel, Harshul; Washam, Michael; Tuliani, Jonathan; Hoag, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780136805380
• ISBN10: 0136805388
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-09-17
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

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. 

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Author Biography

HARSUL PATEL is a technology enthusiast formerly from India; currently lives in Canada. He is a Cloud Consultant with Microsoft Services for more than six years now, where he drives adoption of Microsoft's cloud platforms for its enterprise customers. He is thoroughly knowledgeable across various virtualization and cloud technologies. Harshul has authored couple of books on Windows PowerShell with PacktPub publication and has been an early adopter of many Microsoft products. He is a frequent speaker at various user group gatherings and a co-founder of few of the user groups globally.

Apart from work, Harshul is a happy go lucky guy. He loves to travel and spend time with his family and friends. Harshul and his wife Divya, are expecting a baby soon after the release of this book.

MICHAEL WASHAM is CEO of Opsgility, a leading provider of IT training services that include both instructor-led and on-demand learning through their online learning platform SkillMeUp.com. Michael has extensive history in the IT Industry where he has worked as an IT Professional, Software Developer, Evangelist, and Program Manager before turning to his passion of enabling companies of all sizes make the digital transformation to the cloud.

JONATHAN TULIANI leads our European office and is responsible for managing our European clients. Prior to joining Opsgility, Jonathan was a 10-year Microsoft veteran, spending over 6 years in the Azure Engineering team where he was Principal Program Manager for both Azure DNS and Azure Traffic Manager. Jonathan has 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, in roles spanning development, product management, technical pre-sales and program management.

SCOTT HOAG (MCITP, MCPD) is a Principal Cloud Solutions Architect with Opsgility where he drives adoption of Microsoft's cloud platforms for Opsgility's customers. Scott is a frequent speaker at SharePoint and Azure focused user groups and comes with a deep background in helping organizations deploy content management and collaboration systems. Scott has over 11 years of experience as both a developer and a system engineer delivering solutions from MCMS 2002 to SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 today. Scott also co-hosts the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast where he discusses the latest news and offerings with Office 365 and Azure. You can find him on twitter @ciphertxt and on the web at psconfig.com.

Table of Contents

Previous Edition Table of Contents:

1. Manage Azure subscriptions and resources 

2. Implement and manage storage 101

3. Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) 

4. Configure and manage virtual networks 

5. Manage identities