Topics covered in the Azure Administrator Associate exam

The Azure Administrator Associate exam (AZ-104) measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks:

• Manage Azure identities and governance
• Implement and manage storage
• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Implement and manage virtual networking
• Monitor and maintain Azure resources

As a candidate for this exam, you should have subject matter expertise in implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment. This includes:

• Virtual networks
• Storage
• Compute
• Identity
• Security
• Governance

Some of the key topics covered under these areas include:

Manage Azure identities and governance

• Create and manage Azure AD users and groups
• Manage licenses and external users
• Configure self-service password reset
• Assign roles and manage access to Azure resources
• Implement and manage Azure Policy
• Apply and manage tags and resource locks
• Manage resource groups and subscriptions

Implement and manage storage

• Configure access to storage accounts using firewalls, SAS tokens, and access keys
• Create and configure storage accounts
• Manage data using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy
• Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage
• Implement storage redundancy and replication

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

• Automate deployments using ARM templates and Bicep
• Create and configure virtual machines
• Provision and manage containers
• Create and configure Azure App Service
• Configure VM disks, sizes, availability options, and scale sets

Implement and manage virtual networking

• Create and manage virtual networks and subnets
• Configure network security groups and private endpoints
• Implement Azure Bastion
• Configure Azure DNS and load balancers

Monitor and maintain Azure resources

• Monitor resources using Azure Monitor metrics, logs, and alerts
• Implement backup and recovery using Azure Backup and Site Recovery
• Configure and review backup reports

Sources

1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/az-104/
2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/resources/study-guides/az-104
3. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/exam-prep-az-104-microsoft-azure-admini