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ToggleTopics 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