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Overview Exclusive - The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. 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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Overview

Exclusive - The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment.

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.

 

Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, Identity, and storage.

  • Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
  • Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
  • Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control.
  • Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

 

Prerequisite courses (or equivalent knowledge and hands-on experience):

This free online training will give you the experience you need to be successful in this course.

Students will learn to,

  • Configure Azure Active Directory
  • Configure user and group accounts
  • Configure subscriptions
  • Configure Azure Policy
  • Configure role-based access control
  • Configure Azure resources with tools
  • Use Azure Resource Manager
  • Configure resources with Azure Resource Manager templates
  • Configure virtual networks
  • Configure network security groups
  • Configure Azure DNS
  • Configure Azure virtual network peering
  • Configure network routing and endpoints
  • Configure Azure Load Balancer
  • Configure Azure Application Gateway
  • Configure storage accounts
  • Configure Azure Blob Storage
  • Configure Azure Storage security
  • Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync
  • Configure Azure Storage with tools
  • Configure virtual machines
  • Configure virtual machine availability
  • Configure virtual machine extensions
  • Configure Azure app service plans
  • Configure Azure App Service
  • Configure Azure Container Instances
  • Configure Azure Kubernetes Service
  • Configure file and folder backups
  • Configure virtual machine backups
  • Configure Azure Monitor
  • Configure Azure alerts
  • Configure Log Analytics
  • Configure Azure Network Watcher

Module 1: Configure Azure Active Directory

  • Define Azure AD concepts, including identities, accounts, and tenants.
  • Describe Azure AD features to support different configurations.
  • Understand differences between Azure AD and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
  • Choose between supported editions of Azure AD.
  • Implement the Azure AD join feature.
  • Use the Azure AD self-service password reset feature.

Module 2: Configure user and group accounts

  • Configure users accounts and user account properties.
  • Create new user accounts.
  • Import bulk user accounts with a template.
  • Configure group accounts and assignment types.

Module 3: Configure subscriptions

  • Determine the correct region to locate Azure services.
  • Review features and use cases for Azure subscriptions.
  • Obtain an Azure subscription.
  • Understand billing and features for different Azure subscriptions.
  • Use Microsoft Cost Management for cost analysis.
  • Discover when to use Azure resource tagging.
  • Identify ways to reduce costs.

Module 4: Configure Azure Policy

  • Create management groups to target policies and spending budgets.
  • Implement Azure Policy with policy and initiative definitions.
  • Scope Azure policies and determine compliance.

Module 5: Configure role-based access control

  • Identify features and use cases for role-based access control.
  • List and create role definitions.
  • Create role assignments.
  • Identify differences between Azure RBAC and Azure Active Directory roles.
  • Manage access to subscriptions with RBAC.
  • Review built-in Azure RBAC roles.

Module 6: Configure Azure resources with tools

  • Manage resources with the Azure portal.
  • Manage resources with Azure Cloud Shell.
  • Manage resources with Azure PowerShell.
  • Manage resources with Azure CLI.

Module 7: Use Azure Resource Manager

  • Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Resource Manager.
  • Describe each Azure Resource Manager component and its usage.
  • Organize your Azure resources with resource groups.
  • Apply Azure Resource Manager locks.
  • Move Azure resources between groups, subscriptions, and regions.
  • Remove resources and resource groups.
  • Apply and track resource limits.

Module 8: Configure resources with Azure Resource Manager templates

  • List the advantages of Azure templates.
  • Identify the Azure template schema components.
  • Specify Azure template parameters.
  • Locate and use Azure Quickstart Templates.

Module 9: Configure virtual networks

  • Describe Azure virtual network features and components.
  • Identify features and usage cases for subnets and subnetting.
  • Identify usage cases for private and public IP addresses.
  • Create and determine which resources require public IP addresses.
  • Create and determine which resources require private IP addresses.
  • Create virtual networks.

Module 10: Configure network security groups

  • Determine when to use network security groups.
  • Implement network security group rules.
  • Evaluate network security group effective rules.
  • Examine advantages of application security groups.

Module 11 : Configure Azure DNS

  • Identify features and usage cases for domains, custom domains, and private zones.
  • Verify custom domain names using DNS records.
  • Implement DNS zones, DNS delegation, and DNS record sets.

Module 12 : Configure Azure virtual network peering

  • Identify usage cases and product features of Azure virtual network peering.
  • Configure your network to implement Azure VPN Gateway for transit connectivity.
  • Extend peering by using a hub and spoke network with user-defined routes and service chaining.

Module 13 : Configure network routing and endpoints

  • Implement system routes and user-defined routes.
  • Configure a custom route.
  • Implement service endpoints.
  • Identify features and usage cases for private links and endpoint services.

Module 14 : Configure Azure Load Balancer

  • Identify features and usage cases for Azure load balancer.
  • Implement public and internal Azure load balancers.
  • Compare features of load balancer SKUs and configuration differences.
  • Configure back-end pools, load-balancing rules, session persistence, and health probes.

Module 15 : Configure Azure Application Gateway

  • Identify features and usage cases for Azure Application Gateway.
  • Implement Azure Application Gateway, including selecting a routing method.
  • Configure gateway components, such as listeners, health probes, and routing rules.

Module 16 : Configure storage accounts

  • Identify features and usage cases for Azure storage accounts.
  • Select between different types of Azure Storage and storage accounts.
  • Select a storage replication strategy.
  • Configure network access to storage accounts.
  • Secure storage endpoints.

Module 17 : Configure Azure Blob Storage

  • Identify features and usage cases for Azure Blob Storage.
  • Configure Blob Storage and Blob access tiers.
  • Configure Blob lifecycle management rules.
  • Configure Blob object replication.
  • Upload and price Blob Storage

Module 18 : Configure Azure Storage security

  • Configure a shared access signature (SAS), including the uniform resource identifier (URI) and SAS parameters.
  • Configure Azure Storage encryption.
  • Implement customer-managed keys.
  • Recommend opportunities to improve Azure Storage security.

Module 19 : Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

  • Identify storage for file shares and blob data.
  • Configure Azure Files shares and file share snapshots.
  • Identify features and usage cases of Azure File Sync.
  • Identify Azure File Sync components and configuration steps.

Module 20 : Configure Azure Storage with tools

  • Configure and use Azure Storage Explorer.
  • Configure the Azure Import/Export service.
  • Use the WAImportExport tool with the Azure Import/Export service.
  • Configure and use AZCopy.

Module 21 : Configure virtual machines

  • Create a virtual machine planning checklist.
  • Determine virtual machine locations and pricing models.
  • Determine the correct virtual machine size.
  • Configure virtual machine storage.

Module 22 : Configure virtual machine availability

  • Implement availability sets and availability zones.
  • Implement update and fault domains.
  • Implement Virtual Machine Scale Sets.
  • Autoscale virtual machines.

Module 23 : Configure virtual machine extensions

  • Identify features and usage cases for virtual machine extensions.
  • Identify features and usage cases for custom script extensions.
  • Identify features and usage cases for desired state configuration.

Module 24 : Configure Azure app service plans

  • Identify features and usage cases of the Azure App Service.
  • Select an appropriate Azure App Service plan pricing tier.
  • Scale the App Service Plan.
  • Scale out the App Service Plan.

Module 25 : Configure Azure App Services

  • Identify features and usage cases for the Azure App Service.
  • Create an app with Azure App Service.
  • Configure deployment settings, specifically deployment slots.
  • Secure your Azure App Service app.
  • Configure custom domain names.
  • Back up and restore your Azure App Service app.
  • Configure Azure Application Insights.

Module 26 : Configure Azure Container Instances

  • Identify when to use containers versus virtual machines.
  • Identify the features and usage cases of Azure Container Instances.
  • Implement Azure Container Groups.

Module 27 : Configure Azure Kubernetes Service

  • Identify Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) components including pods, clusters, and nodes.
  • Configure network connections for AKS.
  • Configure storage options for AKS.
  • Implement security options for AKS.
  • Scale AKS including adding Azure Container Instances.

Module 28 : Configure file and folder backups

  • Identify features and usage cases for Azure Backup.
  • Configure Azure Recovery Services Vault backup options.
  • Implement on-premises file and folder backup.
  • Configure the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent for Azure Backup.

Module 29 : Configure virtual machine backups

  • Identify features and usage cases for different Azure backup methods.
  • Configure virtual machine snapshots and backup options.
  • Implement virtual machine backup and restore, including soft delete.
  • Compare the Azure Backup agent to the Azure Backup Server .
  • Perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery.

Module 30 : Configure Azure Monitor

  • Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Monitor.
  • Configure and interpret metrics and logs.
  • Identify the Azure Monitor components and data types.
  • Configure the Azure Monitor Activity Log.

Module 31 : Configure Azure alerts

  • Identify Azure Monitor alerts, including alert types and alert states.
  • Configure Azure Monitor alerts.
  • Create alert rules and action groups.

Module 32 : Configure Log Analytics

  • Identify the features and usage cases for Log Analytics.
  • Create a Log Analytics workspace.
  • Structure a Log Analytics query and review results.

Module 33 : Configure Azure Network Watcher

  • Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Network Watcher.
  • Configure diagnostic capabilities like IP Flow Verify, Next Hop, and Network Topology.

Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, Identity, and storage.

  • Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
  • Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
  • Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control.
  • Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

 

AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

Trainer Profile

Mr. Mohammed Gufran

Mr. Mohammed Gufran

Cisco Instructor

Gufran, a Cisco Authorized and CCIE certified instructor, possesses more than 15 years of training mastery in Networking, Security, SDN, and many other advanced courses and technologies. With CCNA, CCNP, and many other diverse Cisco specializations, he's achieved CCIE Security (50220). From foundational concepts to complex Cisco networks & and security topics like Identity Service Engine, Web Security, Email Security, Firewalls, VPN, NGIPS, and NGFW, he's a seasoned instructor. He aptly managed global training projects, collaborating with esteemed institutions like the Bank of Tanzania, EMAL - Abu Dhabi, PIC - Kuwait, and many clients based in the US & and UK. His journey empowers organizations and individuals through roles ranging from Training Consultant to Senior Training Consultant, including contributions to content management and trainer evaluation.

StudentsFeedback
Emanuel Paun

United State

Mohammad was an amazing professor. I do not have a strong networking background and Mohammad was very patient in teaching me the basics in topics like wireless. The way he taught (hands on/labs) really helped solidify everything we learned through the 5 days of classes. I have nothing but positive feedback for the way he taught these course and his personality was amazing. 10/10 professor.

Shreyas Deshpande

India

The training helped me connect dots and taught me a lot new concepts as well. The instructor is very knowledgeable in the subject and the demonstrations are very helpful for me to understand issues, and related solutions. I really appreciate and enjoyed the lectures and learning from instructor. Thank you very much!

Yeiner Carrillo

United State

The  BGP class was very interactive and pleasant, I personally liked the instructor's methodology. Thankyou 

James Ferrell

United State

Very cordial and great expertise,Courteous, knowledgeable, detail orientated Mohammed was an awesome instructor. very knowledgeable. 

Jason Pope

United State

The instructor was an outstanding; very personable and presented the material well. I liked the fact that he worked with us on the daily schedule which helped us take care of some crucial tasks here at the end of the year.

Paul Martinez

United State

Mohammed was great, super flexible and took my pervious experience into account. His adaptability made the learning sessions engaging, and his consideration of my background knowledge significantly enhanced the learning process. Overall, a fantastic experience with a teacher who understands how to make learning both effective and enjoyable."

Asadullah Osmani

Afghanistan

Gurfan, is a very Knowledgeable instructor and delivered the material professionally and was welling to explain and help with questions during the session.Great instructor vert knowledgeable and knew the topic very well and he very knowledgeable , i do recommend others to take courses with him.

Pramod Vidwat

India

Has a good knowledge on the subject and more important we had a lot of labs to practice and get the concepts cleared.

Helder

Mozambique

Is a great instructor, explains very well about the classes, very attentive, dynamic and very motivated, I learned a lot from him and I always hope to count on him during my I.T. careers, he is a excellent teacher.

Hirofumi Takemi

Japan

It was an excellent course and I was very lucky to have you as my trainer. Thanks a lot. Hope to see you again somewhere sometime.

Stevenson Kiteculo

Africa

What to say about the coach, I don't know where to start but I tell you, you have a big picture in your company, he helped me even in having motivation that everything is possible when you believe. He is a great teacher and a great person congratulations on you having him.It was a great pleasure to have you as a teacher, in fact he marked my life and I really want to be able to count on your future help, especially the teacher because thanks to him I was able to motivate myself and smile thinking about a great career all this was possible thanks to the efforts , attention and dedication he had to help me thank you very much

Mark Powell

United States

I learned a lot. His method of teaching and the way he made sure I understand everything will prove well for me passing my test.

Emmanuel A Bankole

Angola

I really appreciate this training, it has really impacted great knowledge and you are cool and perfect instructor if I have to be honest.