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Free online courseAZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Prep Course

Duration of the online course: 11 hours and 9 minutes

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Build Azure admin skills and get exam-ready with a free online course covering identity, networking, storage, VMs, monitoring and automation.

In this free course, learn about

  • AZ-104 role scope: core Azure Administrator responsibilities and day-to-day tasks
  • Azure AD fundamentals: identity, tenants, and Azure AD vs AD DS differences
  • Manage Azure AD users/devices; hybrid identities via Azure AD Connect; custom domain verification
  • Subscription management: purpose, billing boundaries, budgets, and governance across subscriptions
  • Azure Policy for standards/compliance enforcement; targeting with management groups
  • Azure RBAC: role definitions, scope, and what role assignments enable
  • Azure Resource Manager: resource groups, deployments, and key benefits of ARM/ARM templates (IaC)
  • Admin tools: Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, and Azure CLI basics
  • Core networking: VNets, IP addressing, NSGs, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS concepts
  • Connectivity: VNet peering, VPN Gateway S2S, ExpressRoute, and Virtual WAN benefits/use cases
  • Traffic routing & load balancing: UDRs, endpoints, Load Balancer, App Gateway, Traffic Manager methods
  • Storage: accounts/naming, Blob tiers, SAS security, Azure Files/File Sync, and Storage Explorer
  • Compute & PaaS: VM pricing/availability/autoscale/extensions; App Service plans; ACI/AKS scaling concepts
  • Backup/DR & monitoring: Recovery Services vault, VM backup, Site Recovery, Azure Monitor logs/alerts/LA

Course Description

Step into the role of an Azure Administrator with confidence and prepare effectively for the AZ-104 exam. This free online course is designed to help you move from fragmented cloud knowledge to a clear, job-ready understanding of how Azure is actually managed day to day. Whether you are aiming for a new cloud role, supporting production workloads, or leveling up as a systems or DevOps professional, you will develop the practical judgment needed to administer resources safely, consistently, and at scale.

You will learn how identity and access decisions shape everything in Azure, from managing users and devices to applying governance through policies and role-based access control. The course connects those foundations to real administrative workflows such as organizing subscriptions and resource groups, using Azure Resource Manager effectively, and choosing the right tools for the task across the portal, Cloud Shell, PowerShell, and templates. The goal is not just familiarity, but the ability to make repeatable, auditable changes without losing visibility or control.

As you progress, you will strengthen the networking skills that Azure administrators rely on constantly. You will build intuition for virtual networks, addressing, secure traffic flow, routing, and connectivity options between on-premises and Azure. You will also gain clarity on when to use services for protection, name resolution, and traffic distribution, helping you design environments that are secure, reachable, and resilient under real usage.

The course also prepares you to manage data and compute with a cost-aware, operational mindset. You will work through core storage concepts and security approaches, then connect that knowledge to running workloads on virtual machines and platform services. Finally, you will focus on keeping environments healthy in production by using monitoring, logging, alerts, and troubleshooting tools. With exam-style review questions woven throughout, you will continuously validate your understanding and build readiness for both the AZ-104 test and the responsibilities of the Azure Administrator role.

Course content

  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 01: AZ104 Course Introduction 12m
  • Exercise: AZ-104 में Azure Administrator से सबसे अधिक किस प्रकार के काम करने की अपेक्षा की जाती है?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 02: Azure Active Directory 25m
  • Exercise: Which statement best describes Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) compared to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 03: Azure AD Users 24m
  • Exercise: Which Azure AD user account type represents users that originate in an on-premises Active Directory and are brought into Azure AD via Azure AD Connect?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 04: Module 01 Review Questions 10m
  • Exercise: Which action enables users to sign in to a device using an organizational work or school account and allows administrators to enable/disable the device for compliance?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 05: Azure Subscription Management 26m
  • Exercise: What is an Azure subscription primarily used for?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 06: Azure Policy 12m
  • Exercise: What is the primary purpose of Azure Policy?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 07: Azure Role-Bases Access Control 11m
  • Exercise: In Azure RBAC, what does a role assignment do?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 08: Module 02 Review Questions 13m
  • Exercise: You need to target Azure policies and review spending/budgets across several subscriptions. What should you do?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 09: Azure Resource Manager 15m
  • Exercise: What is a key benefit of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) when managing an Azure solution?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 10: Azure Portal 08m
  • Exercise: What is Azure Cloud Shell primarily used for?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 11: Azure PowerShell 08m
  • Exercise: Which tool can be installed on Windows, macOS, and Linux to manage Azure from the command line for an Azure Administrator?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 12: ARM Templates 11m
  • Exercise: What is a key benefit of using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates for deployments?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 13: Module 03 Review Questions 07m
  • Exercise: When creating an Azure resource group using Azure PowerShell or Azure CLI, which parameters are required?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 14: Azure Virtual Networks 11m
  • Exercise: What is the key requirement when linking an Azure virtual network (VNet) to another VNet or to an on-premises network?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam Ep 15: IP Addressing 08m
  • Exercise: In Azure networking, what is the primary purpose of a private IP address?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 16: Network Security Group 08m
  • Exercise: In Azure, what is the primary purpose of a Network Security Group (NSG)?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 17: Azure Firewall 06m
  • Exercise: Which statement best describes Azure Firewall?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 18: Azure DNS 16m
  • Exercise: When verifying a custom domain name in Azure AD, what action is required to prove ownership of the domain?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 19: Module 04 Review Questions 16m
  • Exercise: Which DNS record types can be used to verify a custom domain in Azure AD (select one best answer)?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 20: Azure Vnet Peering 09m
  • Exercise: Which statement correctly describes Azure virtual network (VNet) peering types?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 21: Azure VPN Gateway 19m
  • Exercise: In Azure, what is the main purpose of a Site-to-Site (S2S) VPN connection?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 22: ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN 09m
  • Exercise: What is a key benefit of Azure ExpressRoute compared to a typical internet connection?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 23: Module 05 Review Questions 13m
  • Exercise: Which two statements describe key benefits of Azure virtual network (VNet) peering?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 24: Network Routing and Endpoints 12m
  • Exercise: In Azure virtual networks, what is the main purpose of a User Defined Route (UDR)?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 25: Azure Load Balancer 14m
  • Exercise: Which set lists the four main components that must be configured for an Azure Load Balancer?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 26: Azure Application Gateway 10m
  • Exercise: Which statement best describes Azure Application Gateway in network traffic management?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 27: Azure Traffic Manager 08m
  • Exercise: In Azure Traffic Manager, which routing method is designed to improve responsiveness by directing users to the endpoint with the lowest network latency?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 28: Module 06 Review Questions 11m
  • Exercise: Which two Azure networking features can redirect all internet-bound traffic back to on-premises infrastructure for packet inspection?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 29: Azure Storage Accounts 20m
  • Exercise: When creating an Azure Storage account, which requirement must be met for the storage account name?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 30: Azure Blob Storage 17m
  • Exercise: Which Azure Blob access tier is the most cost-effective for storing data, but has the highest access cost compared to Hot and Cool?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 31: Azure Storage Security 11m
  • Exercise: What best describes an Azure Storage Shared Access Signature (SAS)?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 32: Azure Files and FileSync 15m
  • Exercise: Which Azure service is primarily used to create SMB/NFS file shares for shared access across multiple machines?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 33: Managing Azure Storage 13m
  • Exercise: Which tool is a standalone app for managing Azure Storage data across Windows, macOS, and Linux?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 34: Module 07 Review Questions 14m
  • Exercise: Which Azure Storage service should you use when administrators must browse data in File Explorer and access must be supported over SMB 3.0?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 35: Azure Virtual Machine Planning 24m
  • Exercise: When are you NOT charged for Azure VM compute capacity (according to the pricing behavior described)?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 36: Creating Virtual Machines 12m
  • Exercise: When creating an Azure Windows virtual machine, which connection options are highlighted as available in the portal?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 37: Virtual Machine Availability 17m
  • Exercise: Which Azure feature automatically adjusts the number of compute instances to help handle changing demand?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 38: Virtual Machine Extensions 09m
  • Exercise: What is the primary purpose of Azure Virtual Machine extensions?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 39: Module 08 Review Questions 12m
  • Exercise: An organization’s security policy forbids public IP addresses. Which Azure service helps provide secure access to a web app without exposing a public IP?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 40: Azure App Service Plans 12m
  • Exercise: Which Azure service is commonly used to host and run web applications without managing servers (PaaS)?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 41: Azure App Services 17m
  • Exercise: Which App Service Plan tiers are required to use the Azure App Service backup and restore feature?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 42: Azure Container Services 09m
  • Exercise: In Azure Container Instances (ACI), what is a container group?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 43: Azure Kubernetes Services 13m
  • Exercise: In Azure, which concept best describes increasing or decreasing the number of compute instances to handle changing application demand?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 44: Module 09 Review Questions 06m
  • Exercise: You need to host a production web app and must be able to select the required compute size (e.g., specific RAM) and storage. Which Azure service is the best fit?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 45: Azure Backup 10m
  • Exercise: Which Azure resource is used to store backup data when using Azure Backup for file and folder protection?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 46: Virtual Machine Backups 19m
  • Exercise: Which Azure service is primarily used to configure backup and recovery for Azure Virtual Machines using policies and recovery points?
  • Video class: AZ104 Exam EP 47: Module 10 Review Questions 07m
  • Exercise: In AZ-104, which Azure service is primarily used to create a disaster recovery plan by replicating on-premises or Azure VMs to another region?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 48: Azure Monitor 11m
  • Exercise: In Azure Monitor, what are the two fundamental types of data collected and stored?
  • Video class: AZ104 Exam EP 49: Azure Alerts 04m
  • Exercise: In Azure Monitor, what is an action group primarily used for in alerting?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 50: Log Analytics 06m
  • Exercise: In Azure Monitor, what is the primary purpose of Log Analytics?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 51: Network Watcher 09m
  • Exercise: Which Azure service is primarily used to apply inbound/outbound rules to control traffic to a virtual machine?
  • Video class: AZ-104 Exam EP 52: Module 11 Review Questions 07m
  • Exercise: Azure Monitor में किसी संसाधन पर हुए बदलाव/ऑपरेशन्स (जैसे create, delete, update) देखने के लिए कौन-सा लॉग उपयोग होता है?

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