Explore the Azure World with AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Course
Are you ready to embark on a journey into the dynamic realm of Microsoft Azure? Look no further than the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator course – your gateway to mastering the intricacies of Azure’s expansive cloud ecosystem.
Unveiling AZ-104
AZ-104 isn’t just another course; it’s your passport to a world of opportunities. Designed for Azure Administrators, this course equips you with the skills to manage, secure, and optimize Azure subscriptions, ensuring you’re at the forefront of cloud technology.
Elevate Your Career
By joining this course, you’re not just acquiring knowledge; you’re investing in your career. With the AZ-104 certification in your arsenal, you’ll be well-prepared to provision, monitor, and adjust cloud resources. The course covers everything from identity management to virtual networking, data protection, and monitoring.
Whether you’re an IT professional seeking to upskill or an aspiring cloud enthusiast, AZ-104 has something to offer. It’s your chance to take charge of your future and embrace the limitless opportunities in the ever-evolving world of cloud technology. Don’t miss out on this transformative journey; enroll in AZ-104 today!
Course Details
Course Code: AZ-104; Instructor-led
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.
Audience
This course is for Azure Administrators. The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate.
Prerequisites
Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience on operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.
- Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
- Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
- Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
- Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
Methodology
This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentation, discussion and practical exercise.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to :
- Authenticate and authorize users
- Assign server and database roles
- Authorize users to access resources
- Protect data with encryption and auditing
- Describe recovery models and backup strategies
- Backup SQL Server databases
- Restore SQL Server databases
- Automate database management
- Configure security for the SQL Server agent
- Manage alerts and notifications
- Managing SQL Server using PowerShell
- Trace access to SQL Server
Outlines
Module 1: Identity
In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory and implement users and groups.
Lessons
- Azure Active Directory
- Users and Groups
Lab: Manage Azure Active Directory Identities
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Secure and manage identities with Azure Active Directory.
- Implement and manage users and groups.
Module 2: Governance and Compliance
In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.
Lessons
- Subscriptions and Accounts
- Azure Policy
- Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Lab: Manage Subscriptions and RBAC
Lab: Manage Governance via Azure Policy
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement and manage Azure subscriptions and accounts.
- Implement Azure Policy, including custom policies.
- Use RBAC to assign permissions.
Module 3: Azure Administration
In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates. This module includes:
Lessons
- Azure Resource Manager
- Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
- Azure PowerShell and CLI
- ARM Templates
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources.
- Use the Azure Portal and Cloud Shell.
- Use Azure PowerShell and CLI.
- Use ARM Templates to deploy resources.
Module 4: Virtual Networking
In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS,
Lessons
- Virtual Networks
- IP Addressing
- Network Security groups
- Azure Firewall
- Azure DNS
Lab: Implement Virtual Networking
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement virtual networks and subnets.
- Configure public and private IP addressing.
- Configure network security groups.
- Configure Azure Firewall.
- Configure private and public DNS zones.
Module 5: Intersite Connectivity
In this module, you will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.
Lessons
- VNet Peering
- VPN Gateway Connections
- ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
Lab: Implement Intersite Connectivity
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure VNet Peering.
- Configure VPN gateways.
- Choose the appropriate intersite connectivity solution.
Module 6: Network Traffic Management
In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager.
Lessons
- Network Routing and Endpoints
- Azure Load Balancer
- Azure Application Gateway
- Traffic Manager
Lab: Implement Traffic Management
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure network routing including custom routes and service endpoints.
- Configure an Azure Load Balancer.
- Configure and Azure Application Gateway.
- Choose the appropriate network traffic solution.
Module 7: Azure Storage
In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.
Lessons
- Storage Accounts
- Blob Storage
- Storage Security
- Azure Files and File Sync
- Managing Storage
Lab: Manage Azure storage
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create Azure storage accounts.
- Configure blob containers.
- Secure Azure storage.
- Configure Azure files shares and file sync.
- Manage storage with tools such as Storage Explorer.
Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines
In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.
Lessons
- Virtual Machine Planning
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machine Availability
- Virtual Machine Extensions
Lab: Manage virtual machines
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan for virtual machine implementations.
- Create virtual machines.
- Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets.
- Use virtual machine extensions.
Module 9: Serverless Computing
In this module, you will learn administer serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.
Lessons
- Azure App Service Plans
- Azure App Service
- Container Services
- Azure Kubernetes Service
Lab: Implement Web Apps
Lab: Implement Azure Container Instances
Lab: Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create an app service plan.
- Create a web app.
- Implement Azure Container Instances.
- Implement Azure Kubernetes Service.
Module 10: Data Protection
In this module, you will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.
Lessons
- File and Folder Backups
- Virtual Machine Backups
Lab: Implement Data Protection
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Backup and restore file and folders.
- Backup and restore virtual machines.
Module 11: Monitoring
In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.
Lessons
- Azure Monitor
- Azure Alerts
- Log Analytics
- Network Watcher
Lab: Implement Monitoring
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Use Azure Monitor.
- Create Azure alerts.
- Query using Log Analytics.
- Use Network Watcher
Module 12: IT Pro Challenges Walkthrough
To support the recently released Microsoft Azure role-based certification and training courses, LODS has launched a dedicated series of IT Pro Challenges to support Azure Administrators who manage cloud services that span storage, security, networking, and compute cloud capabilities. Each challenge within the Microsoft Azure Administrator is short in duration, scenario based, hands-on activity that includes a means of assessment.
This series is comprised of 57 challenges and contains over 34 hours of hands on practice. These challenges are to be considered companion exercises that reinforce or expand upon concepts that are covered in the Microsoft role-based training courses.
Competency 1: Manage Azure Subscriptions and Resources (3 challenges)
Competency 2: Implement and Manage Storage (25 challenges)
Competency 3: Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines (14 challenges)
Competency 4: Configure and Manage virtual Networks (9 challenges)
Competency 5: Manage Identities (5 challenges)
