Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator, 1st edition

Published by Microsoft Press (June 14, 2024) © 2025

  • Charles Pluta
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Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-104

Designed for working Azure administrators, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

  • 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

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

  • Organises its coverage by the Skills Measured list published for the exam
  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
  • Assumes you want to validate and demonstrate your command of managing Microsoft Azure cloud environments

About the Exam

Exam AZ-104 focuses on knowledge needed to manage Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, subscriptions, and governance; manage storage accounts and Azure Storage data; configure Azure files and blob storage; configure VMs for high availability and scalability; automate VM deployment and configuration; create and configure VMs, containers, and Web Apps; implement, manage, secure, monitor, and troubleshoot virtual networking; configure name resolution and load balancing; integrate on-premises networks; monitor resources with Azure Monitor; implement backup and recovery.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate credential, demonstrating your readiness to implement, manage, and monitor identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, and to provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate.

Table of contents

  • CHAPTER 1 Manage Azure identities and governance
  • CHAPTER 2 Implement and manage storage
  • CHAPTER 3 Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
  • CHAPTER 4 Configure and manage virtual networking
  • CHAPTER 5 Monitor and back up Azure resources
  • CHAPTER 6 Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator exam updates

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