Detailed information about the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) training course deployed by Atoha.

Overview of Microsoft Certifications

Delivered by “technology giant” Microsoft, certifications and training programs help learners update their professional skills and stay on top of today's technology world. With strength in cloud computing, Microsoft is currently one of the world's two leading providers that can provide a wide range of platform solutions/infrastructure services at scale. Microsoft offers a variety of training solutions for the tech world, with different development paths depending on the role of each individual:

Become Microsoft Certified

Microsoft has certification paths for many technical job roles. Each of these certifications consists of passing a series of exams to earn certification.

1/ Fundamentals certifications

Recommended start. Ideal for individuals just starting in technology or thinking about a career change.

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals

2/ Role-based certifications: Choose a role-based certification to begin learning valuable job role skills.

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power Apps + Dynamics 365 Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Sales Functional Consultant Associate

3/ Additional certifications: Explore specialty, Microsoft Certified Educator, and Microsoft Office technical certifications.

• Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
• Microsoft Certified Educator
• Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Word Expert (Word and Word 2019)

AZURE CERTIFICATE SYSTEM

Microsoft Azure is a fully integrated cloud computing platform used to build, deploy, and manage applications through Microsoft's global network of data centers. According to Marketwatch, the cloud industry revolves around data. The more data on the Internet, the greater the demand for the cloud. The value of the industry currently reaches 300 billion USD and by 2023 will reach 614 billion USD.

The Microsoft Azure certification system proves its holder has a solid understanding of the Azure cloud computing platform and its services. This is an industry-regarded certification, recognized globally and sought after by many companies.

Azure certificates are categorized into four main certificate categories:

1. Developer,
2. Administrators,
3. Devops, Architect and
4. Specialized certificates for each segment of IoT, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Security, AI.

The Microsoft Azure certification demonstrates competence and understanding of:

• Cloud concept
• Core Azure Services
• Core Management Tools and Solutions on Azure
• General security and network security features
• Identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
• Azure cost management
• Service level agreement

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (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; configure and manage virtual networking; and monitor and back up Azure resources.

Candidates for the Azure Administrator Associate certification should have subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment.

Responsibilities for this role include implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.

An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an organization's cloud infrastructure.

Target Participants

A candidate for this certification should have at least six months of hands-on experience administering Azure, along with a strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and governance. In addition, this role should have experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure portal, and Azure Resource Manager templates.

Skills measured

• Manage Azure identities and governance
• Implement and manage storage
• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Configure and manage virtual networking
• Monitor and back up Azure resources

Course Objectives

The training programs are specifically designed for participants to pass the exam on the first attempt. In addition to the basic knowledge for the course, candidates also have access to sample exams and continuous support through an online learning group.

This course is instructed by a Microsoft Certified Trainer and AWS Authorized Instructor with more than 16 years of experience in the field of Microsoft Technologies focusing on the main areas: Windows Server, Virtualization, System Center, Azure Stack HCI, Azure Cloud, and AWS Cloud.

Manage Azure identities and governance

• Manage Azure AD objects
• Manage role-based access control (RBAC)
• Manage subscriptions and governance

Implement and manage storage

• Manage storage accounts
• Manage data in Azure Storage
• Configure Azure files and Azure blob storage

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

• Configure VMs for high availability and scalability
• Automate deployment and configuration of VMs
• Create and configure VMs
• Create and configure containers
• Create and configure Web Apps

Configure and manage virtual networking

• Implement and manage virtual networking
• Configure name resolution
• Secure access to virtual networks
• Configure load balancing
• Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
• Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network

Monitor and back up Azure resources

• Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
• Implement backup and recovery