Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Prep
A practical certification course for administering Azure identity, governance, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, backup, and recovery
Prepare for the Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) exam with a focused Cloud Computing course built around the real responsibilities of an Azure administrator. This course helps you build practical skills for managing identity, governance, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, backup, and recovery across Microsoft Azure environments.
Build Azure Administration Skills For AZ-104 Certification
- Develop exam-aligned knowledge for the Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Prep certification path
- Learn to administer Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control, policies, budgets, and subscriptions
- Gain practical experience with Azure storage, virtual machines, containers, App Service, and infrastructure as code
- Strengthen Cloud Computing troubleshooting skills with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Network Watcher, backup, and recovery planning
A practical certification course for administering Azure identity, governance, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, backup, and recovery.
This Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Prep course guides you through the major domains of the AZ-104 exam while keeping the focus on skills you can apply in real Azure environments. You will begin with the Azure administrator role, exam scope, resource hierarchy, subscriptions, and resource groups, giving you the foundation needed to organize and manage Cloud Computing resources with confidence.
From there, you will learn how to manage Microsoft Entra users, groups, external identities, role-based access control, and access review scenarios. The course also covers governance and cost control with management groups, Azure Policy, tags, locks, budgets, cost alerts, Azure Advisor, and subscription management, helping you understand how administrators keep Azure environments secure, compliant, and cost-aware.
You will build hands-on knowledge across storage, compute, and networking administration, including storage account redundancy, encryption, SAS tokens, access keys, Blob Storage, Azure Files, virtual machines, scale sets, ARM templates, Bicep, container services, App Service plans, virtual networks, network security groups, private endpoints, DNS, and load balancers. These topics prepare you to support the core infrastructure that powers modern Cloud Computing workloads on Microsoft Azure.
The course closes with monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, backup, recovery services, site recovery, and final exam strategy. By the end, you will be better prepared for the AZ-104 exam and more capable of administering Azure identity, governance, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, backup, and recovery as a practical Microsoft Azure administrator.
Full lesson breakdown
Lessons are organized by topic area and each includes descriptive copy for search visibility and student clarity.
Course Orientation
1 lesson
Azure Foundations
1 lesson
Identity and Access
2 lessons
Governance and Cost Control
2 lessons
Storage Administration
4 lessons
Compute Administration
4 lessons
Infrastructure as Code
1 lesson
Azure Networking
3 lessons
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
1 lesson
Maintenance and Exam Readiness
1 lesson
Professor Mark Davis
Professor Mark Davis guides this AI-built Virversity course with a clear, practical teaching style.