Microsoft Azure Administrator

Microsoft Azure Administrator 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.

This course is based on the objectives of the course version AZ-104T00-A.

Course Objectives

• Learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups
• Learn how to manage your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control
• Learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure
• Learn about basic virtual networking concepts
• Learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections
• Learn about network traffic strategies
• Learn about basic storage features
• Learn about Azure virtual machines
• Learn administer serverless computing features
• Learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups
• Learn how to monitor your Azure infrastructure

Course Outline

1. Governance and Compliance
   1. Subscriptions and Accounts
   2. Azure Policy
   3. Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
   4. Lab : Manage Subscriptions and RBAC
   5. Lab : Manage Governance via Azure Policy
2. Azure Administration
   1. Azure Resource Manager
   2. Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
   3. Azure PowerShell and CLI
   4. ARM Templates
   5. Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal
   6. Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates
   7. Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell
   8. Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI
3. Virtual Networking
   1. Virtual Networks
   2. IP Addressing
   3. Network Security groups
   4. Azure Firewall
   5. Azure DNS
   6. Lab : Implement Virtual Networking
4. Intersite Connectivity
   1. VNet Peering
   2. VPN Gateway Connections
   3. ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
   4. Lab : Implement Intersite Connectivity
5. Network Traffic Management
   1. Network Routing and Endpoints
   2. Azure Load Balancer
   3. Azure Application Gateway
   4. Traffic Manager
   5. Lab : Implement Traffic Management
6. Azure Storage
   1. Storage Accounts
   2. Blob Storage
   3. Storage Security
   4. Azure Files and File Sync
   5. Managing Storage
   6. Lab : Manage Azure storage
7. Azure Virtual Machines
   1. Virtual Machine Planning
   2. Creating Virtual Machines
   3. Virtual Machine Availability
   4. Virtual Machine Extensions
   5. Lab : Manage virtual machines
8. Serverless Computing
   1. Azure App Service Plans
   2. Azure App Service
   3. Container Services
   4. Azure Kubernetes Service
   5. Lab : Implement Web Apps
   6. Lab : Implement Azure Container Instances
   7. Lab : Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
9. Data Protection
   1. File and Folder Backups
   2. Virtual Machine Backups
   3. Lab : Implement Data Protection
10. Monitoring
1. Azure Monitor
2. Azure Alerts
3. Log Analytics
4. Network Watcher
5. Lab : Implement Monitoring

Who Should Attend

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

Required

• 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.