Course Title: Azure Cloud Administrator
Course Duration: 50 Hours
Course Objectives:
After successful completion of this course students will be able to:
Attend the global certification exam Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) which is
provided by Microsoft.
Apply for the Azure Administration Jobs.
Understand and perform the tasks related to Microsoft Azure and other cloud
platforms.
References:
Certification: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-104
Course Outline:
Module 1: Identity and Access Management
Azure Active Directory, AD DS vs. Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory Editions,
Azure AD Join, Multi-Factor Authentication, Self-Service Password Reset, Managing User
Accounts and Groups, Azure AD Connect, Azure AD B2B and B2C
Module 2: Azure Subscriptions and Policies
Azure eco system, Azure Subscriptions and accounts, Cost Management and Cost
Savings, Management Groups, Implementing Azure Policies, Determine Compliance, Role-
Based Access Control, Azure RBAC Roles vs Azure AD Administrator Roles
Module 3: Managing Azure Services
Resource Manager, Resource Group Deployments, Resource Groups settings, Managing
Azure through Portal and Cloud Shell, Azure Mobile App, Managing Azure through Azure
PowerShell and Azure CLI, Creating Azure Resource Manager(ARM) Templates, Deploying
Azure Resource Manager(ARM) Templates
Module 4: Configuring Networking Services
Azure Networking Components, Creating and configuring Virtual Networks and Subnets,
Creating and assigning the Public IP and Private IP Addresses, Creating and configuring
Network Security Groups and its Rules, Application Security Groups, Implementing
Firewalls and Firewall Rules, Understanding Azure DNS, Configuring Domains and Custom
Domains in Azure DNS.
Module 5: Connectivity between VNets and Onpremise
Creating and configuring VNet Peering, Gateway Transit and Connectivity, Creating and
configuring VPN Gateway Connections, Implement Site-to-Site VPN Connections,
ExpressRoute Capabilities, Coexisting Site-to-Site and ExpressRoute, Intersite Connection
Comparisons, Virtual WANs.
Module 6: Load Balancer and Traffic Management
Configuring System Routes and User Defined Routes, Creating and configuring Service
Endpoints, Types of Azure Load Balancer, Creating and configuring Public Load Balancer,
Creating and configuring Internal Load Balancer, Application Gateway Routing, Application
Gateway Configuration, Requirements of Azure Traffic Manager, Configuring Traffic
Manager Routing Methods, Distributing Network Traffic.
Module 7: Cloud Storage Solutions
Creating and configuring Storage Accounts, Storage Services, Storage Account Kinds,
Replication Strategies, Accessing Storage, Securing Storage Endpoints, Creating and
configuring the Blob storage, Managing authentication and authorization for Storage,
Storage Security Best Practices, Creating and configuring Files and File Sync, Tools and
services to manage the Azure Storage.
Module 8: Managing Virtual Machines
Understanding IaaS Cloud Services, Creating and Configuring Windows and Linux Virtual
Machines, Components of Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Connections, Configuring Virtual
machine for Availability Sets, Understanding Update and Fault Domains, Understanding
Availability Zones, Implementing Scale Sets and Autoscale, Virtual Machine Extensions,
Custom Script Extensions, Desired State Configuration(DSC).
Module 9: Managing Web Apps
Creating and configuring Azure App Service Plans, Creating and configuring Azure App
Service, Continuous Deployment, Creating Deployment Slots, Securing an App Service,
Backup an App Service, Application Insights, Containers vs. Virtual Machines, Azure
Container Instances, Container Groups, Docker, Creating and configuring Azure Kubernetes
Services, Deploy Azure Kubernetes Service
Module 10: High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Azure Backup, Recovery Service Vault Backup Options, Implementing On-Premises File and
Folder Backups, Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent, Virtual Machine Backups, Virtual
Machine Data Protection, Virtual Machine Snapshots, Recovery Services Vault VM Backup
Options, Azure Site Recovery.
Module 11: Event logs and Monitoring
Azure Monitor Service, Azure Advisor, Activity Log, Query the Activity Log, Azure Monitor
Alerts, Creating Alert Rules, Action Groups, Log Analytics, Create a Workspace, Connected
Sources, Data Sources, Log Analytics Querying, Network Watcher, Network Watcher
Diagnostics, Logs – NSG Flow Logs, Monitoring – Topology
