Microsoft Azure Administrator

Candidates for the exam AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator 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.

A candidate for this exam 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 (15-20%)

• Implement and manage storage (15-20%)

• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20-25%)

• Configure and manage virtual networking (25-30%)

• Monitor and back up Azure resources (10-15%)