Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Course objectives

This 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.

Benefits

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Secure identities with Azure Active Directory and users and groups.
• Manage subscriptions, accounts, Azure policies, and Role-Based Access Control.
• Administer Azure using the Resource Manager, Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, PowerShell, CLI, and ARM templates.
• Configure virtual networks including planning, IP addressing, DNS, Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall.
• Configure VNet Peering, virtual network gateways, and Site-to-Site VPN.
• Manage network traffic using network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway.
• Implement, manage, and secure Azure storage services.
• Plan, create, and scale virtual machines.
• Administer Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.
• Backup files, folders, virtual machines.
• Monitor the Azure infrastructure.

This course is directly mapped to and supports learning for the AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator certification exam.

Training scope

Module 0: Course Introduction

Module 1: Administer Identity

Azure Active Directory, and Users and Groups.

Module 2: Administer Governance and Compliance

Subscriptions, Azure Policy, and role-based access control.

Module 3: Administer Azure Resources

Administrator tools, Resource Manager, and ARM templates.

Module 4: Administer Virtual Networking

Virtual networks, network security groups, Azure Firewall, DNS

Module 5: Administer Intersite Connectivity

Vnet peering, VPN Gateways, ExpressRoute, and Virtual WANs.

Module 6: Administer Network Traffic

Network routing and endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Application Gateway.

Module 7: Administer Azure Storage

Storage accounts, blob storage, storage security, Azure Files and File Sync, and storage tools.

Module 8: Administer Azure Virtual Machines

Virtual machines, virtual Machine availability, and virtual machine extensions.

Module 9: Administer PaaS Compute Options

Azure App Service Plans, Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Azure Kubernetes Service.

Module 10: Administer Data Protection

Folder backups, and virtual machine backups.

Module 11: Administer Monitoring

Azure Monitor, Azure alerts, Log Analytics, and Network Watcher.

Audience

The course is intended for Azure administrators who want to deepen their knowledge in the field of management. Basic experience or successful AZ-900 exam required