Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

About this course

Microsoft Azure is the dominant cloud at MENA's enterprise tier — most banks, government entities, and Microsoft-house ISVs run Azure first. AZ-104 is the entry-level admin certification that opens the door. This course goes beyond exam dumps: we provision real environments, troubleshoot real failures, and finish with two portfolio labs (a hub-and-spoke network with VMs, and a governance setup with policies and RBAC) that demonstrate you can actually administer Azure, not just answer questions about it.

What you'll cover

• 1

  Azure architecture and your tenant

  Subscriptions, resource groups, regions, the portal vs CLI vs PowerShell. Setting up a free trial.

• 2

  Identity: Entra ID, RBAC, MFA

  Users, groups, roles, conditional access. The patterns big organizations actually use.

• 3

  Virtual networks and connectivity

  VNets, subnets, NSGs, peering, VPN gateway, ExpressRoute. The hub-and-spoke design.

• 4

  Compute: VMs, scale sets, App Service, AKS basics

  VM sizing, availability sets vs zones, when to use App Service vs AKS vs VMs.

• 5

  Storage: blobs, files, queues, lifecycle

  Storage account types, redundancy options, lifecycle policies, immutable storage for compliance.

• 6

  Monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery

  Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Recovery Services Vault, ASR for cross-region failover.

• 7

  Governance: policies, blueprints, cost management

  Locking down a subscription. Tagging strategy. Cost alerts that actually fire.

• 8

  Practice exam and sit-the-exam plan

  Full mock under timed conditions. Voucher discounts. Booking and exam-day mechanics.

Skills you'll build

• Azure
• AZ-104
• Entra ID
• RBAC
• VNet
• App Service
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Policy