Microsoft Azure Administrator

Introduction to Azure Cloud Shell

In this module, you learn what Azure Cloud Shell does, how it works, and when you should choose to use Azure Cloud Shell as a solution to meet your organization’s needs.

• What is Azure Cloud Shell?
• How does Azure Cloud Shell work?
• When should you use Azure Cloud Shell?

Introduction to Bash

Learn how to use Bash to manage IT infrastructure.

• What is Bash?
• Bash fundamentals
• Bash commands and operators
• Exercise - Try Bash
• Exercise - Terminate a misbehaving process
• Exercise - Use Bash and grep to filter CLI output

Introduction to PowerShell

This module introduces PowerShell, a cross-platform command-line shell and scripting language built for task automation and configuration management.

• What is PowerShell?
• Exercise - Run your first PowerShell commands
• Locate commands
• Exercise - Locate commands

Understand Microsoft Entra ID

This module equips learners to describe Microsoft Entra ID - a cloud-based identity and access management service. They'll compare it with AD DS, understand its role as a directory for cloud services, and learn about its security features. They'll also learn about Microsoft Entra Domain Services.

• Examine Microsoft Entra ID
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
• Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a directory service for cloud apps
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
• Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services

Configure user and group accounts

Learn how to configure user and group accounts.

• Create user accounts
• Manage user accounts
• Create bulk user accounts
• Create group accounts
• Create administrative units
• Summary and resources

Configure subscriptions

Learn how to configure Azure subscriptions, including how to obtain a subscription, implement cost management, and apply Azure resource tags.

• Identify Azure regions
• Implement Azure subscriptions
• Obtain an Azure subscription
• Identify Azure subscription usage
• Implement Microsoft Cost Management
• Apply resource tagging
• Apply cost savings
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Policy

Learn how to configure Azure Policy to implement compliance requirements.

• Create management groups
• Implement Azure policies
• Create Azure policies
• Create policy definitions
• Create an initiative definition
• Scope the initiative definition
• Determine compliance
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Manage users and groups in Microsoft Entra ID

Manage users and groups in Microsoft Entra ID

• What is Microsoft Entra ID?
• Create and manage users
• Create and manage groups
• Use roles to control resource access
• Connect Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID with Microsoft Entra Connect

Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)

Learn how to use Azure role-based access control to effectively manage your team's access to Azure resources.

• What is Azure RBAC?
• Knowledge check - What is Azure RBAC?
• Exercise - List access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
• Exercise - Grant access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
• Exercise - View activity logs for Azure RBAC changes
• Knowledge check - Using Azure RBAC

Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset

Learn how to allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset.

• What is self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID?
• Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
• Exercise - Set up self-service password reset
• Exercise - Customize directory branding

Configure virtual networks

Learn how to configure virtual networks and subnets, including IP addressing.

• Plan virtual networks
• Create subnets
• Create virtual networks
• Plan IP addressing
• Create public IP addressing
• Associate public IP addresses
• Allocate or assign private IP addresses
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure network security groups

Learn how to implement network security groups, and ensure network security group rules are correctly applied.

• Implement network security groups
• Determine network security group rules
• Determine network security group effective rules
• Create network security group rules
• Implement application security groups
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Virtual Network peering

Learn to configure an Azure Virtual Network peering connection and address transit and connectivity concerns.

• Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
• Determine gateway transit and connectivity
• Create virtual network peering
• Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Load Balancer

Configure Azure Load Balancer

• Determine Azure Load Balancer uses
• Implement a public load balancer
• Implement an internal load balancer
• Determine load balancer SKUs
• Create back-end pools
• Create health probes
• Create load balancer rules
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Application Gateway

Learn how to configure Azure Application Gateway.

• Implement Azure Application Gateway
• Determine Azure Application Gateway routing
• Configure Azure Application Gateway components
• Summary and resources

Design an IP addressing schema for your Azure deployment

In this module, you learn how to plan and implement an IP addressing scheme for virtual networks and virtual machines in Azure.

• Network IP addressing and integration
• Public and private IP addressing in Azure
• Plan IP addressing for your networks
• Exercise - Design and implement IP addressing for Azure virtual networks

Distribute your services across Azure virtual networks and integrate them by using virtual network peering

Use virtual network peering to enable communication across virtual networks in a way that's secure and cost-effective.

• Connect services by using virtual network peering
• Exercise - Prepare virtual networks for peering by using Azure CLI commands
• Exercise - Configure virtual network peering connections by using Azure CLI commands
• Exercise - Verify virtual network peering by using SSH between Azure virtual machines

Host your domain on Azure DNS

Learn how to host the Domain Name System (DNS) records for your domains on Azure infrastructure by using Azure DNS.

• What is Azure DNS?
• Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
• Exercise - Create a DNS zone and an A record by using Azure DNS
• Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record
• Exercise - Create alias records for Azure DNS

Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes

Learn how to control Azure virtual network traffic by implementing custom routes.

• Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
• Exercise - Create custom routes
• What is an NVA?
• Exercise - Create an NVA and virtual machines
• Exercise - Route traffic through the NVA

Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer

In this module, you learn how to use Azure Load Balancer to distribute traffic between multiple virtual servers or services.

• Azure Load Balancer features and capabilities
• Configure a public load balancer
• Exercise - Configure a public load balancer
• Internal load balancer

Configure storage accounts

Learn how to configure storage accounts, including replication and endpoints.

• Implement Azure Storage
• Explore Azure Storage services
• Determine storage account types
• Determine replication strategies
• Access storage
• Secure storage endpoints
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Blob Storage

Learn how to configure Azure Blob Storage, including tiers and object replication.

• Implement Azure Blob Storage
• Create blob containers
• Assign blob access tiers
• Add blob lifecycle management rules
• Determine blob object replication
• Upload blobs
• Determine Blob Storage pricing
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Storage security

Learn how to configure common Azure Storage security features like storage access signatures.

• Review Azure Storage security strategies
• Create shared access signatures
• Identify URI and SAS parameters
• Determine Azure Storage encryption
• Create customer-managed keys
• Apply Azure Storage security best practices
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

Learn how to configure Azure Files for SMB cloud file shares and how to use Azure File Sync to transform Windows Server into a quick cache of your Azure file share.

• Compare storage for file shares and blob data
• Manage Azure file shares
• Create file share snapshots
• Implement soft delete for Azure Files
• Use Azure Storage Explorer
• Deploy Azure File Sync
• Summary and resources

Create an Azure Storage account

Discover ways to use an Azure Storage account to manage your data for billing, access, and storage location of your blobs, files, queues, and tables.

• Decide how many storage accounts you need
• Choose your account settings
• Choose an account creation tool
• Exercise - Create a storage account using the Azure portal
• Knowledge check - Create a storage account

Upload, download, and manage data with Azure Storage Explorer

Azure Storage Explorer allows you to quickly view all the storage services under your account. You can browse through, read, and edit data stored in those services through a user-friendly graphical interface.

• Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
• Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
• Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Data Lake Storage
• Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Data Lake Storage

Configure virtual machines

You will learn to configure virtual machines including sizing, storage, and connections.

• Review cloud services responsibilities
• Plan virtual machines
• Determine virtual machine sizing
• Determine virtual machine storage
• Create virtual machines in the Azure portal
• Connect to virtual machines
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure virtual machine availability

Learn how to configure virtual machine availability including vertical and horizontal scaling.

• Plan for maintenance and downtime
• Create availability sets
• Review update domains and fault domains
• Review availability zones
• Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
• Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Implement autoscale
• Configure autoscale
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure App Service plans

Configure Azure App Service plans

• Implement Azure App Service plans
• Determine Azure App Service plan pricing
• Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
• Configure Azure App Service autoscale
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure App Service

Configure Azure App Service

• Implement Azure App Service
• Create an app with App Service
• Explore continuous integration and deployment
• Create deployment slots
• Add deployment slots
• Secure your App Service app
• Create custom domain names
• Back up and restore your App Service app
• Use Azure Application Insights
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Container Instances

Learn how to configure Azure Container Instances including container groups.

• Compare containers to virtual machines
• Review Azure Container Instances
• Implement container groups
• Review Azure Container Apps
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI

Learn how to use the cross-platform Azure CLI to create, start, stop, and perform other management tasks related to virtual machines in Azure.

• What is the Azure CLI?
• Exercise - Create a virtual machine
• Exercise - Test your new virtual machine
• Exercise - Explore other VM images
• Exercise - Sizing VMs properly
• Exercise - Query system and runtime information about the VM
• Exercise - Start and stop your VM with the Azure CLI
• Exercise - Install software on your VM
• Summary and cleanup

Create a Windows virtual machine in Azure

Learn to create an Azure virtual machine in minutes that can be used like a local physical desktop or server.

• Create a Windows virtual machine in Azure
• Exercise - Create a Windows virtual machine
• Use RDP to connect to Windows Azure virtual machines
• Exercise - Connect to a Windows virtual machine using RDP
• Configure Azure virtual machine network settings

Host a web application with Azure App Service

Create a website using C#, Java, Python, or Node.js and deploy it through the hosted web app platform in Azure App Service.

• Create a web app in the Azure portal
• Exercise - Create a web app in the Azure portal
• Prepare the web application code
• Exercise - Write code to implement a web application
• Deploy code to App Service
• Exercise - Deploy your code to App Service

Introduction to Azure Backup

Evaluate whether Azure Backup is appropriate to use for your backup needs and describe how the features of Azure Backup work to provide backup solutions for your needs.

• What is Azure Backup?
• How Azure Backup works
• When to use Azure Backup

Configure Azure Monitor

Learn how to configure Azure Monitor, including querying the Azure Monitor activity log.

• Describe Azure Monitor key capabilities
• Describe Azure Monitor components
• Define metrics and logs
• Identify monitoring data and tiers
• Describe activity log events
• Query the activity log
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Log Analytics

You learn how to configure Log Analytics including structuring queries.

• Determine Log Analytics uses
• Create a Log Analytics workspace
• Create Kusto queries
• Structure Log Analytics queries
• Summary and resources

Configure Network Watcher

You'll learn how to configure Network Watcher and troubleshoot common networking problems.

• Describe Azure Network Watcher features
• Review IP flow verify diagnostics
• Review next hop diagnostics
• Visualize the network topology
• Summary and resources

Improve incident response with Azure Monitor alerts

Respond to incidents and activities in your infrastructure using Azure Monitor alerts.

• Explore the different alert types that Azure Monitor supports
• Use metric alerts for alerts about performance issues in your Azure environment
• Exercise - Use metric alerts to alert on performance issues in your Azure environment
• Use log search alerts to alert on events in your application
• Use activity log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure
• Use action groups and alert processing rules to send notifications when an alert is fired
• Exercise -Use an activity log alert and an action group to notify users about events in your Azure infrastructure

Analyze your Azure infrastructure by using Azure Monitor logs

Use Azure Monitor logs to extract valuable information about your infrastructure from log data.

• Features of Azure Monitor logs
• Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data
• Exercise - Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data

Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor

Learn how to monitor your Azure VMs by using Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host and client metrics and logs.

• Monitoring for Azure VMs
• Monitor VM host data
• Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
• Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
• Collect VM client event logs