Microsoft Azure Administrator

Configure Azure Active Directory

Learn how to configure Azure Active Directory, including features like Azure AD join and self-service password reset.

• Describe Azure Active Directory benefits and features
• Describe Azure Active Directory concepts
• Compare Active Directory Domain Services to Azure Active Directory
• Select Azure Active Directory editions
• Implement Azure Active Directory join
• Implement Azure Active Directory self-service password reset
• Summary and resources

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
• Interactive lab simulation
• 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

Configure role-based access control

Learn how to use role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure resources are protected, but users can still access the resources they need.

• Implement role-based access control
• Create a role definition
• Create a role assignment
• Compare Azure roles to Azure Active Directory roles
• Apply role-based access control
• Review fundamental Azure RBAC roles
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure resources with tools

You will learn how to select a tooling option such as Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Azure Cloud Shell.

• Use the Azure portal
• Use Azure Cloud Shell
• Use Azure PowerShell
• Interactive lab simulation (Azure PowerShell)
• Use Azure CLI
• Interactive lab simulation (Azure CLI)
• Summary and resources

Use Azure Resource Manager

You'll learn to use resource groups to organization your Azure resources.

• Review Azure Resource Manager benefits
• Review Azure resource terminology
• Create resource groups
• Create Azure Resource Manager locks
• Reorganize Azure resources
• Remove resources and resource groups
• Determine resource limits
• Summary and resources

Configure resources with Azure Resource Manager templates

Configure resources with Azure Resource Manager templates

• Review Azure Resource Manager template advantages
• Explore the Azure Resource Manager template schema
• Explore the Azure Resource Manager template parameters
• Consider Bicep templates
• Review QuickStart templates
• Interactive lab simulation - templates
• Summary and resources

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 DNS

Learn how to configure Azure DNS including custom domain names and record sets.

• Identify domains and custom domains
• Verify custom domain names
• Create Azure DNS zones
• Delegate DNS domains
• Add DNS record sets
• Plan for Azure Private DNS zones
• Review Azure Private DNS zone scenarios
• 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 network routing and endpoints

Configure network routing and endpoints.

• Review system routes
• Identify user-defined routes
• Determine service endpoint uses
• Determine service endpoint services
• Identify private link uses
• 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

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 and Azure File Sync.

• Compare storage for file shares and blob data
• Manage Azure Files shares
• Create file share snapshots
• Implement Azure File Sync
• Identify Azure File Sync components
• Deploy Azure File Sync
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Storage with tools

Learn how to configure Azure Storage with tools like Azure Storage Explorer and AZCopy.

• Use Azure Storage Explorer
• Use the Azure Import/Export service
• Use the WAImportExport tool
• Use the AzCopy tool
• Summary and resources

Configure virtual machines

Configure virtual machines

• 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 the Docker platform
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure file and folder backups

Configure file and folder backups

• Describe Azure Backup benefits
• Implement Backup center for Azure Backup
• Configure Azure Recovery Services vault backup options
• Use the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent
• Configure on-premises file and folder backups
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

Configure virtual machine backups

Learn how to configure virtual machine backups including restore operations.

• Explore options to protect virtual machine data
• Create virtual machine snapshots in Azure Backup
• Set up Azure Recovery Services vault backup options
• Back up your virtual machines
• Restore your virtual machines
• Implement System Center DPM and Azure Backup Server
• Compare the MARS agent and Azure Backup Server
• Implement soft delete for your virtual machines
• Implement Azure Site Recovery
• Interactive lab simulation
• Summary and resources

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 Azure alerts

Configure Azure alerts

• Describe Azure Monitor alerts
• Manage Azure Monitor alerts
• Create alert rules
• Create action groups
• Summary and resources

Configure Log Analytics

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• Determine Log Analytics uses
• Create a Log Analytics workspace
• Create Kusto (KQL) 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