To earn Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate - AZ-103 certification, you will only need to pass one exam AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator. This new exam combines the skills covered in AZ-100 and AZ-101, with the majority of the new exam coming from AZ-100.

AZ-103 course is recommended for the Azure Administrators who manage cloud services that span storage, security, networking, and compute cloud capabilities. Candidates have a deep understanding of each service across the full IT lifecycle, and take requests for infrastructure services, applications, and environments.

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Who should take Azure Administrator Associate AZ-103 Course?

This Azure Administrator training course is ideal for:

• Azure administrators and engineers
• System administrators looking to expand into Azure
• IT professionals

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Exam AZ-104 for Microsoft Azure Administrator is the updated version of Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ-103 . This exam will test the knowledge and capabilities of the candidates in the configuration and management of compute, storage, virtual networking, and monitoring in the Azure environment. An Azure Administrator is a subject matter expert (SME) who is responsible for implementing the Azure-based cloud infrastructure of an organization.

Areas Covered
Manage Azure AD objects, role-based access control (RBAC), and subscriptions and governance such as configuring Azure policies and resources Manage storage accounts and data in Azure storage, configure Azure files, Azure blob storage, and configure storage tiers for Azure blobs Configure VMs for high availability, scalability, and Automate deployment and configuration of VMs Create and configure VMs, containers, and web apps including app services and service plans Configure and manage virtual networking, backup, and monitor Azure resources

Course Outline Module 1: Azure Administration In this module, you’ll learn about to tooling Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, Resource Manager, and Resource Manager Templates. The demonstrations in this module will ensure you are successful in the course labs. Lessons  Azure Portal and Cloud Shell  Azure PowerShell and CLI  Resource Manager  ARM Templates

Module 2: Azure Virtual Machines In this module, you’ll learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions. Lessons  Virtual Machine Planning  Creating Virtual Machines  Virtual Machine Availability  Virtual Machine Extensions Lab : Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines Lab : Virtual Machines and Scale Sets

Module 3: Azure Storage In this module, you’ll learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files, and storage security. Lessons  Storage Accounts  Azure Blobs  Azure Files  Storage Security Lab : Implement and Manage Storage

Module 4: Virtual Networking In this module, you’ll learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks, IP addressing, Azure DNS, and network security groups. Lessons  Virtual Networks  IP Addressing and Endpoints  Azure DNSNetwork Security Groups Lab : Configure Azure DNS

Module 5: Intersite Connectivity In this module, you’ll learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, VNet-to-VNet connections, Site-to-Site Connections, and ExpressRoute. Lessons  VNet Peering  VNet-to-VNet Connections  ExpressRoute Connections Lab : VNet Peering and Service Chaining

Module 6: MonitoringI n this module, you’ll learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, log analytics, and Network Watcher. Lessons  Azure Monitor  Azure Alerts  Log Analytics  Network WatcherLab : Network Watcher

Module 7: Data ProtectionIn this module, you’ll learn about data replication strategies, backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups. Lessons  Data Replication  File and Folder Backups  Virtual Machine Backups Lab : Azure Site Recovery Between Regions

Module 8: Network Traffic Management In this module, you’ll learn about network traffic strategies including service endpoints, network routing, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Traffic Manager. Lessons  Network Routing  Azure Load Balancer  Azure Traffic Manager Lab : Load Balancer and Traffic Manager

Module 9: Azure Active DirectoryIn this module, you’ll learn about Azure Active Directory (AD) including Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Join. Lessons  Azure Active Directory  Azure AD Connect  Azure AD Join Lab : Implement Directory Synchronization

Module 10: Securing Identities In this module, you’ll learn how to secure identities including Multi-Factor Authentication, Azure AD Identity Protection, and Self-Service Password Reset. Lessons  Multi-Factor Authentication  Azure AD Identity Protection  Self-Service Password Reset Lab : Azure AD Identity Protection Lab : Self-Service Password Reset

Module 11: Governance and Compliance In this module, you’ll learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts including rolebased access control, users and groups, and Azure policy.Lessons  Subscriptions and Accounts  Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)  Users and Groups  Azure Policy Lab : Role-Based Access Control Lab : Governance and Compliance

Module 12: Data Services In this module, you’ll learn how to effectively share data using Import and Export service, Data Box, Content Delivery Network, and File Sync. Lessons  Content Delivery Network  File Sync  Import and Export Service  Data Box Lab : File Sync
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