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Concepts of Microsoft Azure
Azure architecture, subscriptions, resource groups, and the big picture for enterprise infrastructure.
Lab: Create an Azure subscription and resource group.
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AZ-104 Azure Administration training
A 5-day instructor-led Microsoft Azure administration course covering infrastructure services, platform services, real-world use cases, hands-on labs, Azure DevOps basics, and AZ-104 exam preparation.
5 Days
Hands-on labs
AZ-104 exam prep
Course Overview
In-depth Azure administration with real-world labs
Participants learn how to implement Azure infrastructure and platform services, including virtual networks, network connectivity, virtual machines, availability sets and zones, load balancing, Traffic Manager, App Services, containers, storage, and Microsoft Entra ID integration with on-premises Active Directory.
The course is delivered through use cases and real-world examples so learners can connect each concept to practical administration work.
Architecture of Microsoft Azure with subscription and resource group planning
Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, containers, Container Apps, and Kubernetes
Virtual networking, VNet peering, site-to-site connectivity, and ExpressRoute
Network Security Groups, load balancing, Traffic Manager, and high availability
Microsoft Entra ID for cloud and hybrid identity, MFA, conditional access, and RBAC
Azure Site Recovery, backup and restore, monitoring, and Azure DevOps fundamentals
Networking
Compute and apps
Identity and security
Monitoring and recovery
Course Outline
12 modules from Azure foundations to recovery
The curriculum follows the supplied AZ-104 Administration document and pairs each administration area with hands-on lab work.
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Azure Virtual Networking
Virtual networks, VNet peering, VNet-to-VNet, point-to-site, site-to-site, and ExpressRoute connections.
Lab: Create and manage VNets, peering, VNet-to-VNet, and site-to-site connectivity.
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Azure Virtual Machines
VM concepts, classifications, workload selection, configuration, settings, and IP addressing.
Lab: Create VMs, select VM types by workload, configure static and dynamic IPs, and verify connectivity.
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Azure Network Security Group
Azure security concepts, default and custom NSGs, NSG rules, VM-level NSGs, and subnet-level NSGs.
Lab: Create, associate, and validate custom NSGs for virtual machines, subnets, and applications.
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Azure Managed Disk and Storage
Azure disk concepts, disk types, performance optimization, workload fit, and disk snapshots.
Lab: Create, attach, resize, tune, snapshot, and recover Azure disks.
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Availability, Load Balancing, and Traffic Manager
High availability, availability sets, availability zones, Azure Load Balancer, and Traffic Manager.
Lab: Configure availability sets, availability zones, load balancing, and cross-region Traffic Manager.
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Azure App Services
App Service types, code deployments, container deployments, and deployment slots.
Lab: Deploy code with FTP and GitHub, create deployment slots, swap slots, build containers, and deploy containers.
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Azure Kubernetes Services
AKS architecture, Kubernetes control plane, nodes, pods, and cluster operations.
Lab: Create, manage, maintain, and deploy container applications into an AKS cluster.
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Azure Storage Accounts
Blob, table, queue, and file storage, static websites, lifecycle management, permissions, and redundancy.
Lab: Create storage accounts, configure blobs, access tiers, lifecycle rules, table, queue, files, keys, and SAS.
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Azure Monitoring
Azure Monitor, diagnostic logs, alerts, Network Watcher, Log Analytics, and dashboards.
Lab: Monitor VMs and services, configure diagnostic logs and alerts, and build dashboards.
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Microsoft Entra ID
Cloud and hybrid identity, users, groups, policies, MFA, conditional access, AD Connect Sync, and Cloud Sync.
Lab: Create users and groups, sync on-premises identities, enable MFA, configure conditional access, and assign RBAC.
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Microsoft Azure Backup and Restore
Azure Site Recovery, Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent, Recovery Services Vault, and recovery workloads.
Lab: Install the MARS agent, create a Recovery Services Vault, and restore on-premises workloads and virtual machines.
Who Can Attend
Built for working IT teams
IT professionals
System administrators and engineers
Network administrators and engineers
Virtualization administrators
Datacenter architects
Developers and IT operations engineers
Training Outcomes
Practice the work Azure administrators do
Implement Azure infrastructure services through guided, real-world administration scenarios
Practice core AZ-104 skills across identity, networking, compute, storage, monitoring, and recovery
Apply concepts through instructor-led labs instead of only exam theory
Prepare for the AZ-104 exam while building practical Azure operations confidence
Managed disks and storage
App Services and AKS
Azure DevOps basics
Backup and site recovery