AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Training
Duration
4 days
Price
$2999
Cities
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth
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Why Choose This Course
AZ-104T00: Microsoft Azure Administrator is an instructor-led training course designed for IT professionals who want to develop the skills required to manage, secure, monitor, and administer Microsoft Azure environments. Aligned with the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification, this course provides practical, hands-on experience with Azure services used in modern cloud infrastructure.
As organisations continue moving applications, data, and business workloads to the cloud, Azure Administrators play a vital role in managing cloud resources, maintaining security, supporting business continuity, and ensuring operational efficiency. This course equips participants with the knowledge needed to effectively administer Azure environments across enterprise settings.
Participants learn how to manage Microsoft Entra ID, configure users and groups, implement role-based access control (RBAC), and secure access to Azure resources. The course also covers governance and resource management using subscriptions, resource groups, Azure Policy, resource tagging, and management groups.
Networking is a key focus area, with training covering Azure Virtual Networks, Network Security Groups, load balancing, hybrid connectivity, VPN solutions, and secure communication between cloud and on-premises environments. Participants gain practical skills for configuring and managing secure Azure network infrastructure.
The course also explores Azure storage and compute services, including Storage Accounts, Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, containers, and application hosting solutions. Learners develop hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and managing resources while supporting scalability and performance requirements.
Monitoring and operational management are covered using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerts, and diagnostic tools. Participants learn how to monitor resource health, analyse performance, troubleshoot issues, and improve operational visibility across Azure environments.
Business continuity and disaster recovery concepts are integrated throughout the training. Participants learn how to implement backup solutions, configure recovery services, support availability requirements, and protect workloads against operational disruptions.
Hands-on labs reinforce learning through practical exercises using the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates. These activities help participants develop real-world Azure administration skills while preparing for certification.
This course is ideal for Azure Administrators, Systems Administrators, Cloud Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, Platform Engineers, DevOps Professionals, Technical Support Specialists, and IT professionals responsible for managing Microsoft Azure environments. Training is available across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, and Canberra, as well as through live online delivery throughout Australia. A Certificate of Attendance is included upon completion.
Prerequisites
Successful Azure administrators typically begin with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage. Recommended knowledge includes:
- Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies (virtual machines, virtual networking, virtual hard disks).
- Understanding of network configuration (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
- Understanding of Active Directory concepts (users, groups) and role-based access control.
- Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
Exam
- Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam(s).Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
Books
- Microsoft AZ-104T00 – Microsoft Azure Administrator course material included.
Skills Gained
- Manage identities and governance with Microsoft Entra ID and Azure RBAC.
- Configure and manage Azure subscriptions, resource groups, tags, and locks
- Implement Azure Policy to enforce organisational standards.
- Deploy, configure, and administer virtual networks, subnets, and IP addressing.
- Secure network traffic using network security groups and Azure Firewall.
- Configure name resolution with Azure DNS and private DNS zones.
- Implement intersite connectivity with VNet peering, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, and Virtual WAN.
- Configure load balancing with Azure Load Balancer and Application Gateway.
- Implement and manage storage accounts, containers, and data lifecycle policies.
- Secure storage using keys, shared access signatures, and network controls.
- Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync for hybrid file services.
- Deploy and manage Azure virtual machines, availability sets, zones, and scale sets.
- Automate deployments using Azure Resource Manager templates and command-line tools.
- Configure extensions, custom images, and update management for VMs.
- Deploy and manage Azure App Service and containers with Azure Container Instances and AKS (administration basics).
- Monitor resources with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, metrics, and alerts.
- Implement backup and recovery using Recovery Services vaults and policies.
- Use Azure Network Watcher for connection monitoring and diagnostics.
- Apply cost management and tagging strategies for governance.
- Troubleshoot common identity, networking, storage, and compute issues.
storage, and compute issues.
Audience
- This course is designed for Azure administrators and IT professionals who implement, manage, and monitor Azure environments. It is also suitable for system and network administrators transitioning to cloud operations, and engineers or support staff responsible for daily Azure administration in enterprise or managed service contexts.
Outline
- Azure administration tools: Azure portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI
- Resource organization with Azure Resource Manager (subscriptions, resource groups, tags, locks)
- Deploying resources with ARM templates; template structure and parameters
- Microsoft Entra ID tenants, users, groups, and access assignments
- Role-based access control: scopes, built-in roles, custom roles
- Policy-driven governance: Azure Policy definitions, initiatives, compliance
- Virtual networks: design, subnets, addressing, service endpoints
- Network security groups: rules, priorities, and diagnostics
- Azure Firewall: filtering, DNAT/SNAT, rule collections
- DNS in Azure: public zones, private DNS, resolution patterns
- VNet peering: design and constraints
- Hybrid connectivity: VPN Gateway (site-to-site and point-to-site)
- ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN: private connectivity options
- Load balancing: Azure Load Balancer (Layer 4) configuration
- Application Gateway: Layer 7 routing, WAF basics
- Traffic management approaches and routing endpoints
- Storage accounts: performance tiers, redundancy, access, and encryption
- Blob storage: containers, lifecycle management, soft delete
- Storage security: keys, SAS, private endpoints, firewalls
- Azure Files and Azure File Sync: hybrid file services and quotas
- Virtual machines: images, sizes, availability sets, zones
- VM scale sets: scaling policies and health probes
- VM extensions and configuration management
- App Service plans and web apps basics for administrators
- Container administration basics: Azure Container Instances and AKS responsibilities
- Monitoring and observability: Azure Monitor, metrics, logs, insights
- Log Analytics workspace configuration and data collection
- Alerts and action groups for proactive operations
- Backup and recovery: Recovery Services vaults, backup policies, VM/file backups
- Network Watcher: connection troubleshoot, packet capture, topology
- Cost management: budgets, alerts, and tagging for chargeback/showback
- Governance best practices and operational readiness
Price
| Days | Friday | Mon & Tue | Saturdays only |
| Time | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| Duration | 4 days | 4 week | 4 week |
| Price | $2999 | $2999 | $2999 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
What is AZ-104T00: Microsoft Azure Administrator?
AZ-104T00 is a Microsoft Azure training course that teaches professionals how to implement, manage, secure, monitor, and maintain Azure environments using industry best practices and enterprise administration techniques.
Who should attend the AZ-104 course?
The course is ideal for Azure Administrators, Cloud Engineers, Systems Administrators, Infrastructure Engineers, Platform Engineers, DevOps professionals, and IT staff responsible for Azure administration.
What skills will I gain from AZ-104 training?
Participants learn Microsoft Entra ID administration, Azure governance, RBAC, virtual networking, hybrid connectivity, storage management, virtual machine deployment, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure resource management.
Does AZ-104 include hands-on Azure labs?
Yes. The course includes practical exercises using the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure Resource Manager templates to configure, manage, secure, and monitor Azure resources.
Does AZ-104 help prepare for Azure certification?
Yes. The course includes practical exercises using the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure Resource Manager templates to configure, manage, secure, and monitor Azure resources.
What Azure certifications can I pursue after AZ-104?
After achieving Azure Administrator-level skills, professionals often progress to certifications such as Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500), Azure Developer (AZ-204), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), and other specialist Azure certification pathways.
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