AZ-104 Exam overview
AZ-104 Exam Overview
AZ-104 measures Azure administrator skills across identity, governance, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, backup, recovery, and cost-management basics.
AZ-104 measures Azure administrator skills across identity, governance, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, backup, recovery, and cost-management basics.
AZ-104 is the exam for Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate. Microsoft describes the candidate as someone with subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization's Azure environment. The official skills areas are Manage Azure identities and governance (20–25%), Implement and manage storage (15–20%), Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%), Implement and manage virtual networking (15–20%), and Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10–15%).
Treat AZ-104 as an operations exam. It can ask about Microsoft Entra ID users and groups, SSPR, RBAC scopes, Azure Policy, resource locks, tags, storage firewalls, SAS, redundancy, blobs, Azure Files, ARM templates, Bicep, VMs, scale sets, containers, App Service, VNets, NSGs, Bastion, private endpoints, Azure DNS, load balancing, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerts, Recovery Services vaults, Azure Backup, and Azure Site Recovery. The correct answer usually turns on the exact administrative configuration, not broad cloud strategy.
Use these DotCreds paths when you are ready to practice, compare options, or keep studying.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate is the credential this DotCreds guide is organized around. Use this page to understand the topic, then move into practice or the guided course when you are ready.
Start with the beginner guide and study roadmap, then use practice questions to find weak areas before you spend time rereading everything.
It can be worth studying when the skills match your target role, current experience, and next job move. The related certifications page can help compare nearby options.
Study time depends on your background. Use a self-paced plan, review missed questions, and keep the official objectives close while you practice.
Start with a focused practice set, then use your missed questions to decide what to study next.
Official and vendor docs used to ground this page.
Official Microsoft certification page for Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, including the role, exam, candidate profile, exam duration, and assessed skills.
Official AZ-104 study guide with the current skills measured, audience profile, domain ranges, and detailed Azure administration objectives.
Explains Azure role-based access control, role assignments, scopes, and access management concepts used in AZ-104 identity and governance tasks.
Explains Azure Storage authorization options, including identity-based access and access keys, relevant to AZ-104 storage administration.
Covers Azure Container Instances concepts used when AZ-104 candidates compare lightweight container deployment options.
Explains Azure Load Balancer behavior for public and internal load balancing, health probes, and availability scenarios.
Describes Azure Monitor, metrics, logs, alerts, and monitoring concepts used in AZ-104 maintenance tasks.
Explains Azure Policy assignment and compliance concepts used for governance in AZ-104.
Explains LRS, ZRS, GRS, and related redundancy choices tested in AZ-104 storage administration.
Explains storage account network access controls, firewalls, virtual networks, and private connectivity considerations.
Explains Azure budgets, alerts, and cost monitoring concepts used in AZ-104 governance and cost-management basics.
Explains how self-service password reset works in Microsoft Entra ID, a current AZ-104 identity and governance topic.
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