To be certified as Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator, you need to pass exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator. This exam is also part of one the pathways to become a certified Azure Certified Solutions Architect.
Exam outline
This example test your knowledge and skills in the following 5 areas:
- Manage Azure identities and governance (15-20%)
- Implement and manage storage (15-20%)
- Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20-25%)
- Configure and manage virtual networking (25-30%)
- Monitor and back up Azure resources (10-15%)
As all the Azure exams, you need to have practical knowledge to pass and the exam is several times more difficult compared with similar GCP or AWS exams.
Official guide
I will recommend to go through the official guide first: Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator. It provides the following details:
- Exam skills outline
- Free materials:
- AZ-104: Prerequisites for Azure administrators
- AZ-104: Manage identities and governance in Azure
- AZ-104: Implement and manage storage in Azure
- AZ-104: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
- AZ-104: Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure administrators
- AZ-104: Monitor and back up Azure resources
Free YouTube course
The following video is a good learning material for this example.
Practices
The labs and demos covered in the above materials are not necessarily sufficient. Thus I would encourage you to do as many as practices as possible with free Azure account.