Microsoft Azure Administrator

Introduction to Azure Cloud Shell

In this module, you learn what Azure Cloud Shell does, how it works, and when you should choose to use Azure Cloud Shell as a solution to meet your organization’s needs.

• What is Azure Cloud Shell?
• How does Azure Cloud Shell work?
• When should you use Azure Cloud Shell?
• Module assessment

Introduction to PowerShell

This module introduces PowerShell, a cross-platform command-line shell and scripting language built for task automation and configuration management.

• What is PowerShell?
• Exercise - Run your first PowerShell commands
• Locate commands
• Exercise - Locate commands
• Module assessment

Deploy Azure infrastructure by using JSON ARM templates

Write JSON Azure Resource Manager templates by using Visual Studio Code to deploy your infrastructure to Azure consistently and reliably.

• Explore Azure Resource Manager template structure
• Exercise - Create and deploy an Azure Resource Manager template
• Add flexibility to your Azure Resource Manager template by using parameters and outputs
• Exercise - Add parameters and outputs to your Azure Resource Manager template
• Module assessment

Understand Microsoft Entra ID

This module equips learners to describe Microsoft Entra ID - a cloud-based identity and access management service. They'll compare it with AD DS, understand its role as a directory for cloud services, and learn about its security features. They'll also learn about Microsoft Entra Domain Services.

• Examine Microsoft Entra ID
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
• Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a directory service for cloud apps
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
• Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services
• Module assessment

Create, configure, and manage identities

Access to cloud-based workloads needs to be controlled centrally by providing a definitive identity for each user and resource. You can ensure employees and vendors have just enough access to do their job.

• Create, configure, and manage users
• Exercise - assign licenses to users
• Exercise - restore or remove deleted users
• Create, configure, and manage groups
• Exercise - add groups in Microsoft Entra ID
• Configure and manage device registration
• Manage licenses
• Exercise - change group license assignments
• Exercise - change user license assignments
• Create custom security attributes
• Explore automatic user creation
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Describe the core architectural components of Azure

Describe the core architectural components of Azure

• What is Microsoft Azure
• Get started with Azure accounts
• Exercise - Explore interacting with Azure
• Describe Azure physical infrastructure
• Describe Azure management infrastructure
• Exercise - Create an Azure resource
• Module assessment

Azure Policy initiatives

Azure Policy initiatives are a collection of Azure policy definitions that are grouped together toward a specific goal or purpose. By consolidating multiple Azure policies into a single item, Azure Policy initiatives allow centralized control and enforcement of configurations across Azure resources.

• Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Azure Policy design principles
• Azure Policy resources
• Azure Policy definitions
• Evaluation of resources through Azure Policy
• Check your knowledge

Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)

Learn how to use Azure role-based access control to effectively manage your team's access to Azure resources.

• What is Azure RBAC?
• Knowledge check - What is Azure RBAC?
• Exercise - List access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
• Exercise - Grant access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
• Exercise - View activity logs for Azure RBAC changes
• Module assessment

Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset

Learn how to allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset.

• What is self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID?
• Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
• Exercise - Set up self-service password reset
• Exercise - Customize directory branding

Configure virtual networks

Learn how to configure virtual networks and subnets, including IP addressing.

• Plan virtual networks
• Create subnets
• Create virtual networks
• Plan IP addressing
• Create public IP addressing
• Associate public IP addresses
• Allocate or assign private IP addresses
• Exercise: Create and configure virtual networks
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure network security groups

Learn how to implement network security groups, and ensure network security group rules are correctly applied.

• Implement network security groups
• Determine network security group rules
• Determine network security group effective rules
• Create network security group rules
• Implement application security groups
• Exercise - Implement virtual networking
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Host your domain on Azure DNS

Learn how to host the Domain Name System (DNS) records for your domains on Azure infrastructure by using Azure DNS.

• What is Azure DNS?
• Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
• Exercise - Create a DNS zone and an A record by using Azure DNS
• Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record
• Exercise - Create alias records for Azure DNS

Configure Azure Virtual Network peering

Learn to configure an Azure Virtual Network peering connection and address transit and connectivity concerns.

• Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
• Determine gateway transit and connectivity
• Create virtual network peering
• Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining
• Exercise - Implement Intersite Connectivity
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes

Learn how to control Azure virtual network traffic by implementing custom routes.

• Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
• Exercise - Create custom routes
• What is an NVA?
• Exercise - Create an NVA and virtual machines
• Exercise - Route traffic through the NVA

Introduction to Azure Load Balancer

This module explains what Azure Load Balancer does, how it works, and when you should choose to use Load Balancer as a solution to meet your organization's needs.

• What is Azure Load Balancer?
• How Azure Load Balancer works
• When to use Azure Load Balancer
• Module assessment

Introduction to Azure Application Gateway

This module explains what Azure Application Gateway does, how it works, and when you should choose to use Application Gateway as a solution to meet your organization's needs.

• What is Azure Application Gateway?
• How Azure Application Gateway works
• When to use Azure Application Gateway
• Module assessment

Introduction to Azure Network Watcher

This module explains what Azure Network Watcher does, how it works, and when you should choose to use Network Watcher as a solution to meet your organization's needs.

• What is Azure Network Watcher?
• How Azure Network Watcher works
• When to use Azure Network Watcher
• Module assessment

Configure storage accounts

Learn how to configure storage accounts, including replication and endpoints.

• Implement Azure Storage
• Explore Azure Storage services
• Determine storage account types
• Determine replication strategies
• Access storage
• Secure storage endpoints
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Blob Storage

Learn how to configure Azure Blob Storage, including tiers and object replication.

• Implement Azure Blob Storage
• Create blob containers
• Assign blob access tiers
• Add blob lifecycle management rules
• Determine blob object replication
• Manage blobs
• Determine Blob Storage pricing
• Exercise - Provide storage for the public website
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Storage security

Learn how to configure common Azure Storage security features like storage access signatures.

• Review Azure Storage security strategies
• Create shared access signatures
• Identify URI and SAS parameters
• Determine Azure Storage encryption
• Create customer-managed keys
• Apply Azure Storage security best practices
• Exercise: Manage Azure Storage
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Files

Learn how to configure Azure Files for cloud file shares.

• Compare storage for file shares and blob data
• Manage Azure file shares
• Create file share snapshots
• Implement soft delete for Azure Files
• Use Azure Storage Explorer
• Consider Azure File Sync
• Summary and resources

Introduction to Azure virtual machines

Learn about the decisions you make before creating a virtual machine, the options to create and manage the VM, and the extensions and services you use to manage your VM.

• Compile a checklist for creating an Azure Virtual Machine
• Exercise - Create a VM using the Azure portal
• Describe the options available to create and manage an Azure Virtual Machine
• Manage the availability of your Azure VMs
• Back up your virtual machines
• Module assessment

Configure virtual machine availability

Learn how to configure virtual machine availability including vertical and horizontal scaling.

• Plan for maintenance and downtime
• Create availability sets
• Review update domains and fault domains
• Review availability zones
• Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
• Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Implement autoscale
• Configure autoscale
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure App Service plans

Configure Azure App Service plans

• Implement Azure App Service plans
• Determine Azure App Service plan pricing
• Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
• Configure Azure App Service autoscale
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure App Service

Configure Azure App Service

• Implement Azure App Service
• Create an app with App Service
• Explore continuous integration and deployment
• Create deployment slots
• Add deployment slots
• Secure your App Service app
• Create custom domain names
• Back up and restore your App Service app
• Use Azure Application Insights
• Exercise: Implement Web Apps
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure Azure Container Instances

Learn how to configure Azure Container Instances including container groups.

• Compare containers to virtual machines
• Review Azure Container Instances
• Implement container groups
• Review Azure Container Apps
• Exercise: Implement Container Instances
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Introduction to Azure Backup

Evaluate whether Azure Backup is appropriate to use for your backup needs and describe how the features of Azure Backup work to provide backup solutions for your needs.

• What is Azure Backup?
• How Azure Backup works
• When to use Azure Backup
• Module assessment

Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

Use Azure Backup to help protect on-premises servers, virtual machines, SQL Server, Azure file shares, and other workloads.

• Azure Backup features and scenarios
• Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
• Exercise - Back up an Azure virtual machine
• Restore virtual machine data
• Exercise - Restore Azure virtual machine data