Microsoft Practice Test AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

The AZ-104 practice test is meticulously designed to train you in implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s comprehensive Azure environment. This robust exam validates your essential skills as a Microsoft Azure administrator, ensuring you are fully equipped to handle critical responsibilities involving virtual networks, secure storage, compute resources, identity management, and overall governance. By immersing yourself in this highly realistic testing experience, you can effectively assess your current technical knowledge, identify specific areas that require further development, and build the unwavering confidence needed to excel on test day. Whether you are using the certification mode to discover weak points under timed conditions or the practice mode to focus intensely on targeted improvements, this practice test serves as the ideal preparation tool for advancing your cloud administration career.

Note: This is merely a practice test to prepare for the professional certification exam, and no certificate is issued by the center for passing it.

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Why should I use the AZ-104 Practice Test to prepare for the official exam?

The AZ-104 certification is a perfect fit for Microsoft Azure administrators who want to officially validate their cloud skills. Passing the AZ-104 exam demonstrates your profound knowledge of implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s complex Azure environment, encompassing vital areas like virtual networks, storage, compute, identity, security, and governance. Utilizing this practice test offers a highly realistic simulation of the official exam environment, empowering you to identify knowledge gaps and master essential concepts before the actual test. Furthermore, achieving this foundational certification serves as the perfect stepping stone to pursue advanced, Azure Expert-level certifications, such as the AZ-400 or AZ-305, ultimately accelerating your professional growth.

The AZ-104 practice test contains 201 questions and covers the following objectives:

Manage Azure identities and governance – 30 questions

Manage Microsoft Entra users and groups

• Create users and groups
• Manage user and group properties
• Manage licenses in Microsoft Entra ID
• Manage external users
• Configure self-service password reset (SSPR)

Manage access to Azure resources

• Manage built-in Azure roles
• Assign roles at different scopes
• Interpret access assignments

Manage Azure subscriptions and governance

• Implement and manage Azure Policy
• Configure resource locks
• Apply and manage tags on resources
• Manage resource groups
• Manage subscriptions
• Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and Azure Advisor recommendations
• Configure management groups

Implement and manage storage – 35 questions

Configure access to storage

• Configure Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks
• Create and use shared access signature (SAS) tokens
• Configure stored access policies
• Manage access keys
• Configure identity-based access for Azure Files

Configure and manage storage accounts

• Create and configure storage accounts
• Configure Azure Storage redundancy
• Configure object replication
• Configure storage account encryption
• Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy

Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

• Create and configure a file share in Azure Storage
• Create and configure a container in Blob Storage
• Configure storage tiers
• Configure snapshots and soft delete for Azure Files
• Configure blob lifecycle management
• Configure blob versioning

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources – 60 questions

Automate deployment of resources by using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep files

• Interpret an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file
• Modify an existing Azure Resource Manager template
• Modify an existing Bicep file
• Deploy resources by using an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file
• Export a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template or compile a deployment as a Bicep file

Create and configure virtual machines

• Create a virtual machine
• Configure Azure Disk Encryption
• Move a virtual machine to another resource group, subscription, or region
• Manage virtual machine sizes
• Manage virtual machine disks
• Deploy virtual machines to availability zones and availability sets
• Deploy and configure an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Provision and manage containers in the Azure portal

• Create and manage an Azure container registry
• Provision a container by using Azure Container Instances
• Provision a container by using Azure Container Apps
• Manage sizing and scaling for containers, including Azure Container Instances and Azure Container Apps

Create and configure Azure App Service

• Provision an App Service plan
• Configure scaling for an App Service plan
• Create an App Service
• Configure certificates and Transport Layer Security (TLS) for an App Service
• Map an existing custom DNS name to an App Service
• Configure backup for an App Service
• Configure networking settings for an App Service
• Configure deployment slots for an App Service

Implement and manage virtual networking – 41 questions

Configure and manage virtual networks in Azure

• Create and configure virtual networks and subnets
• Create and configure virtual network peering
• Configure public IP addresses
• Configure user-defined network routes
• Troubleshoot network connectivity

Configure secure access to virtual networks

• Create and configure network security groups (NSGs) and application security groups
• Evaluate effective security rules in NSGs
• Implement Azure Bastion
• Configure service endpoints for Azure platform as a service (PaaS)
• Configure private endpoints for Azure PaaS

Configure name resolution and load balancing

• Configure Azure DNS
• Configure an internal or public load balancer
• Troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor and maintain Azure resources – 35 questions

Monitor resources in Azure

• Interpret metrics in Azure Monitor
• Configure log settings in Azure Monitor
• Query and analyze logs in Azure Monitor
• Set up alert rules, action groups, and alert processing rules in Azure Monitor
• Configure and interpret monitoring of virtual machines, storage accounts, and networks by using Azure Monitor Insights
• Use Azure Network Watcher and Connection Monitor

Implement backup and recovery

• Create an Recovery Services vault
• Create an Azure Backup vault
• Create and configure a backup policy
• Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
• Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources
• Perform a failover to a secondary region by using Site Recovery
• Configure and interpret reports and alerts for backups

Notes:

• The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are assessing that skill. Related topics may be covered in the exam.
• Most questions cover features that are general availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.

Do not leave your professional certification success to chance. Secure your access to the Microsoft Practice Test AZ-104 today to experience the most realistic exam preparation available on the market. By practicing with our carefully curated questions and detailed explanations, you will build the unwavering confidence and technical expertise needed to ace your official exam on the first try and rapidly accelerate your career as an Azure Administrator!