MCA Microsoft Certified Associate Azure Administrator Study Guide
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MCA Microsoft 365 Azure Administrator Study Guide: Exam AZ-104 prepares readers to take the AZ-104 Exam and to fully understand the role of a Microsoft 365 Azure Administrator. The book takes a practical and straightforward approach to Microsoft Azure, ensuring that you understand both the realities of working as an Administrator and the techniques and skills necessary to succeed on the AZ-104 Exam.
In addition to providing you with access to the online Sybex test bank that includes hundreds of practice questions, flashcards, and a glossary of terms, the study guide comprehensively explains all the following topics:
* How to manage Azure subscriptions and resources
* Implementing and managing storage
* Deploying and managing virtual machines
* Managing and configuring virtual networks
* How to Manage identities
Perfect for anyone considering a career as a Microsoft Azure Administrator or preparing for the AZ-104 Exam, MCA Microsoft 365 Azure Administrator Study Guide: Exam AZ-104 also belongs on the bookshelves of practicing administrators who wish to brush up on the fundamentals of their profession.
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Chapter 1 Identity: Azure Active Directory 1
Chapter 2 Compliance and Cloud Governance 49
Chapter 3 Virtual Networking 109
Chapter 4 Intersite Connectivity 153
Chapter 5 Network Traffic Management 203
Chapter 6 Azure Storage 245
Chapter 7 Azure Virtual Machines 307
Chapter 8 Automation, Deployment, and Configuration of Resources 349
Chapter 9 PaaS Compute Options 387
Chapter 10 Data Protection 445
Chapter 11 Monitoring Resources 475
Appendix Answers to the Review Questions 515
Chapter 1: Identity: Azure Active Directory 516
Chapter 2: Compliance and Cloud Governance 517
Chapter 3: Virtual Networking 519
Chapter 4: Intersite Connectivity 520
Chapter 5: Network Traffic Management 521
Chapter 6: Azure Storage 522
Chapter 7: Azure Virtual Machines 524
Chapter 8: Automation, Deployment, and Configuration of Resources 526
Chapter 9: PaaS Compute Options 528
Chapter 10: Data Protection 529
Chapter 11: Monitoring Resources 530
Index 533
Table of Exercises
Exercise 1.1 Viewing Users in Your Directory 9
Exercise 1.2 Creating Users in Azure AD 14
Exercise 1.3 Modifying and Deleting Users 16
Exercise 1.4 Performing Bulk Operations 20
Exercise 1.5 Viewing Groups in Azure AD 27
Exercise 1.6 Adding Security Groups to Azure AD 29
Exercise 1.7 Adding Microsoft 365 Groups in Azure AD 32
Exercise 2.1 Creating a Resource Group from the Azure Portal 61
Exercise 2.2 Listing Resource Groups from the Azure Portal 63
Exercise 2.3 Deleting Resource Groups from the Azure Portal 64
Exercise 2.3 Implementing a Custom Policy . 73
Exercise 2.4 Creating a Custom Role Using PowerShell 87
Exercise 2.5 Assigning Roles from the Azure Portal 91
Exercise 3.1 Creating Virtual Networks 114
Exercise 3.2 Creating Virtual Networks Using Azure PowerShell 116
Exercise 3.3 Creating Public IP Addresses 117
Exercise 3.4 Creating a Route Table 121
Exercise 3.5 Creating a Custom Route 122
Exercise 3.6 Associating a Routing Table to a Subnet 124
Exercise 3.7 Creating an Azure DNS Zone 130
Exercise 3.8 Adding Records to an Azure DNS Zone 132
Exercise 3.9 Creating a Private DNS Zone and Validating Resolution 134
Exercise 3.10 Creating NSG and NSG Rules 139
Exercise 4.1 Implementing Virtual Network Peering in the Azure Portal 159
Exercise 4.2 Implementing the Virtual Network to Virtual Network VPN in the Azure Portal 173
Exercise 4.3 Implementing a P2S VPN in the Azure Portal 183
Exercise 5.1 Implementing Load Balancing in Azure 215
Exercise 5.2 Implementing Azure Application Gateway 227
Exercise 6.1 Uploading Blobs 262
Exercise 6.2 Working with SAS Keys 273
Exercise 6.3 Working with AzCopy 294
Exercise 7.1 Creating a Windows Virtual Machine 316
Exercise 7.2 Connecting to a Windows VM Using RDP 321
Exercise 7.3 Connecting to a Linux VM Using a Password 325
Exercise 7.4 Connecting to Linux VM Using SSH Keys 327
Exercise 7.5 Connecting to Linux VM Using SSH Keys 329
Exercise 8.1 Composing an ARM Template 362
Exercise 9.1 Creating an App Service Plan 392
Exercise 9.2 Creating an App Service Plan 397
Exercise 9.3 Building and Running Containers in Azure 416
Exercise 9.4 Running Applications in an AKS Cluster 435
Exercise 10.1 Implementing a VM Backup 455
Exercise 11.1 Creating Alerts 486
Exercise 11.2 Ingesting Logs to the Log Analytics Workspace 497
Introduction
Microsoft Azure is the public cloud offering from Microsoft, and it offers more data centers, security, and other services than any other cloud provider. As more organizations are moving their workloads to Azure, there is a high demand for professionals who are trained and certified on Azure. In this book, we will be focusing on Azure administration; the knowledge from this book will help you to manage and administer Azure infrastructure and also help you to pass the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam.
The AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam is an associate exam targeting professionals interested in certifying their knowledge of implementing, managing, and monitoring the Azure infrastructure. Azure administrators are usually part of a team dedicated to certain tasks and responsibilities. These responsibilities include implementation, management, governance, and monitoring of an organization's cloud deployment.
This book is aligned to the official curriculum published by Microsoft, and the purpose of this book is to help you pass the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam. We are focusing on this exam because it covers all the tasks that are involved in the day-to-day life of an Azure administrator. You'll learn enough to get started deploying to workloads to Azure, and you'll learn how to administer, monitor, and manage these workloads. Even after you've taken and passed the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam, this book should remain a useful reference.
Don't just study the questions and answers! The questions on the actual exam will be different from the practice questions included in this book. The exam is designed to test your knowledge of a concept or objective, so use this book to learn the objectives behind the questions.
The AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam
Microsoft Azure was formerly known as Windows Azure until 2014. Internally the project was called Project Red Dog and was announced at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in 2008. Today, Microsoft Azure is one of the leading cloud providers, and many organizations have adopted it as part of the cloud transformation.
Though Azure started with just a handful of services, at present Microsoft Azure comprises numerous services such as compute, storage, network, identity, data management, and so on. As the number of services are increasing, customers are relying on the Azure platform. Getting certified on Microsoft Azure will bring more value to your résumé.
Why Become AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Certified?
There are several good reasons to get your AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator certification.
- Provides Proof of Professional Achievement Certifications are quickly becoming status symbols in the IT industry. As many organizations are moving to the cloud, the demand for cloud skills is high. Employers are pushing their employees to get certified in Azure to support their cloud workloads. Every day, more people are putting the Azure Administrator Associate badge on their LinkedIn profile and résumé.
- Increases Your Marketability AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator certification makes individuals more marketable to potential employers. Also, AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator-certified employees might receive a higher salary base because employers won't have to spend as much money on vendor-specific training.
- Provides an Opportunity for Advancement Most raises and advancements are based on performance. AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator-certified employees work faster and more efficiently. The more productive employees are, the more money they will make for their company; and, of course, the more money they make for the company, the more valuable they will be to the company. So, if employees are AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator certified, their chances of getting promoted will be greater.
- Raises Customer Confidence As the IT community, users, small business owners, and the like become more familiar with the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator-certified professional moniker, more of them will realize that AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator professionals are more qualified to work in their cloud environment than noncertified individuals.
How to Become AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Certified
The Microsoft certification is available to anyone who has experience implementing, managing, and monitoring Azure environment.
The exam is delivered by Pearson VUE, which is partnering with Microsoft. The exam can be taken at any Pearson VUE testing center or using OnVUE online delivery from your home or office. If you pass, you will get two badges. One is for the AZ:104 exam, and the other one is the Azure Administrator Associate badge. These badges will be emailed to you, and you can use Credly to claim them. Contact (877) 551-PLUS (551-7587) for Pearson VUE information.
Registration with Pearson VUE is completed online at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-104#certification-exams by clicking Schedule Exam. You'll be asked for your name, mailing address, phone number, employer, when and where you want to take the test (i.e., which testing center), and your credit card number (arrangement for payment must be made at the time of registration).
Exam policies can change from time to time. We highly recommend that you check the Pearson VUE site for the most up-to-date information when you begin your preparing, when you register, and again a few days before your scheduled exam date.
Who Should Buy This Book
Anybody who wants to pass the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam may benefit from this book. If you're familiar with Azure fundamentals and would like to expand your knowledge to an administrator level, this book covers the material you will need to learn Azure administration, and it continues to provide the knowledge you need up to a proficiency level sufficient to pass the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam. You can pick up this book and learn from it even if you've never used Azure before, although you'll find it an easier read if you've at least casually used Azure in the past. If you're already familiar with Azure administration, this book can serve as a review and as a refresher course for information with which you might not be completely familiar. In either case, reading this book will help you to pass the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam.
This book was written with the assumption that you know the fundamentals of Azure (what it is, and possibly the role of services that are offered by Azure). I also assume that you know some basics about cloud computing in general, such as IaaS versus PaaS versus SaaS, how the cloud is beneficial, and so on. Chances are, you have used Azure in a substantial way in the past. I do not assume that you have extensive knowledge of Azure administration, but if you've done some Azure administration, you can still use this book to fill in gaps in your knowledge.
As a practical matter, you'll need an Azure subscription with which to practice and learn in a hands-on way. Neither the exam nor this book covers actually how the subscription is created. You may need to sign up for a Free Trial or an Azure for Students offer to create a subscription. Alternatively, if your organization has provided you with a Visual Studio subscription, you can use that to create a subscription. Please visit https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/support/legal/offer-details to view the list of Azure offers.
Study Guide Features
This study guide uses a number of common elements to help you prepare. These include the following:
- Summaries The summary section of each chapter briefly explains the chapter, allowing you to easily review what was covered.
- Exam Essentials The exam essentials focus on major exam topics and critical knowledge that you should take into the test. The exam essentials focus on the exam objectives provided by Microsoft.
- Chapter Review Questions A set of questions at the end of each chapter will help you assess your knowledge and whether you are ready to take the exam based on your knowledge of that chapter's topics.
The review questions, assessment test, and other testing elements included in this book are not derived from the actual exam questions, so don't memorize the answers to these questions and assume that doing so will enable you to pass the exam. You should learn the underlying topic, as described in the text of the book. This will let you answer the questions provided with this book and pass the exam. Learning the underlying topic is also the approach that will serve you best in the workplace-the ultimate goal of a certification.
Additional Study Tools
This book comes with additional study tools to help you prepare for the exam. They include the following.
Go to www.wiley.com/go/sybextestprep, register your book to receive your unique PIN, and then once you have the PIN, return to www.wiley.com/go/sybextestprep and register a new account or add this book to an existing account.
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