Microsoft Azure is one of the most popular cloud-based platforms that business are using worldwide to completely change the way deliver their products and services to clients that allows the creation, testing, deployment and managing of applications and services on Microsoft's proprietary data centers. 

Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ - 104) course will gain a proper understanding of managing Azure subscriptions, securing identities, configuring virtual networking, managing network traffic, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage virtual machines, deploy virtual applications and containers, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps, Back up and Restore etc. 

TOPICS COVERED

• AZ-900 & AZ-104 - Course Introduction
• AZ-900 & AZ-104 - Prerequisites
• What is Cloud - Simple Definition
• What is Cloud Computing - Explanation
• Why we need Cloud Computing
• Cloud - Normal User & Business User Definition
• Cloud Benefit - CapEx & OpEx
• Cloud Benefit - Elastic with Self Service On Demand
• Cloud Benefit - Global Scaling
• Cloud Benefit - Reliability
• Cloud Benefit - High Availability, Fault Tolerance, Disaster Recovery
• Cloud Deployment Models - Public, Private Hybrid & Community
• Cloud Service Models - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Cloud - Shared Responsibilities
• What is Microsoft Azure
• Azure course prerequisites
• Explain & Understanding about cloud computing
• Cloud service & Cloud providers
• Microsoft Azure – History
• Understanding On-Premises Infra VS Cloud Infra
• Why we need Azure
• Azure Datacenter Regions & Locations
• Azure Speed test & Find nearest azure datacenter
• Differences between Physical network and Azure Network
• Cloud benefits, types and services ( IaaS | PaaS | SaaS )
• Azure pricing calculator - Overview 
• How to create Azure free account
• Azure administrator accounts types
• Explained about Azure portal & other basic things
• What is Microsoft Tenant ID
• Understanding & Explanation of resource groups
• Resource group – advantages 
• Resource group management scopes
• Create resource groups
• Move resources from one resource group to another resource group
• Configure Resource manager lock and test
• How many ways to manage azure resources
• Azure portal supported devices & browsers
• How to enable & configure Azure cloud shell 
• Managing Azure resources from windows powershell
• Download & Configure Azure command line interface ( CLI )
• Modify an Azure Resource Manager template ( ARM )
• Save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template ( ARM )
• Differences between Network & Networking
• Azure cloud network – Overview
• Understanding Azure networking components & symbols
• Azure virtual machine – Overview 
• Azure virtual machine creation – Theory
• Explain how to create a VM & how to access the VM
• Deploying virtual machines – Backend resources
• Deploy Webserver on Windows VM
• Azure - Different Cost Structure
• Azure Services - Always Free
• Differences between Azure network & On-premise network
• Understanding & Explanation of Azure Virtual Network ( VNet )
• How to create Vnet & Subnet and assign to specific VM’s
• Understanding about reserved IP addresses in Azure
• How to establish VNet connection between two VM’s 
• How to assign a static IP address from the VM console 
• How to download VNet diagram | topology
• Configure Regional VNet peering in Azure ( VNet A to VNet B ) 
• Configure Global VNet peering in Azure ( Peering in Different Regions )
• How to add additional network interface card in VM
• Types of VPN connections in Azure – Explained
• Azure virtual network gateway pricing details 
• Point-to-Site VPN connection – Explained
• Point-to-Site VPN connection – LAB
• Site-to-Site VPN connection – LAB ( On-premise to Cloud connection )
• ExpressRoute connection - LAB
• OS Disk, Temporary Disk and Data Disk – Explained
• Differences between Managed Disk & Unmanaged Disk
• Attach Additional data disk on virtual machine
• Ultra disk, Premium SSD, Standard SSD, Standard HDD
• Azure virtual machine sizes & Series – Theory 
• Resizing a virtual machine – LAB
• Understanding virtual machine status 
• Change/Reset password of VM from Azure portal
• How to auto shutdown an Azure VM to save money 
• Azure VM – Boot Diagnostics & Serial Console
• Convert customized VM into image & Deployment – Theory
• Convert customized VM into image & Deployment - LAB
• Deploy Custom script extension through portal & powershell
• How to Redeploy & Reapply to fix a broken virtual machine
• Create virtual machine with Unmanaged Disk 
• Migrate Unmanaged disk to Managed disk
• Azure pricing calculator – Explained 
• Azure availability sets – Theory 
• Understanding & Explanation of Fault Domain & Update Domain 
• Deploy Azure virtual machines in Availability Set – LAB 
• Virtual Machine Scale Sets ( VMSS ) – Introduction
• Create, Configure & Test - Virtual Machine Scale Sets ( VMSS ) – LAB
• How to add additional disk in VMSS
• What is Azure SPOT Virtual Machine
• How to Create Azure SPOT Virtual Machine
• Delploy LINUX Virtual Machine - Using Password
• Connect LINUX VM - Generate New Key Pair
• Connect LINUX VM - Use Existing Key Stored in Azure
• Connect LINUX VM - Use Existing Public Key
• Deploy Webserver in LINUX using RUN command
• Azure Monitoring – Basic introduction
• Monitoring Virtual Machine in Azure
• Create, Configure & Manage Alerts in Azure
• Understanding & Create Azure policies 
• Azure Backup – Introduction 
• Explained about Azure Recovery Service Vault 
• Configure backup for Azure virtual machine 
• Restore folders and files from Azure backup
• Restore entire Virtual Machine from the backup | Restore Point 
• Restore Azure virtual machine disk from the backup 
• Configure backup in On-premises server to Azure ( MARS )
• Recover datas from the backup and copy to On-premises server
• Supported backup OS, File Types, Drives and Backup Limits
• Recovery service vault deletion & Other things ( Soft Delete ) 
• Azure Load Balancer – Basic introduction 
• Internal & External Load Balancer – Important things
• Azure Load balancer packages – Standard SKU & Basic SKU 
• Configuring & Testing Azure public load balancer 
• Azure storage – Basic introduction
• Different types of storage & Classification of storage
• Azure storage methods ( Blob, File, Queue, Table, Disk )
• What is Azure storage account – Overview 
• Azure storage advantages 
• Azure storage services – Explained 
• Understanding & Planning Azure cloud storage
• Replication methods-Explained (LRS, ZRS, GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, RA-GZRS) 
• Create & Manage Azure storage accounts 
• Understanding & Configuring storage tiers 
• Configure Azure blob storage & blob object replication
• Move storage account from one RG to another RG
• How to delete Azure storage account 
• Install and Use Azure Storage Explorer – Explained
• Change Redundancy method from Primary to Secondary Region ( LRS to GRS )
• Monitor Azure storage account( Egress, Ingress, Latency, Metrics, Workbook ) 
• Create and Configure Azure File Shares
• How to take file share snapshot & restore 
• Create and configure Azure file sync service 
• Access key & Shared Access Signature key (SAS)
• Azure disk encryption – Enable & Disable
• Use AZCopy to upload data in Azure storage
• Import & Export Azure job
• Role Based Access Control ( RBAC ) – Basic Introduction
• Azure Active Directory – Overview
• Differences between On-prem Windows AD & Azure AD 
• Create Azure AD user & Guest user ( Invite user ) 
• How to create bulk users and groups 
• AD user profile settings, Password reset & Revoke session 
• What is Azure Identity Service
• Differences between Authentication & Authorization
• Enable & Configure self-service password reset for AD users
• How to create Azure AD Groups 
• Create and Configure Assigned & Dynamic membership type
• How to activate Azure AD Premium P2 trial license
• Understanding about Dynamic users & Dynamic Device settings 
• Assign ROLE permissions for Azure AD User & Group 
• Create or Update Azure custom role using the portal 
• How to change the name of AD default directory name 
• Create, Switch and Manage Azure Tenant 
• Transfer or Move Azure subscription from AD Tenant to another AD Tenant
• How to delete Azure Tenant
• Implement and configure Multi-Factor authentication ( MFA ) 
• How to customize MFA verification options for users
• How to use mobile APP for MFA verification purpose 
• Azure Active directory editions & pricing details 
• Sync / Migrate On-premises AD with Azure AD 
• How to remove or disable Azure AD connect through powershell script
• Network Security Group ( N S G ) – Introduction
• Create & Configure Network Security Group( N S G ) – Explained 
• Azure APP Service – Introduction 
• Azure APP Service plans – Explained
• App service & App service plan – Backend process 
• Differences between Shared Infrastructure plan & Dedicated plan 
• How to upgrade App service plans 
• App service benefits for Developers & Programmers
• Brief explanation of Virtualization & Concepts 
• What is container & Docker 
• Differences between virtualization and Containerization 
• Explained about images and how to download from docker hub
• What is Kernel & Explained 
• What is benefits, if we use container 
• App service creation & configuration – Step by Step 
• App service deployment from Deployment center – FTP Service
• How to push a webpage in Azure, using FileZilla client
• Create and deploy web app through visual studio 
• Create & Configure custom domain for web application
• How to create DNS Zone
• SSL certificate binding for web app
• How to purchase Domain name from GODADDY Site
• How to upgrade free trial subscription to Pay-as-you go model 
• What is Serverless Computing
• What is Azure Functions
• Azure bastion service – Theory
• Create and Configure Azure bastion service
• What is Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
• What is Host Pool & Session Host
• Differences Between Breadth Mode and Depth Mode
• What is FSLogix