Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Prep (AZ-104): Practice Labs, Mock Exams, and Real Scenarios to Get You Certified on the Microsoft Azure Platform – 2nd Edition

by Lalit Rawat

Length: 374 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: BPB Publications
Publication Date: 2022-11-18
ISBN-10: 9355512295
ISBN-13: 9789355512291
Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)

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Step by step exam guide to learn Microsoft Azure Administration with hands-on labs

Key Features

Includes subject matter expertise in implementing, managing, and monitoring your organization’s Microsoft Azure environment.
Covers all exam topics, including virtual networks, storage, computing, identity, security, and governance.
Includes exam tips, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations to get certified on the first attempt.

Description

In cloud computing, getting certified as an Azure Administrator is one of the most highly sought-after sets of abilities. Author Lalit Rawat brings the lab’s experience to this updated and extended second edition to help you launch your test preparation with the practical practice of how a certified Azure administrator handles enterprise cloud architecture.

This book will help you understand the fundamental and more advanced aspects of Azure administration. In-depth coverage is provided for various topics, including how to sync your existing on-premises active directory with the Azure directory and how to use the user management features of Azure Active Directory. The book also provides an exam-based scenario explanation for the Azure Virtual Machine, the Azure Storage Account, and the Azure Networking service. The book also includes topics such as Azure Monitor, Azure networking, on-premises to Azure connectivity, site-to-site connections, express route, and disaster and backup recovery solutions.

In addition, you will enjoy chapters specifically devoted to Exam Preparation Guidelines and Mock Exams, which will assist you in the exam assessments that test your knowledge.

What you will learn

Train to work as an Azure administrator using the Microsoft Azure lab environment.
Excellent familiarity with Microsoft Azure and all other essentials of cloud administration.
Set up a corporate cloud system based on Azure.
Build and expand your organization’s virtual infrastructure.
Implement web apps and containers.
Implement storage solutions and manage the network traffic.
Set up, size, monitor, and change your resources to meet the needs of your business.

Who this book is for

This book is intended for Azure Administrators, Cloud Engineers, Windows/Linux Administrators, Technical Specialists, and Consultants who wish to get certified in Azure and expand their expertise to expert-level skills on the platform.

Knowing Powershell and CLI should be enough to read through this book.

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
About the Author
Acknowledgement
Preface
Errata
Table of Contents
1. Managing Azure AD Objects
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Bulk user creation
    User creation
    Group creation
    Group management
    Guest user management
    Self-service password reset
    Azure AD join
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
2. Implementing and Managing Hybrid Identities
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure AD Connect
    Azure AD Connect installation
        Pre-requisites
    Manage Azure AD Connect
    Password writeback
        Enabling the Password Writeback from the Azure AD
        Enabling password writeback from the portal
    Password sync
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
3. Managing Role Assignments Through the RBAC Policy
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Role-Based Access Control
    RBAC access configuration
        Subscription access using the RBAC policy
        Resource group access using the RBAC policy
        Resource access using the RBAC policy
    Custom RBAC role
        Creating the custom role
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
4. Managing Azure Subscription and Resource Management
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure subscription
    Enterprise Agreement Subscription
        Enterprise
        Departments
        Accounts
        Subscriptions
    Azure Subscription Support Plan
        Azure Developer Support
        Professional Direct Support
        Standard Support
        Azure tenant
    Creating a Free Azure Subscription
    Global administrator permission
    Resources group
        Azure Resource Group Manager
    Cost management
        Exploring cost management
        Configuration of the budget alerts
    Azure subscription policy
        Azure policy creation, configuration, and assignment
    Azure quota
    Resource tag
        Usage of the Resource Tag
        Configuration of a resource lock
        Resources movement from one resource group to another
        Removing a resource group
    Creating and configuring management groups
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
5. Managing and Configuring of Azure Storage Accounts
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure storage account
        Types of Azure storage accounts
        Azure storage account creation and configuration
    Implementing Azure storage replication
    Generating and managing the shared access signature
    Managing storage account access key
    Configuring network access to the storage account
    Installation and configuration of the storage explorer
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
6. Manage Data in Azure Storage
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Import and export jobs in Azure
        Configuring Azure Blob Storage
        Creating import and export job in Azure Storage
    Azure Data Box
        Configuring Azure AD authentication for a storage account
        Copying data using AzCopy
    Configure Blob object replication
        Prerequisites
        Configure object replication for block blobs
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
7. The Azure File Share
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure File share
        Creating and configuring the Azure File share
        Configuration of Azure File Sync
        Azure File Sync group
    Azure File Sync troubleshooting
    Configure blob life cycle management
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
8. Creating and Configuring of Azure VMs
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure Virtual Machine
    Virtual Machine Components
        Creating a Windows Virtual Machine
        Creating Linux VMs
    Azure virtual machine scale set creation
    Configure Azure Disk Encryption
    Redeploying a VM
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
9. Automating Deployment of VMs
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure ARM template
    Modifying the ARM template
    Template deployments
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
10. Creating and Configuring Container
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure Container
        Use of an Azure Container
        Creating a Container
        Configure scaling and sizing for Container services
            App Container creation
        Scaling for Container App Instance
        Sizing Container App instance
    Azure Kubernetes
        Creating Azure Kubernetes
        Configure Scaling for AKS
        Upgrade the AKS Cluster
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
11. Creating and Configuring Web Apps
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    App services
        App services plan
    Create and configure app services
        Custom domain configuration
        App Services Security
            Authentication
            TLS/SSL Configuration
        Configure network setting of app services
        App services backup
        Configure scaling setting in an App Service plan
        Configure deployment slots
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
12. Virtual Network Configuration and Integration On-Prem to Azure
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure Virtual Network
        Azure Virtual Network creation
        Azure VNet peering
        Virtual network gateway
        Site-to-site VPN
        Site-to-site VPN connection creation
        VNet-to-VNet connectivity creation
    ExpressRoute connection
    ExpressRoute configuration
    Configure Azure Virtual WAN
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
13. Configuring Load Balancing
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure DNS
        Azure DNS Creation
        Azure DNS record creation
        Azure Load Balancer
        Azure Internal Load Balancer
    Front-end IP configuration
        Azure backend pool
        Health probes
        Application gateway
    Azure Traffic Manager
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
14. Securing Access to Virtual Networks
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Configuration of private and public IP addresses
    Network security group
        Network security group association
    Route table
    Configure and deploy the Azure firewall
    Configure and deploy Azure Bastion services
    Evaluate effective security rules
    Azure Private Network
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
15. Monitoring and Troubleshooting of Virtual Networking
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Network watcher
        Network Watcher topology
    Monitor on-premises connectivity
        IP flow verify
        Next hop
    Network performance monitor
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
16. Analyzing Resource Utilization and Consumption
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure Monitor
    Setup and configuration of Azure alerts
    Azure Metrics
    Azure Services Health
    Diagnostic Logs
        Enabling the diagnostic settings
    Azure Log Analytics
        Creating the Azure workspace
        Utilize Log Search Query Functions
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
17. Implementation of Azure Backup and Disaster Recovery
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Azure backup
    Azure backup vault creation
    Azure VMs backup configuration
    Azure backup policy
    Azure backup report
    Azure restoration of VMs
    Azure backup operation details
    Using soft delete to recover Azure VMs
    Site-to-site recovery using Azure Site Recovery
    Conclusion
    Points to remember
    Multiple choice questions
        Answers
18. Exam Preparation Guidelines and Assessment Based on Live Questions
    Introduction
    Exam preparation guidelines
    AZ-104 Exam tips
    Exam registration
    Dummy objective exam questions
    Dummy Scenario-Based Exam Questions
Index