Microsoft Azure Administrator

Microsoft Azure Administrator

An Azure Administrator is responsible for implementing, managing, and monitoring Azure environments.

This role focuses on day-to-day operations rather than application development.

🔹 Key Responsibilities

• Manage Azure subscriptions & resources
• Configure virtual networks (VNet)
• Deploy and manage Virtual Machines
• Implement storage solutions
• Manage identity & access (Azure AD)
• Monitor resources and optimize performance
• Apply security and compliance controls
• Perform backup and disaster recovery

🔹 Core Azure Services You Must Know

🖥️ Compute

• Virtual Machines (VMs)
• VM Scale Sets
• Azure App Services (basic admin view)

🌐 Networking

• Virtual Networks (VNet)
• Subnets
• Network Security Groups (NSG)
• Azure Load Balancer
• Azure Application Gateway
• VPN Gateway

💾 Storage

• Storage Accounts
• Blob Storage
• File Shares
• Disk Storage
• Azure Backup

🔐 Identity & Security

• Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
• Users & Groups
• RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
• Managed Identities
• Azure Key Vault

📊 Monitoring

• Azure Monitor
• Log Analytics
• Alerts
• Azure Advisor

🔹 AZ-104 Exam Focus Areas

• Manage Azure identities and governance
• Implement and manage storage
• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Configure and manage virtual networking
• Monitor and back up Azure resources