Course Description: AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator. Free course

This course teaches IT professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, manage infrastructure, configure virtual networks, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, deploy web applications and containers, backup and share data, and monitor your solution.

Free online course with asynchronous support and Microsoft Applied Skills Labs. Limited places available!

IMPORTANT - Conditions and justifications to be presented

You must be unemployed and must present proof of unemployment status when applying for training.

Places are limited.

Training support: Asynchronous

As these are completely free courses, 100% funded by Nanfor , they have asynchronous training support (Question Forum, ChatGPT based on Azure AI, E-mail, Telephone, Social Networks, with the possibility of inviting participants to open sessions and training events). If another type of support is desired, it should be contracted, if applicable.

Within the Nanfor campus, the student will have access to the course components. The training support is asynchronous :

• Questions forum: Students have access to a forum where officially certified instructors respond within 48 hours. Forums are an open space, organized by topic, where points of view and information about course content are discussed and exchanged.
• Azure AI-based GPT Chat: Through our state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence systems, students will be able to search for any concept and get immediate answers. GPT Chat is available on the Nanfor virtual campus and allows students to get quick and personalized answers, which improves their learning experience and allows them to spend more time absorbing new knowledge and skills.
  
• E-mail: The student is contacted via e-mail to send support messages and to monitor the training. In turn, the student can contact us at: soporte@nanforiberica.com
• Telephone: Students can contact the CAU (User Support Centre) by calling +34 91 031 6678 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, without interruption. This immediate assistance is intended for administrative queries and problems accessing course elements. Technical queries about course concepts are made through the resources mentioned above.
• Social Networks: Through our new presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube we aim to promote the exchange of experiences and learning among our students.
• Agenda design: During the training period, the participant is sent a weekly work plan with a description of activities, tasks, practices and other components to obtain a unique experience.

Audience profile

This course is for Azure administrators. The Azure administrator deploys, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure administrator will provision, size, monitor, and tune resources as needed.

Items in this collection

• Configure Azure Active Directory (9 Units)
• Setting up user and group accounts (8 Units)
• Subscription Setup (10 Units)
• Azure Policy Configuration (10 Units)
• Configuring Role-Based Access Control (9 Units)
• Configuring Azure Resources with Tools (7 Units)
• Using Azure Resource Manager (10 Units)
• Configuring Resources with Resource Manager Templates (8 Units)
• Virtual Network Configuration (10 Units)
• Network Security Group Configuration (8 Units)
• Azure Firewall Configuration (6 Units)
• Azure DNS Configuration (10 Units)
• Setting up virtual network pairing (7 Units)
• VPN Gateway Configuration (13 Units)
• ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN Setup (8 Units)
• Network Routing and Endpoint Configuration (8 Units)
• Azure Load Balancer Configuration (11 Units)
• Azure Application Gateway Configuration (6 Units)
• Setting up storage accounts (9 Units)
• Blob Storage Configuration (10 Drives)
• Configuring Storage Security (9 Units)
• Setting up Azure Files and Azure File Sync (9 Units)
• Storage Configuration with Tools (6 Units)
• Configuring Virtual Machines (11 Units)
• Configuring virtual machine availability (12 units)
• Configuring Virtual Machine Extensions (6 Units)
• Setting up App Service Plans (7 Units)
• Azure App Services Configuration (13 Units)
• Configuring Azure Container Instances (7 Units)
• Configure Azure Kubernetes Service (9 Units)
• Setting up file and folder backups (8 Drives)
• Configuring Virtual Machine Backups (12 Drives)
• Azure Monitor Configuration (9 Units)
• Configuring Azure Alerts (6 Units)
• Log Analytics Configuration (7 Units)
• Network Watcher Configuration (7 Units)

Course outline

Module 01: Identity Management

• Microsoft Sign In ID Settings
• Setting up user and group accounts
  

Module 02: Governance and Compliance Management

• Setting up subscriptions
• Azure Policy Configuration
• Configuring role-based access control

Module 03: Azure Resource Management

• Configuring Azure Resources with Tools
• Configuring resources with ARM templates
  

Module 04: Virtual Network Administration

• Setting up virtual networks
• Setting up network security groups
• Azure DNS Configuration
  

Module 05: Managing connectivity between sites

• Setting up VNet peering
• Network Routing and Endpoint Configuration
  

Module 06: Network Traffic Management

• Azure Load Balancer configuration
• Application Gateway Configuration
• Network Watcher Configuration
  

Module 07: Azure Storage Management

• Setting up storage accounts
• Azure Blob Storage Configuration
• Configuring storage security
• Azure Files Setup
  

Module 08: Azure Virtual Machine Management

• Setting up virtual machines
• Configuring virtual machine availability
  

Module 09: Managing PaaS Process Options

• Setting up Azure App Service plans
• Azure App Services Configuration
• Setting up Azure Container Instances

Module 10: Data Protection Management

• Setting up file and folder backups
• Configuring virtual machine backups
  

Module 11: Managing Supervision

• Azure Monitor Configuration
• Setting up Azure alerts
• Log Analytics Configuration
  

Microsoft Applied Skills Labs

Previous knowledge required

Azure Success Managers enter this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage.

• Description of local virtualization technologies, including VMs, virtual networks, and virtual hard drives.

• Description of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.

• Description of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control.

• Understand disaster recovery and resiliency capabilities, including backup and restore operations.

Language

• Course: English / Spanish