Microsoft Certified - Azure Administrator Associate In UK, London, Bradford, Manchester, Birmingham

Microsoft Certified – Azure Administrator Associate

Candidates for the Azure Administrator Associate certification should have subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment.

Responsibilities for this role include implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.

A candidate for this certification should have at least six months of hands-on experience administering Azure, along with a strong understanding of core Azure services, Azure workloads, security, and governance. In addition, this role should have experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure portal, and Azure Resource Manager templates.

Skills measured

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 resource

Course Outline

Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) objects

create users and groups
create administrative units
manage user and group properties
manage device settings
perform bulk user updates
manage guest accounts
configure Azure AD join
configure self-service password reset

Manage role-based access control (RBAC)

create a custom role
provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes
interpret access assignments

Manage subscriptions and governance

configure Azure policies
configure resource locks
apply and manage tags on resources
manage resource groups
manage subscriptions

Secure storage

configure network access to storage accounts
create and configure storage accounts
generate shared access signature (SAS) tokens
manage access keys
configure Azure AD authentication for a storage account
configure access to Azure Files

Manage storage

export from Azure job
import into Azure job
install and use Azure Storage Explorer
copy data by using AZCopy
implement Azure Storage replication
configure blob object replication

Configure Azure files and Azure Blob Storage

create an Azure file share
create and configure Azure File Sync service
configure Azure Blob Storage
configure storage tiers
configure blob lifecycle management

Create and configure containers

configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances
configure container groups for Azure Container Instances
configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
configure scaling for AKS
configure network connections for AKS
upgrade an AKS cluster

Create and configure Azure App Service

create an App Service plan
configure scaling settings in an App Service plan
create an App Service
secure an App Service
configure custom domain names
configure backup for an App Service
configure networking settings
configure deployment settings

Configure load balancing

configure Azure Application Gateway
configure an internal or public load balancer
troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking

monitor on-premises connectivity
configure and use Azure Monitor for Networks
use Azure Network Watcher
troubleshoot external networking
troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network

create and configure Azure VPN Gateway
create and configure Azure ExpressRoute
configure Azure Virtual WAN

Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor

configure and interpret metrics
configure Azure Monitor logs
query and analyze logs
set up alerts and actions
configure Application Insights

About The Exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: manage Azure identities and governance; implement and manage storage; deploy and manage Azure compute resources; configure and manage virtual networking; and monitor and back up Azure resources.