AZ-104: Azure Administrator Study Guide

Andrew Kelleher
Azure Architects
Published in
6 min readMar 18, 2022

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Exam overview

I passed this exam a while back but wanted to share my AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Study Guide with you.

The content of this exam was updated on October 27, 2022. This study guide has been updated to reflect the latest objectives

The AZ-104 exam is the only exam needed to obtain the Azure Administrator Associate certification. According to Microsoft -

“Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise in implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment, including virtual networks, storage, compute, identity, security, and governance.

An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an organization’s cloud infrastructure. Azure administrators also coordinate with other roles to deliver Azure networking, security, database, application development, and DevOps solutions.

Candidates for this exam should be familiar with operating systems, networking, servers, and virtualization. In addition, professionals in this role should have experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, the Azure

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Andrew Kelleher
Azure Architects

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