AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator is part of the requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Exam requirements

Exam preparation

This exam preparation is the for the old AZ-100: Infrastructure & Deployment and not the updated AZ-103 exam.

Exam Ref AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator, 1st Edition

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AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator
by Scott Duffy, Software Architect CA
https://www.udemy.com/course/70533-azure/

AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator
by Nick Colyer, Skylines Academy
https://www.udemy.com/course/az-100-skylines-academy/

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Manage Azure subscriptions and resources (15-20%)

Manage Azure subscriptions
- Assign administrator permissions
- Configure cost center quotas and tagging
- Configure Azure subscription policies at Azure subscription level
Analyze resource utilization and consumption
- Configure diagnostic settings on resources
- Create baseline for resources
- Create and rest alerts
- Analyze alerts across subscription
- Analyze metrics across subscription
- Create action groups
- Monitor for unused resources
- Monitor spend
- Report on spend
- Utilize Log Search query functions
- View alerts in Log Analytics
Manage resource groups
- Use Azure policies for resource groups
- Configure resource locks
- Configure resource policies
- Identify auditing requirements
- Implement and set tagging on resource groups
- Move resources across resource groups
- Remove resource groups
Managed role based access control (RBAC)
- Create a custom role
- Configure access to Azure resources by assigning roles
- Configure management access to Azure, troubleshoot RBAC, implement RBAC policies, assign RBAC Roles

Implement and manage storage (15-20%)

Create and configure storage accounts
- Configure network access to the storage account
- Create and configure storage account
- Generate shared access signature
- Install and use Azure Storage Explorer
- Manage access keys
- Monitor activity log by using Log Analytics
- Implement Azure storage replication
Import and export data to Azure
- Create export from Azure job
- Create import into Azure job
- Use Azure Data Box
- Configure and use Azure blob storage
- Configure Azure content delivery network (CDN) endpoints
Configure Azure files
- Create Azure file share
- Create Azure File Sync service
- Create Azure sync group
- Troubleshoot Azure File Sync
Implement Azure backup
- Configure and review backup reports
- Perform backup operation
- Create Recovery Services Vault
- Create and configure backup policy
- Perform a restore operation

Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) (15-20%)

Create and configure a VM for Windows and Linux
- Configure high availability
- Configure monitoring, networking, storage, and virtual machine size
- Deploy and configure scale sets
Automate deployment of VMs
- Modify Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template
- Configure location of new VMs
- Configure VHD template
- Deploy from template
- Save a deployment as an ARM template
- Deploy Windows and Linux VMs
Manage Azure VM
- Add data discs
- Add network interfaces
- Automate configuration management by using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and VM Agent by using custom script extensions
- Manage VM sizes
- Move VMs from one resource group to another
- Redeploy VMs
Manage VM backups
- Configure VM backup
- Define backup policies
- Implement backup policies
- Perform VM restore
- Azure Site Recovery

Configure and manage virtual networks (30-35%)

Create connectivity between virtual networks
- Create and configure VNET peering
- Create and configure VNET to VNET
- Verify virtual network connectivity
- Create virtual network gateway
Implement and manage virtual networking
- Configure private and public IP addresses
- Configure network routes
- Configure network interface
- Configure subnets
- Configure virtual network
Configure name resolution
- Configure Azure DNS
- Configure custom DNS settings
- Configure private and public DNS zones
Create and configure a Network Security Group (NSG)
- Create security rules
- Associate NSG to a subnet or network interface
- Identify required ports
- Evaluate effective security rules
Implement Azure load balancer
- Configure internal load balancer
- Configure load balancing rules
- Configure public load balancer
- Troubleshoot load balancing
Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
- Monitor on-premises connectivity
- Use Network resource monitoring
- Use Network Watcher
- Troubleshoot external networking
- Troubleshoot virtual network connectivity
Integrate on premises network with Azure virtual network
- Create and configure Azure VPN Gateway
- Create and configure site to site VPN
- Configure Express Route
- Verify on premises connectivity
- Troubleshoot on premises connectivity with Azure

Manage identities (15-20%)

Manage Azure Active Directory (AD)
- Add custom domains
- Azure AD Join
- Configure self-service password reset
- Manage multiple directories
Manage Azure AD objects (users, groups, and devices)
- Create users and groups
- Manage user and group properties
- Manage device settings
- Perform bulk user updates
- Manage guest accounts
Implement and manage hybrid identities
- Install Azure AD Connect, including password hash and pass-through synchronization
- Use Azure AD Connect to configure federation with on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- Manage Azure AD Connect
- Manage password sync and password writeback
Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Configure user accounts for MFA
- Enable MFA by using bulk update
- Configure fraud alerts
- Configure bypass options
- Configure Trusted IPs
- Configure verification methods