AZ-104 · Microsoft Azure Administrator
Each publication has a different job. Start with the guide that matches what you need now, or use them in sequence for the most complete JITA learning experience.
Build working judgment for day-to-day Azure administration.
This Field Guide develops a working mental model of day-to-day Azure administration. You will connect manage identities, roles, subscriptions, governance controls, and resource organization, deploy and operate virtual machines, App Service, containers, and related compute resources, configure storage access, redundancy, lifecycle, and data-protection controls, and design and troubleshoot virtual networking, DNS, load balancing, and connectivity. You are not just memorizing feature names; you are learning what owns the requirement, what can fail, and how to verify the outcome.
- RBAC or identity issue vs resource configuration issue
- network route/security problem vs application listener problem
- configured backup vs proven restore capability
Prove your AZ-104 judgment across day-to-day Azure administration under exam-style conditions.
This Exam Preparation Guide tests whether your understanding of day-to-day Azure administration survives realistic decision pressure. You will practice separating RBAC or identity issue vs resource configuration issue, network route/security problem vs application listener problem, and configured backup vs proven restore capability. Each scenario is designed to make you identify the governing fact, reject the nearest plausible alternative, and explain the evidence that keeps the correct answer correct.
- RBAC or identity issue vs resource configuration issue
- network route/security problem vs application listener problem
- configured backup vs proven restore capability
Understand it first. Then prove you can apply it.
The Field Guide builds the understanding. Use it when you need the architecture, mechanics, dependencies, tradeoffs, failure paths, and verification logic behind the certification.
The Exam Preparation Guide tests the judgment. Use it when you need to practice under exam-style conditions, distinguish close answers, and understand why the correct answer survives changed facts.
Recommended sequence: Field Guide → Exam Preparation Guide → return to the Field Guide for targeted remediation where needed.