Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
The day job of an Azure administrator: identity and governance, storage, compute, virtual networking, and monitoring and recovery. Heavily practical — it expects you to know where things are in the portal and what the CLI call looks like.
The exam
- Exam code
- AZ-104
- Questions
- Not published
- Scored questions
- —
- Time
- Not published
- Passing standard
- 700 or greater
- Domains
- 5
Exam domains
| Domain | Weight | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Manage Azure identities and governanceMicrosoft Entra users and groups, access to Azure resources through role-based access control, and subscription governance with Azure Policy, locks, tags and management groups. | 20–25% | 2 |
| Implement and manage storageStorage account configuration and redundancy, access control through firewalls, SAS tokens and identity, and Azure Files and Blob Storage features. | 15–20% | 2 |
| Deploy and manage Azure compute resourcesARM templates and Bicep, virtual machines and scale sets, containers in Container Instances and Container Apps, and App Service. | 20–25% | 3 |
| Implement and manage virtual networkingVirtual networks and subnets, peering, routing, network security groups, private and service endpoints, Azure DNS and load balancing. | 15–20% | 3 |
| Monitor and maintain Azure resourcesAzure Monitor metrics, logs and alerts, Network Watcher, and backup and disaster recovery with Azure Backup and Site Recovery. | 10–15% | 2 |
Topics you can drill
Manage Azure identities and governance
- Microsoft Entra IDUsers, groups, external identities, licences and self-service password reset.
- Role-based access controlBuilt-in roles, scope and inheritance, and reading an effective assignment.
- Policy and governanceAzure Policy, locks, tags, management groups and cost alerts.
Implement and manage storage
- Storage accountsAccount types, redundancy options, encryption and replication.
- Storage accessFirewalls, SAS tokens, stored access policies, keys and identity-based access.
Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
- Virtual machinesSizing, disks, availability sets and zones, scale sets and moving a VM.
- App Service and containersApp Service plans and slots, Container Instances, Container Apps and the registry.
- ARM templates and BicepReading, modifying, deploying and exporting infrastructure definitions.
Implement and manage virtual networking
- Virtual networksSubnets, peering, public IPs, user-defined routes and connectivity troubleshooting.
- Network securityNSGs and application security groups, effective rules, Bastion, service and private endpoints.
- DNS and load balancingAzure DNS, internal and public load balancers, and diagnosing a balancer that is not balancing.
Monitor and maintain Azure resources
- Azure MonitorMetrics, log settings, queries, alert rules and action groups.
- Backup and recoveryRecovery Services vaults, backup policies, restores and Site Recovery failover.
Who sits this exam
Administrators running an organisation’s Azure environment as part of a wider infrastructure team.
Azure’s own page for this exam ↗Questions people ask
How many practice questions do you have for AZ-104?
12 published questions, written against the current AZ-104 exam guide and reviewed before publication. The bank grows one reviewed batch at a time.
Are these real exam questions?
No. Every question is original work written from the provider’s published exam guide and public documentation. Reproducing real exam questions would breach the provider’s NDA, is worthless for learning, and can cost a candidate their certification.
Does a good score here mean I will pass?
A SupportExams practice score is not an official exam result and does not use the provider’s scoring model. It measures how you performed on the questions in this product.
What is the passing score for AZ-104?
Microsoft Azure states the passing standard as 700 or greater. Our practice percentages are not on that scale and are not comparable to it.