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Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Exam AZ-104 Microsoft Intermediate

Administer Azure in production — identity, governance, storage, compute, networking and monitoring.

2 courses · 20 sections · 304 lectures · 39 labs · at least 25 h of hands-on labs

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Exam domains

  • Manage Azure identities and governance — 20–25%
  • Implement and manage storage — 15–20%
  • Deploy and manage Azure compute resources — 20–25%
  • Implement and manage virtual networking — 15–20%
  • Monitor and maintain Azure resources — 10–15%

Microsoft publishes a range for each domain (skills measured as of 17 April 2026). The course was built on an earlier outline, so check the current topics against Microsoft's free study guide.

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The path

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Step 1 — Learn Azure administration

The full AZ-104 syllabus.

1 course · 17 sections · 258 lectures

Learn

  • CourseAZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator - Full Course (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    17 sections · 258 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Section: Introduction 3
    3. Section: Azure Services - An Overview 8
    4. Section: Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Azure using Azure Entra ID 21
    5. Section : Azure Governance & Compliance 21
    6. Section : Azure Administration 27
    7. Section : Azure Virtual Networking 24
    8. Section : Interconnectivity 14
    9. Section : Network Traffic Management 16
    10. Section: Azure Storage 29
    11. Section : Azure Virtual machines 16
    12. Section : Serverless Computing 37
    13. Section : Data Protection 15
    14. Section : Azure Monitoring 18
    15. Section : Practice Test 1
    16. Section 16: Microsoft Exam Prep Material - All Modules 5
    17. Audio Version of Training 1

Step 2 — Identity and governance

Run Entra ID, then govern Azure with role-based access, custom roles, Azure Policy and resource locks.

1 course · 3 sections · 46 lectures · 4 labs

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Practise

Step 3 — Infrastructure and networking

Storage, virtual machines and networks, hands on.

30 labs

Learn

  • CourseCovered in AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator - Full Course (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net — storage, VM and networking sections 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    17 sections · 258 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Section: Introduction 3
    3. Section: Azure Services - An Overview 8
    4. Section: Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Azure using Azure Entra ID 21
    5. Section : Azure Governance & Compliance 21
    6. Section : Azure Administration 27
    7. Section : Azure Virtual Networking 24
    8. Section : Interconnectivity 14
    9. Section : Network Traffic Management 16
    10. Section: Azure Storage 29
    11. Section : Azure Virtual machines 16
    12. Section : Serverless Computing 37
    13. Section : Data Protection 15
    14. Section : Azure Monitoring 18
    15. Section : Practice Test 1
    16. Section 16: Microsoft Exam Prep Material - All Modules 5
    17. Audio Version of Training 1

Practise

Step 4 — App Service, containers and scale sets

Deploy web apps with deployment slots, run containers, and scale virtual machines with scale sets and availability sets. Compute is 20–25% of the exam.

5 labs

Learn

  • CourseCovered in AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator - Full Course (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net — Azure Virtual machines and Serverless Computing sections 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
    17 sections · 258 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Section: Introduction 3
    3. Section: Azure Services - An Overview 8
    4. Section: Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Azure using Azure Entra ID 21
    5. Section : Azure Governance & Compliance 21
    6. Section : Azure Administration 27
    7. Section : Azure Virtual Networking 24
    8. Section : Interconnectivity 14
    9. Section : Network Traffic Management 16
    10. Section: Azure Storage 29
    11. Section : Azure Virtual machines 16
    12. Section : Serverless Computing 37
    13. Section : Data Protection 15
    14. Section : Azure Monitoring 18
    15. Section : Practice Test 1
    16. Section 16: Microsoft Exam Prep Material - All Modules 5
    17. Audio Version of Training 1

Practise

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