AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator

OVERVIEW
Building Strategic Influence in Matrix Organizations

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform for building, deploying and managing services and applications from anywhere at any time. With Azure, one could add cloud computing capabilities to their existing network through PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) or IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) model to explore the IaaS architecture of Microsoft Azure. This course prepares participants for earning the Microsoft Azure Administrator certification.

Azure Administrators manage the entire cloud services for any organization. For an Azure administrator, a deep understanding of all the services across the entire IT cycle is essential. Microsoft’s AZ-103 – Microsoft Azure Administrator has now replaced the erstwhile
AZ-100: Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment and AZ-101: Microsoft Azure Integration and Security tracks.

This course prepares participants for earning the Microsoft Azure Administrator certification, which will validate their skills and expertise as an Azure administrator and set them apart from the rest in the field.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Why you shouldn't miss this course

By the end of this course, participants will have the leadership toolkit to shape and steer GenAI portfolios across their organization.

01How to manage Azure subscriptions
02Create and scale virtual machines
03Implement storage solutions
04Configure virtual networking, back up and share data
05Connect Azure and on-premises sites and manage network traffic
06Implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor solutions
07Network project engineers
08Cloud infrastructure specialists
09Cloud administrators
10DevOps engineers
11Application developers
12Infrastructure administrators
13Software architects
14Windows System Administrators
15Software developers
16IoT Platform developers

PREREQUISITES
Recommended experience

CURRICULUM
Structured for
Strategic Application
  • Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
  • Azure PowerShell and CLI
  • Resource Manager
  • ARM Templates
  • Virtual Machine planning
  • Creating Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine availability
  • Virtual Machine extensions
  • Lab: Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines Lab – Virtual Machines and Scale Sets
  • Storage accounts
  • Azure blobs
  • Azure files
  • Storage security
  • Lab: Implement and manage storage
  • Virtual networks
  • IP addressing and endpoints
  • Azure DNS
  • Network security groups
  • Lab: Configure Azure DNS
  • VNet peering
  • VNet-to-VNet connections
  • ExpressRoute connections
  • Lab: VNet peering and service chaining
  • Azure monitor
  • Azure alerts
  • Log analytics
  • Network watcher
  • Lab: Network watcher
  • Data replication
  • File and folder backups
  • Virtual Machine backups
  • Lab: Azure Site Recovery between regions
  • Network routing
  • Azure load balancer
  • Azure traffic manager
  • Lab: Load balancer and Traffic manager
  • Azure active directory
  • Azure AD Connect
  • Azure AD Join
  • Lab: Implement Directory Synchronization
  • Multi-Factor authentication
  • Azure AD Identity Protection
  • Self-service Password Reset
  • Lab: Azure AD Identity Protection Lab – Self-service password reset
  • Subscriptions and accounts
  • Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Users and groups
  • Azure policy
  • Lab: Role-based Access Control Lab – Governance and Compliance
  • Content delivery network
  • File sync
  • Import and export service
  • Data box
  • Lab: File sync

RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANT SETUP
This course follows Cognixia's AI-first,
hands-on learning model

Access to sanitized process maps, KPI definitions, candidate initiative lists, and basic cost baselines (time, cycle time, error or rework rates)

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Available in 5 delivery formats globally
Volume pricing for teams of 10+
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FAQs
Frequently
Asked Questions

Find details on duration, delivery formats, customization options, and post-program reinforcement.

Our trainers are Microsoft certified trainers and are subject matter experts in the field of Microsoft Azure and cloud computing.

An internet speed of at least 2 Mbps is essential.

When you enroll for this course, you get lifetime access to our Learning Management System (LMS) which would be your one-stop destination to access class recordings, presentations, sample codes, projects and lots of other learning material. Even if you miss a session, a recording of that session, as well as all the other sessions would be available on the LMS that you can access anytime, anywhere.

For any queries, you can reach out to our technical support team and they will guide you accordingly.

Once all the sessions of the course are completed, you will be evaluated on the basis of multiple parameters such as your attendance in the sessions, your scores in multiple-choice questions based assessment, etc. Based on your overall performance, you will receive a course completion certificate from Cognixia.

You would need to create a free-tier Azure account to do the lab exercises.

WHY COGNIXIA
Why Cognixia for This Course

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