Azure Cloud Administration

Azure identities and governance

Manage Microsoft Entra users and groups

✅ Create users and groups

Manage user and group properties

Manage licenses in Microsoft Entra ID

Manage external users

Configure self-service password reset (SSPR)

Manage access to Azure resources

  1. Manage built-in Azure roles
  2. Assign roles at different scopes
  3. Interpret access assignments

Manage Azure subscriptions and governance

  1. Implement and manage Azure Policy
  2. Configure resource locks
  3. Apply and manage tags on resources
  4. Manage resource groups
  5. Manage subscriptions
  6. Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and Azure Advisor recommendations
  7. Configure management groups
Implement and manage storage

Configure access to storage

  1. Configure Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks
  2. Create and use shared access signature (SAS) tokens
  3. Configure stored access policies
  4. Manage access keys
  5. Configure identity-based access for Azure Files

Configure and manage storage accounts

  1. Create and configure storage accounts
  2. Configure Azure Storage redundancy
  3. Configure object replication
  4. Configure storage account encryption
  5. Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy

Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

  1. Create and configure a file share in Azure Storage
  2. Create and configure a container in Blob Storage
  3. Configure storage tiers
  4. Configure snapshots and soft delete for Azure Files
  5. Configure blob lifecycle management
  6. Configure blob versioning
Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

Automate deployment of resources by using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep files

  1. Interpret an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file
  2. Modify an existing Azure Resource Manager template
  3. Modify an existing Bicep file
  4. Deploy resources by using an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file
  5. Export a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template or convert an Azure Resource Manager template to a Bicep file

Create and configure virtual machines

  1. Create a virtual machine
  2. Configure Azure Disk Encryption
  3. Move a virtual machine to another resource group, subscription, or region
  4. Manage virtual machine sizes
  5. Manage virtual machine disks
  6. Deploy virtual machines to availability zones and availability sets
  7. Deploy and configure an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Provision and manage containers in the Azure portal

  1. Create and manage an Azure container registry
  2. Provision a container by using Azure Container Instances
  3. Provision a container by using Azure Container Apps
  4. Manage sizing and scaling for containers, including Azure Container Instances and Azure Container Apps

Create and configure Azure App Service

  1. Provision an App Service plan
  2. Configure scaling for an App Service plan
  3. Create an App Service
  4. Configure certificates and Transport Layer Security (TLS) for an App Service
  5. Map an existing custom DNS name to an App Service
  6. Configure backup for an App Service
  7. Configure networking settings for an App Service
  8. Configure deployment slots for an App Service
Monitor and maintain Azure resources

Monitor resources in Azure

  1. Interpret metrics in Azure Monitor
  2. Configure log settings in Azure Monitor
  3. Query and analyze logs in Azure Monitor
  4. Set up alert rules, action groups, and alert processing rules in Azure Monitor
  5. Configure and interpret monitoring of virtual machines, storage accounts, and networks by using Azure Monitor Insights
  6. Use Azure Network Watcher and Connection Monitor

Implement backup and recovery

  1. Create a Recovery Services vault
  2. Create an Azure Backup vault
  3. Create and configure a backup policy
  4. Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
  5. Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources
  6. Perform a failover to a secondary region by using Site Recovery
  7. Configure and interpret reports and alerts for backups

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