MS Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), 2021: ITPRO TV Videos

MS Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), 2021: ITPRO TV Videos

Course Specifications

Course Number: ITP76–008_rev1.0

Course Length: 27 Hours 6 Minutes

Course Description

The Azure Administrator Associate certification is a way to validate your knowledge in implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, computing, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. This course will cover the objectives outlined by Microsoft to prepare you to take the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam.

Course Content

Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Objects (9 Episodes: 2 Hours 54 Minutes)

Course Overview (4 minutes)
Create and Manage Users (19 minutes)
Creating and managing users and groups is are common tasks when administering Azure AD. Learn how to create and manage users and groups using the Azure portal.
Create and Manage Groups (21 minutes)
Creating and managing groups is a common tasks when administering Azure AD. Learn how to create and manage groups using the Azure portal.
Manage Guest Accounts (18 minutes)
Guest accounts are useful when external vendors or contractors need access to your Azure resources. Learn how to manage guest accounts in this episode.
Perform Bulk User Updates (20 minutes)
Azure AD supports bulk user create and delete operations and supports downloading lists of users. Learn how to use CSV files to perform bulk user updates in the Azure portal.
Configure Azure AD Join (21 minutes)
Azure AD supports bulk user create and delete operations and supports downloading lists of users. Learn how to use CSV files to perform bulk user updates in the Azure portal.
Manage Device Settings (21 minutes)
Getting devices in Azure AD allows IT to manage device identities. Learn how to manage device settings using the Azure portal.
Configure Self-service Password Reset (22 minutes)
Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) is an Azure Active Directory feature that enables users to reset their passwords without contacting IT staff for help. Learn how to enable SSPR for your organization.
Create Administrative Units (23 minutes)
Administrative units allow you to restrict permissions in a role to any portion of your organization that you define. Learn how to create administrative units and use them to restrict administrative scope.

Manage Role-based Access Control (3 Episodes: 0 Hours 58 Minutes)
Assigning Roles (18 minutes)
Azure roles simplifies who has access to Azure resources, what they can do with those resources, and what areas they have access to. Learn how to use the built-in roles to enforce permissions.
Create a Custom Role (18 minutes)
If the Azure built-in roles don't meet the specific needs of your organization, you can create your own custom roles. Learn the steps to create a custom role.
Manage Multiple Directories (20 minutes)
Many organizations require more than one subscription. Learn how to manage a multi-tenant environment.

Manage Subscriptions & Governance (8 Episodes: 2 Hours 52 Minutes)

Configure Azure Policy Definitions (20 minutes)
Policy definitions describe resource compliance conditions and the effect to take if a condition is met. Learn how to work with and assign Azure Policy.
Configure Azure Policy Initiatives (20 minutes)
Initiatives enable you to group several related policy definitions to simplify assignments and management. Learn about the built in initiatives and how to create your own.
Configure Resource Locks (17 minutes)
You can lock a subscription, resource group, or resource to prevent other users in your organization from accidentally deleting or modifying critical resources. Learn how to use locks to protect your resources.
Apply Tags (21 minutes)
Organizing cloud-based resources is a crucial task for IT. Learn how to apply tags to your Azure resources, resource groups, and subscriptions to logically organize them into a taxonomy.
Create and Manage Resource Groups (22 minutes)
A resource group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution, and the metadata about the resources. Learn how to create resource groups, and how they can keep you compliant.
Manage Subscriptions (24 minutes)
Many organizations find the need for multiple Azure subscriptions. Learn how to manage your Azure subscriptions.
Configure Management Groups (22 minutes)
If your organization has many subscriptions, you may need a way to efficiently manage access, policies, and compliance for those subscriptions. Learn how Azure management groups provide a level of scope above subscriptions.         
Configure Cost Management (21 minutes)
By using the Microsoft cloud, you can reduce your costs and the overhead required to manage organizational assets. Learn how to configure Azure Cost Management to analyze, manage, and optimize the costs of your workloads.

Manage Storage Accounts (6 Episodes: 2 Hours 6 Minutes)

Create and Configure Storage Accounts (19 minutes)
An Azure storage account contains all of your Azure Storage data objects: blobs, files, queues, tables, and disks. Learn how to configure durable and highly available, secure and scalable storage.
Configure Network Access to Storage Accounts (21 minutes)
Once you have created a storage account, you need to configure network access. Learn how to allow users to connect and control network access to the storage account.
Configure Azure AD Auth for Storage Account (18 minutes)
Authorizing requests against Azure Storage with Azure AD provides superior security and ease of use over Shared Key authorization. Learn how to configure Azure AD Authentication.
Manage Access Keys (17 minutes)
When you create a storage account, Azure creates storage account access keys. Learn how to manage these keys and use them to authorize access to data in your storage account.
Generate Shared Access Signature (24 minutes)
A shared access signature (SAS) provides secure delegated access to resources in your storage account. Learn how to uses SAS to provide granular access control.
Implement Azure Storage Replication (25 minutes)
Redundancy ensures that your storage account meets its availability and durability targets even in the face of failures. Learn how to decide which redundancy options are best for your needs.

Manage Data in Azure Storage (3 Episodes: 1 Hours 5 Minutes)

Azure Import and Export Service (20 minutes)
Azure Import/Export service is used to securely import and export large amounts of data to Azure Blob storage and Azure Files. Learn how to set up import and export jobs in Azure.
Azure Storage Explorer (22 minutes)
Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app that makes it easy to work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Learn how to connect and manage your Azure storage accounts using Storage Explorer.
Copy Data Using AzCopy (23minutes)
AzCopy is a command-line utility that you can use to copy blobs or files to or from a storage account. Learn how to use AzCopy to connect to your storage account, and then transfer files.

Configure Azure Files & Azure Blob Storage (3 Episodes: 0 Hours 47 Minutes)

Azure Files Shares and Snapshots (17 minutes)
Azure File shares allow users to connect and store data in Azure Storage. Learn how to create them and protect them using Azure Files snapshots.
Azure File Sync Service (22 minutes)
Azure File Sync transforms Windows Server into a quick cache of your Azure file share. Learn how to configure an on-premises server to sync with Azure Files.
Azure Blob Storage and Storage Tiers (17 minutes)
Azure Blob storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud and is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data. Learn how to configure Azure blob storage and storage tiers for Azure blobs.

Create & Configure Containers (2 Episodes: 0 Hours 37 Minutes)

Azure Container Instances (27 minutes)
In this episode, we will be discussing what the steps necessary to configure sizing & scaling f& Container Groups for Azure Container Instances are. After watching this episode, you will be able to plan for & configure sizing & scaling & Container Groups for Azure Container Instances & integrate them into your daily practice as an information technology & security professional.
Configure Storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (27 minutes)
In this episode, we will be discussing what the steps necessary to configure storage for the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) are. After watching this episode, you will be able to plan.

Create & Configure Web Apps (2 Episodes: 0 Hours 48 Minutes)

App Service Plans (22 minutes)
App Service brings together everything you need to create websites, web APIs for any platform or device. Learn how to create and configure an App Service Plan.
App Services (25 minutes)
Azure App Service provides a highly scalable, self-patching web hosting service. Learn how to create and deploy a web app to Azure App Service.

Implement and Manage Virtual Networks (3 Episodes: 1 Hours 5 Minutes)

Configure Virtual Networks (24 minutes)
Azure Virtual Network (VNet) is the fundamental building block for your private network in Azure. Learn hot to configure virtual networking in Azure.
Configure Routes (23 minutes)
Azure creates a route table for each subnet within an Azure virtual network Learn about system default routes and user defined routes.
Configure VNet Peering (17 minutes)
Virtual network peering enables you to seamlessly connect two or more Virtual Networks in Azure. Learn how to create and configure Vnet peering.

Configure Name Resolution (3 Episodes:0 Hours 59 Minutes)

Configure Azure DNS (16 minutes)
Azure DNS is a hosting service for DNS domains that provides name resolution by using Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Learn how to configure Azure DNS.
Configure Public and Private DNS Zones (21 minutes)
Azure DNS not only supports internet-facing DNS domains, but it also supports private DNS zones. Learn how with private DNS zones, you can use your own custom domain name instead of the Azure-provided names during deployment.
Configure Custom DNS Settings (21 minutes)
Configure Custom DNS Settings.

Secure Access to Virtual Networks (3 Episodes:1 Hour 6 Minutes)

Network Security Groups and Security Rules (22 minutes)
You can use an Azure network security group to filter network traffic to and from Azure resources in an Azure virtual network. Learn how to create both network security groups and security rules.
Azure Firewall (25 minutes)
Azure Firewall is a managed, cloud-based network security service that protects your Azure Virtual Network resources. Learn how to deploy and configure Azure Firewall.
Azure Bastion Service (18 minutes)
Azure Bastion is a service you deploy that lets you connect to a virtual machine using your browser and the Azure portal. Learn how to deploy and configure Azure Bastion service.

Configure Load Balancing (4 Episodes:1 Hour 22 Minutes)

Configure an Internal Load Balancer (19 minutes)
Internal load balancers are used to load balance traffic inside a virtual network. Learn how to configure an internal load balancer.
Configure a Public Load Balancer (16 minutes)
Public Load Balancers are used to load balance internet traffic to your VMs. Learn how to configure a public load balancer.
Troubleshoot Load Balancing (23 minutes)
Load balancing refers to evenly distributing load (incoming network traffic) across a group of backend resources or servers. Learn how to troubleshoot load balancer solutions.
Application Gateway (22 minutes)
Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications. Learn how to configure an Azure Application Gateway.

Integrated On-Premises and Azure Virtual (4 Episodes:1 Hour 14 Minutes)

Azure VPN Gateway (17 minutes)
A VPN gateway is a specific type of virtual network gateway. Learn how to create a gateway subnet and a VPN gateway.
VPN Connections (21 minutes)
Azure VPN gateways provide on-premises connectivity to Azure. Learn how to create a Site-to-Site VPN gateway connection.
ExpressRoute (22 minutes)
ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection. Learn about the capabilities of Azure ExpressRoute.
Azure Virtual WAN (12 minutes)
Azure Virtual WAN is a networking service that brings many networking, security, and routing functionalities together. Learn how Azure Virtual WAN provides a single interface to manage Azure WAN connectivity.

Monitor and Troubleshoot Virtual Networking (2 Episodes:0 Hour 47 Minutes)

Network Watcher (26 minutes)
Azure Network Watcher provides tools to monitor, diagnose, and view metrics for resources in an Azure virtual network. Learn how to use the various components of Azure Network Monitor.
Connection Monitor (20 minutes)
Connection Monitor is now in Azure Network Watcher. Learn how to monitor network connectivity using Connection Monitor.

Monitor Resources using Azure Monitor (4 Episodes:1 Hour 20 Minutes)

Configure Metrics (17 minutes)
Azure Monitor metrics explorer allows plotting charts, visually correlating trends, and investigating spikes and dips in metrics' values. Learn how to use the metrics explorer to investigate the health and utilization of your resources.
Configure Log Analytics (25 minutes)
A Log Analytics workspace is a unique environment for Azure Monitor log data. Learn how to implement a Log Analytics workspace and configure diagnostic settings to collect data.
Configure Log Analytics (24 minutes)
Metric alerts in Azure Monitor provide a way to get notified when one of your metrics crosses a threshold. Alerts use action groups to notify users that an alert has been triggered. Learn how to create and configure both.
Configure Application Insights (13 minutes)
Application Insights can be used to monitor your live applications. Learn how to configure Application Insights to detect performance anomalies and diagnose issues.

Implement Backup and Recovery (4 Episodes:1 Hour 26 Minutes)

Create a Recovery Services Vault (23 minutes)
Application Insights can be used to monitor your live applications. Learn how to configure Application Insights to detect performance anomalies and diagnose issues.
Using the Azure Backup Service (23 minutes)
The Azure Backup service provides simple, secure, and cost-effective solutions to back up your data and recover it from the Microsoft Azure cloud. Learn how to perform backup and restore operations and configure a backup policy.
Configure Backup Reports (17 minutes)
Azure Backup reports help you get rich insights on your backups across your entire backup estate. Learn how to configure and review backup reports.
Azure Site Recovery (22 minutes)
Site Recovery helps ensure business continuity by keeping business apps and workloads running during outages. Learn how to replicate workloads to a secondary location using Azure Site Recovery.

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