Virtual Lab AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Series
Series of IT Pro Challenges to support Microsoft Azure Administrator. This series is for Azure Administrators who manage cloud services that span storage, security, networking, and compute cloud capabilities.
This series is comprised of about 60 challenges and contains over 34 hours of hands on practice. Each challenge within the Microsoft Azure Administration Series is short in duration, scenario based, hands-on activity that includes a means of assessment.
IMPORTANT!!! 90 day use of license and 2 uses per challenge. Once you begin a challenge you will not be able to pause, save, or return to your progress. Please ensure you have set aside enough time to complete the challenge before you start
For more detailed information, please read the objectives, features, and view the video demo, for an in-depth explanation of the Virtual Lab.
To support the Microsoft Azure role-based certification and training courses, LODS has launched a dedicated collection of Challenge Labs to support Azure Administrators who manage cloud services that span storage, security, networking, and compute cloud capabilities. Each challenge within the Microsoft Azure Administrator Collection short in duration, scenario based, hands-on activity that includes a means of assessment.
This collection is comprised of 60 challenges and contains over 34 hours of hands-on practice and supports the Microsoft Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator competencies.
IMPORTANT!!
Before you or your students begin, please ensure you have set aside enough time to complete this challenge as you will not be able to pause, save, or return to your progress.
- Getting Started – approximately 60 minutes to complete
- Guided Challenge – approximately 30 minutes to complete
- Advanced Challenge – approximately 45 minutes to complete
- Expert Challenge – approximately 60 minutes to complete
The listing below shows which challenge(s) within this collection support the Microsoft AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Competencies. *Note: A Challenge Lab may support more than one competency.
Manage Azure Identities and Governance (15-20%)
Challenge Name | Challenge ID |
Deploy a VM with DSC Extension Using ARM Template [Guided] | AIS-008 |
Can You Automate and Monitor VMs Using Extensions and Azure Monitor? [Advanced] | AIS-009 |
Can You Deploy a Web App with Database Authentication using Azure AD? [Expert] | HCS-011 |
Configure Custom DNS Zone for Private Domain [Guided] | IaaS AD-007 |
Implement and Manage Storage (10-15%)
Challenge Name | Challenge ID |
Configure a Virtual Network Service Endpoint [Guided] | ANS-005 |
Can You Manage a Serverless Compute Environment? [Advanced] | CSAA-003 |
Provision an Azure Storage Table [Guided] | CSAA-007 |
Provision an Azure Storage Queue [Guided] | CSAA-008 |
Can You Manage PaaS Storage Services to Support an Application? [Advanced] | CSAA-009 |
Can You Manage Platform Services for a Custom Application? [Expert] | CSAA-010 |
Getting Started with Cloud Slice Storage [Getting Started] | CSST-000 |
Configure Blob Storage with Public Access [Guided] | CSST-001 |
Configure Blob Storage with Private Access [Guided] | CSST-002 |
Can You Provision Public and Private Blob Storage for a Web App? [Advanced] | CSST-003 |
Provision an Azure SQL Server Database [Guided] | CSST-004 |
Provision an Azure Database for MySQL Database [Guided] | CSST-005 |
Can you Provision Relational Databases for a Web App? [Advanced] | CSST-006 |
Provision an Azure Cosmos DB [Guided] | CSST-007 |
Provision an Azure Cosmos DB [Guided] | CSST-008 |
Monitor ARM VMs [Guided] | HCARM-005 |
Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources (25-30%)
Challenge Name | Challenge ID |
Getting Started with Azure Automation [Getting Started] | AA-000 |
Manage an Azure VM Using Cloud Shell [Guided] | AA-001 |
Deploy an Azure VM Using PowerShell [Guided] | AA-002 |
Can You Enable and Configure Just-In-Time VM Access in Security Center? [Advanced] | AA-003 |
Can You Execute a Runbook Against a Hybrid Runbook Worker? [Advanced] | AA-006 |
Monitor and Resolve Security Issues Using Security Center [Guided] | AA-007 |
Change the Size of an Azure VM Using PowerShell [Guided] | AA-008 |
Can You Enable Disk Encryption Using BitLocker and Key Vault? [Advanced] | AA-009 |
Can You Provision Update Management for On-Premises Systems? [Expert] | AA-010 |
Getting Started with Azure Infrastructure Solutions [Getting Started] | AIS-000 |
Create Linux VMs in an Availability Set [Guided] | AIS-001 |
Create and Manage a VM Scale Set [Guided] | AIS-002 |
Can You Design and Implement ARM VM Storage? [Advanced] | HCARM-006 |
Can You Deploy Hybrid Cloud Azure Solutions Using ARM Templates? [Expert] | HCARM-010 |
Getting Started with Hybrid Cloud Solutions [Getting Started] | HCS-000 |
Provision an Azure VM with SQL Server [Guided] | HCS-004 |
Enable High Availability Using Availability Sets [Guided] | HCS-005 |
Can You Deploy Azure VMs for Multi-Tier Apps? [Advanced] | HCS-007 |
Configure and Manage Virtual Networking (30-35%)
Challenge Name | Challenge ID |
Work with Managed Disk Snapshots [Guided] | AIS-003 |
Can You Configure High Availability and Scale for Azure VMs? [Advanced] | AIS-004 |
Configure Near Real-time Metric Alerts [Guided] | AIS-005 |
Configure a VM Using a Custom Script Extension [Guided] | AIS-006 |
Configure a VM Using a PowerShell DSC Extension [Guided] | AIS-007 |
Getting Started with Azure Network Security [Getting Started] | ANS-000 |
Configure a Network Security Group in a Virtual Network [Guided] | ANS-001 |
Configure Route Tables in a Virtual Network [Guided] | ANS-002 |
Configure Global VNet Peering [Guided] | ANS-003 |
Can You Implement Azure VM Network Security? [Advanced] | ANS-004 |
Configure Virtual Networks [Guided] | HCS-006 |
Configure Virtual Networks [Guided] | HCS-008 |
Enable Azure VM Scale Sets for High Availability and Scalability [Guided] | HCS-009 |
Can You Deploy Scalable Azure Solutions Using ARM Templates? [Advanced] | HCS-010 |
Monitor and Back Up Azure Resources (10-15%)
Challenge Name | Challenge ID |
Deploy Workloads on Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines [Guided] | HCARM-004 |
Configure RBAC Access for VM Contributor [Guided] | Iaas AD-010 |
Please note that in order to guarantee that our products are up to date, the actual number of challenges may vary.