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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Demonstrate key skills to configure, manage, secure, and administer key professional functions in Microsoft Azure.

Licensing authority: Microsoft

Initial by examination
Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
Description
Initial certification by passing the current English AZ-104 examination listed on this certification's official page, interpreted with Microsoft's policy that listed exams must be passed. Renewal assessments, other credentials, retired examinations and non-English examinations are outside this task. Audience familiarity and experience are recommendations in the official profile, not additional named examination requirements. Unpublished route start and end dates remain null.

Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

Provider
Pearson Vue
Format
Proctored certification examination; interactive components may be included.
Time limit
100 minutes
Passing score
700 or greater on the 1–1,000 scaled technical-exam scale; this is not a 70% raw-score threshold.
Examination outline

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • Manage Azure identities and governance — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 24.32%)
    • Manage Microsoft Entra users and groups
    • Manage access to Azure resources
    • Manage Azure subscriptions and governance
  • Implement and manage storage — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.92%)
    • Configure access to storage
    • Configure and manage storage accounts
    • Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage
  • Deploy and manage Azure compute resources — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 24.32%)
    • Automate deployment of resources by using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep files
    • Create and configure virtual machines
    • Provision and manage containers in the Azure portal
    • Create and configure Azure App Service
  • Implement and manage virtual networking — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 18.92%)
    • Configure and manage virtual networks in Azure
    • Configure secure access to virtual networks
    • Configure name resolution and load balancing
  • Monitor and maintain Azure resources — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.51%)
    • Monitor resources in Azure
    • Implement backup and recovery
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