24 interactive lessons with worked methods and practice questions.
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Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
AZ-104 Azure Administrator
24 interactive lessons, 112 original scenario questions with every option explained, and two timed mock exams for the AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator exam.
Drill one domain at a time. Every option is explained, with a Microsoft Learn link for each question.
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Two fixed mock exams, 100 minutes each, with a per-domain score report.
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Lessons
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Start here · Lesson 1
How an administrator reaches AzureBefore any topic: what you are sitting at, what you log in to, and how a click becomes a change on a server.
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Identity & governance
Identity & governance · Lesson 2
The hierarchy and RBACHow Azure is organised, and how you give a person the right amount of power at the right place.
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Identity & governance · Lesson 3
Entra ID: users, groups, licences, SSPRThe company directory that also checks passwords. What an admin creates in it, what needs the paid licence, and how people reset their own passwords.
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Identity & governance · Lesson 4
Azure PolicyCompany rules that Azure enforces for you: where things may be built, which sizes are allowed, which tags are required.
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Identity & governance · Lesson 5
Subscriptions, resource groups, locks, tagsFour features that answer four different questions: who pays, what belongs together, what must not be deleted, and which department the cost goes to.
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Identity & governance · Lesson 6
Cost, Advisor and the command lineWatching the bill before it arrives, taking Azure's free advice, and recognising the commands the exam shows you.
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Storage
Storage · Lesson 7
Storage accounts and redundancyWhat a storage account is, how you create one, and how many copies Azure keeps where.
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Storage · Lesson 8
Blob tiers, lifecycle and data protectionWhere each file sits on the price ladder, how to move it automatically, and how you get a file back.
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Storage · Lesson 9
Azure Files and File SyncA network share in the cloud, mapped like any office drive, and the agent that keeps the office server in step with it.
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Storage · Lesson 10
Securing storage: firewall, SAS, keys, encryptionFour separate layers protect the files in a storage account. Each answers a different question, and the exam tests whether you can tell them apart.
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Compute
Compute · Lesson 11
Virtual machines, sizes, disks, movesA rented server: what you choose when you create one, what to do when it needs to grow, and how to move it.
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Compute · Lesson 12
Availability sets, zones and scale setsStopping one failure taking everything down, and letting Azure add servers when load rises.
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Compute · Lesson 13
ARM templates and BicepWriting down what you want instead of clicking it, so the same environment can be rebuilt in one command.
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Compute · Lesson 14
Containers: ACR, ACI, Container AppsShipping an app in a box, where you store the boxes, and the two Azure places that run one without you managing a server.
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Compute · Lesson 15
App Service: plans, scaling, slots, TLS, networkingHosting a website with no server to patch. The plan is what you pay for; the app is what you deploy into it.
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Networking
Networking · Lesson 16
VNets, subnets, public IPs, peeringYour private network in Azure: how you draw it, what Azure keeps for itself, and how two networks are joined.
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Networking · Lesson 17
NSGs, ASGs and user-defined routesThe firewall list on each subnet or network card, the labels that keep it readable, and how to force traffic through a firewall.
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Networking · Lesson 18
Bastion, endpoints and VPNLogging on to servers without exposing them, reaching Azure services privately, and the two ways the office connects in.
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Networking · Lesson 19
Azure DNS, public and privateHosting your company domain, and giving servers names inside the private network.
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Networking · Lesson 20
Load balancing and troubleshootingOne address in front of several servers, which product does that at which layer, and the order you check when it breaks.
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Monitoring & backup
Monitoring & backup · Lesson 21
Azure Monitor: metrics, logs, alertsWhat Azure records on its own, what you must switch on, and how an alert actually reaches a person.
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Monitoring & backup · Lesson 22
Azure BackupNightly copies into a vault, two kinds of vault, and the four ways to restore.
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Monitoring & backup · Lesson 23
Azure Site RecoveryA live copy of a server in another region, so after a disaster you switch rather than rebuild.
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Case study
Case study · Lesson 24
Case study: Contoso Pty LtdHow the exam bundles five to eight questions on one company. Read every tab first; each answer hangs on one buried sentence.
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About the exam
AZ-104 is the exam for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate credential. It tests whether you can run an Azure environment day to day: identities and governance, storage, compute, networking, and monitoring and backup.
Key facts, as published by Microsoft at the time of writing:
- 40–60 questions, with about 100 minutes of answering time
- Passing score 700 on a 1–1000 scale
- Question styles include multiple choice, case studies, drag-and-drop and hotspot items
- Content weighting: identity and governance 20–25%, storage 15–20%, compute 20–25%, networking 15–20%, monitoring and maintenance 10–15%
Microsoft updates the skills outline a few times a year. The questions here follow the April 2026 outline. Always check the official AZ-104 study guide for the current version, registration and pricing.
How to use these questions
- Work through one domain at a time in Practice by domain. Read the reasoning for all four options, not just the correct one. The exam rewards knowing why the near-misses are wrong.
- Bookmark anything you got right by luck. Use Retry incorrect until the domain is clean.
- Sit Mock exam 1 under the timer. Use the per-domain report to decide what to revise.
- Revise using the Microsoft Learn link under each question, then sit Mock exam 2.
Every question is an original scenario written for this site. None is copied from the real exam, Microsoft's practice assessment or any question bank.
Independence
PrepToExcel is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Microsoft. Microsoft, Azure and AZ-104 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies, used here only to describe what the material helps you prepare for.