AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Prep
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Complete preparation for the Azure AZ-104 exam – “Microsoft Azure Administration”.
Get your questions answered in the course. This course is of great value as it gets continually improved as the exam requirements change. This course will be ready for you when you’re ready to take the exam.
The opportunity in cloud computing is clear. Most companies are implementing or investigating how to implement cloud technologies within their operations. Don’t be left behind. Be ahead of the curve by getting Azure certified, and be ready for the opportunity to advance your career.
The next time your resume is on someone’s desk—be it a promotion at work or a new job opportunity—you cannot afford to have such an obvious gap in knowledge. Industry trends show that supporting applications that have cloud-hosted components is becoming the in-demand skill of tomorrow. Having Azure skills on your resume will only help you get in front of more hiring managers, and land more jobs.
This course goes through all of the skills needed to take and pass the Microsoft certification exam, AZ-104 exam: Microsoft Azure Administrator. While other online resources cover bits and pieces of the topic, I can confidently say this course goes deep on everything you need to know for this exam.
Skills at a glance
- Manage Azure identities and governance (20–25%)
- Implement and manage storage (15–20%)
- Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%)
- Implement and manage virtual networking (15–20%)
- Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10–15%)
Microsoft introduced a new exam AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator exam, and this course covers those requirements. Free upgrade for all existing students.
This course teaches all of the requirements for each exam, one by one. Each of the things that Microsoft tests will be covered in this course.
You get lifetime access to the course, and so there are no silly “30-day” countdowns that require you to pay more to extend access. This course will be here when you need it.
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Version History
V1.0-1.9 Covering 70-533 exam contents.
V2.0-2.9 Covering AZ-103 exam contents.
V3.0-3.4: Covering AZ-104 exam contents.
V4.0 Mar 2023 Updates. Re-recorded the Azure Active Directory, access control, subscriptions and governance, and access to storage sections. Re-recorded virtual machines and VMSS sections.
V5.0 Oct 2023 Updates. Azure Cache for Redis, ACR, Docker Desktop, Azure AD now Entra ID.
V5.1 Feb 2024 Updates. Microsoft Entra ID.
Microsoft, Windows, and Microsoft Azure are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by Microsoft Corporation.
What Will You Learn?
- Know how to implement solutions for the Microsoft Azure platform
- Pass the Microsoft AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator test the first time
- Achieve the Azure Administrator Associate badge
- Understand the main concepts of Azure, beyond the ones you normally use
- Be up-to-date on the latest updates to this ever-changing platform
Course Content
01 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Course
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001 Welcome to Azure Administrator Certification Course UPDATED
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002 Azure Free Account
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004 Setting a Budget
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006 Udemy Video Player
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02 Azure Concepts
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001 NEW Overview of Azure Services
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002 UPDATED Overview of Azure VM and App Services
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003 UPDATED Overview of Azure Storage and Data Services
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004 NEW Overview of Azure Networking Services and Microservices
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03 PowerShell and CLI
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001 Programming or Scripting on the Exam
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002 Memorizing PowerShell and CLI Commands
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003 UPDATED Details about PowerShell and CLI for Managing Azure
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004 UPDATED Live Demo Installing PowerShell Core with Az Module
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005 Switching to Another Subscription
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04 Introduction to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD or Microsoft Entra ID)
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001 What is Microsoft Entra ID (used to be Azure Active Directory)
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002 Microsoft Entra ID (used to be Azure AD) – Free vs Premium_part1
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002 Microsoft Entra ID (used to be Azure AD) – Free vs Premium_part2
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003 Managing Multiple Directories
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004 Heads Up Changes to Entra ID Tenant Creation
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005 Create Entra ID (used to be Azure AD)
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006 Switch Between Entra ID (used to be Azure AD) Tenants
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007 Trial Upgrade to Premium P2
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008 Purchase Upgrade to Entra ID (used to be Azure AD) P2 After Free Trial
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009 Add Custom Domains
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05 Manage Microsoft Entra users and groups
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002 Manage Azure AD Microsoft Entra ID Users
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003 Manage Azure AD Microsoft Entra ID Groups
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004 Manage Azure AD Microsoft Entra ID Licenses
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005 Administrative Units
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006 Manage Devices
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007 Bulk Operations
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008 External Users
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009 Self Service Password Reset
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06 Manage role-based access control (RBAC)
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002 Overview of RBAC
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003 Managing Azure Administrator Roles
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004 Switch Storage Account from Access Keys to RBAC
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005 Assigning Myself Permission to a Storage Account
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006 Managing Resources with Roles
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007 Creating Custom RBAC Roles
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008 Resource Group Scope
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009 Interpret Access Assignments
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010 Deny Assignments
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07 Manage subscriptions and governance
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001 Accounts, Subscriptions, and Resource Groups
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002 The Subscription Dashboard
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003 Cost Management – Analysis, Alerts, Budget, Advisor
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004 Resource Locks
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005 Azure Policy
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006 Testing Azure Policy
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007 Create a Custom Policy
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008 Apply and manage tags on resources
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009 Move Resources
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010 Managing Policy by PowerShell
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011 Subscriptions and Management Groups
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08 Configure access to storage
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001 Create Storage Account
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002 Storage Account Advanced Options
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003 Storage Account Public vs Private Networking
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004 Storage Account Data Protection
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005 Storage Account Encryption
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006 Storage Account Final Creation
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007 Storage Accounts Blobs, Files, Queues and Tables
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008 Access Keys and SAS
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009 Stored Access Policies
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010 Redundant Storage
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011 Access Tiers
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012 Entra ID (Azure AD) Access Control for Storage
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013 Azure File Shares Soft Delete
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014 Azure File Shares Snapshots
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015 Azure Blob Storage Versioning
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09 Miscellaneous Storage Account
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001 Log Analytics
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10 Manage data in Azure storage accounts
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001 Moving Large Files via Azure Data Disk
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002 Copy Files with AzCopy
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003 Storage Browser
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004 Object Replication
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11 Configure Azure files
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001 Create Azure file share
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002 Azure File Sync
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003 Premium Storage – Blobs and Files
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12 Azure Virtual Machines
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001 Create a Virtual Machine
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002 Azure VM Disk Options
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003 Azure VM Networking Options
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004 Azure VM Management and Advanced Options
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005 Connect to a Virtual Machine
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006 VM Availability
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007 Resizing an Azure VM
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008 Azure VM Additional Disks
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009 Azure Bastion Service
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010 Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)
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011 VMSS Manual Scaling
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012 Create a VM in PowerShell
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013 Start and Stop a VM in PowerShell
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016 HANDS-ON LAB Live demo of creating a VMSS
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13 Automate deployment of resources by using templates
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001 What is an ARM Template
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002 Read an ARM Template
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003 Modify an ARM Template
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004 Deploy an ARM Template via Template Specs
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005 Deploy an ARM Template Using PowerShell
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006 ARM Templates Capture a Point in Time
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007 Azure Bicep, Terraform, and Others
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008 ARM Custom Script Extensions
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009 ARM Use Existing VHD
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14 Manage Azure VM
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001 VM Server-Side Encryption (SSE)
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002 Azure Disk Encryption (ADE)
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15 Create and configure an Azure App Service
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001 Introduction to App Services
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002 Create a Web App App Service
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003 Github Actions and Virtual Networking
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004 Web Apps
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005 Web App Settings
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006 Scaling Web Apps
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007 Manual and Automatic Scaling
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008 NEW Backup Web Apps
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009 NEW App Service Networking
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16 Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
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002 Create an AKS Cluster_part1
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002 Create an AKS Cluster_part2
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003 Kubectl
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004 Deploy an Image to an AKS Cluster
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005 Scaling Kubernetes_part1
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005 Scaling Kubernetes_part2
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006 AKS Storage Options
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007 Installing Docker Desktop
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17 Azure Container Instances and Container Apps
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001 Introduction to Containers
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002 ACI Azure Container Instances
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003 Scaling Azure Container Instances
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004 ACI Container Groups
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005 Azure Container Apps
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006 Azure Container Registry (ACR)
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007 ACR Demo
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008 Docker Pull and Push
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18 Manage Virtual Networking
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001 Virtual Networks
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002 Deploying Resources to a VNet
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003 Creating and Modifying a Virtual Network Subnet
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004 Public IP Addresses
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005 Associate Public IP with Network Interface Card (NIC)
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006 Open Ports to Allow RDP Access
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007 Add a Firewall to the Network
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008 Network Routing
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009 Add Firewall Rules – NAT, Network and Application
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010 NEW Virtual WAN
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19 Implement and manage virtual networking
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001 Introduction to VNET Peering
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002 Configure Global Peering
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003 Azure-to-Azure Virtual Network Gateway
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004 Adding a Network Gateway Connection
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20 Configure name resolution
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001 UPDATED Azure DNS Services
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002 Create a Private DNS Zone
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003 Create a Public DNS Zone
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21 Secure access to virtual networks
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001 NSGs
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002 Implement Effective NSG Rules
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003 Application Security Groups
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22 Configure load balancing
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001 Introduction to Load Balancing
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002 Setup Load Balancer
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003 Add VM to Backend Pool
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004 NEW Create a Test Environment Quickly Using GitHub
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005 Troubleshoot a Load Balancer
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006 NEW Create Application Gateway
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23 Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
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001 Virtual Network Troubleshooting
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002 Network Watcher
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003 Connection Monitor
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004 IP Flow Verify
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005 NSG Flow Logs
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006 Network Diagnostic Logs
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24 NEW Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
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001 Overview of Azure Monitor
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002 Enabling Diagnostics for Resources
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003 Adding Guest OS Host Diagnostics
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004 Running Basic Kusto Queries on Logs
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005 Hub and Spoke Network Design_part1_part1
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005 Hub and Spoke Network Design_part1_part2
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005 Hub and Spoke Network Design_part2
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005 Hub and Spoke Network Design_part3
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005 Hub and Spoke Network Design_part4
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005 Hub and Spoke Network Design_part5
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25 Implement backup and recovery
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001 Azure Backup
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002 Running a Manual Backup
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003 File Recovery from a VM Backup
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004 Restore a Full VM
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005 On-Premises Backup
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006 Backup Reports
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007 Backup Logs
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008 Soft Delete for VM Backups
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009 Azure Site Recovery ASR to Site-to-Site Replication
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010 ASR Test Failover
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26 Wrap Up
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001 Congratulations!
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002 Renewing Your Administrator Certification
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003 Multi-Channel Learning Other Resources
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