AZ-104 PRACTICE TEST w/ Labs | Microsoft Azure Administrator

<<The course is updated as per the skills measured on  April 18, 2025>>

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY MY AZ-104 AZURE ADMINISTRATOR MOCK TEST?

a. 160+ deeply researched exam questions for AZ 104. I create no more than one question/day to maintain high quality.

b. No simple one-liner questions. Each question is based on your understanding of a scenario. The questions challenge you to understand, apply, and analyze your knowledge.

c. This course comes with both clear and lucid video and text explanations. The text explanations come with product illustrations for easy understanding. You can also go through the video explanations for a more seamless demo.

d. For each question I provide an ARM template/PS Commands to simulate the environment used in the question.

e. For each question I provide a summarized version of the answer (suitable for revisions) and a detailed answer (for in-depth learning).

f. I simulate the actual AZ104 Azure Administrator exam experience for you in the form of drag-and-drop questions, dropdown questions, multiple yes/no questions with a radio button, repeated scenario questions, etc.

g. No dumping of text in a ppt. PPTs are used only to demo architecture to enhance your understanding.

h. Explanations run parallel to the product. Every detailed explanation has corroborating evidence with the Microsoft product (like Microsoft Azure) shown in screenshots and clear callouts.

i. Explanations are NOT directly copied from Microsoft documentation. I have rephrased all the reasoning in a simple and easy-to-understand language.

j. No step-motherly treatment of incorrect answer choices. I took enough effort to explain the rationale for each answer choice (whether correct/wrong), including the reference links.

k. Don't worry about inaccurate sentence framing/wrong grammar/incorrect punctuation. I use Grammarly to review every question.

l. Almost non-existent repetition of questions only to increase the question count.

m. I love to help you succeed. If you need to discuss, we have an Active Q&A dashboard and expect fast responses (save for my sleeping hours, which are generally less).

n. As soon as there is an update from Microsoft, I try to update my course, keeping it always fresh.

o. The question bank is peer-reviewed every three months to ensure exam relevance.

Feel free to connect with me through my website for any issues/questions.

The questions are collected from a variety of domains and sub-domains with extra care taken to equal attention to each exam area. Also, the questions are on different levels.

For example:

1. Remember-level questions test whether you can recall memorized facts, & basic concepts.

2. Understand-level questions validate whether you can explain the meanings of terms, & concepts.

3. Application-level questions test whether you can perform tasks using facts, concepts, & techniques, and,

4. Analysis-level questions validate whether you can diagnose situations & solve problems with concepts & techniques.

A mixture of questions at different levels reinforces your knowledge and prepares you to ace the exam.

These are the exam domains covered in the AZ-104 practice exam:

Manage Azure identities and governance (20–25%)

Manage Microsoft Entra users and groups

• Create users and groups

• Manage user and group properties

• Manage licenses in Microsoft Entra ID

• Manage external users

• Configure self-service password reset (SSPR)

Manage access to Azure resources

• Manage built-in Azure roles

• Assign roles at different scopes

• Interpret access assignments

Manage Azure subscriptions and governance

• Implement and manage Azure Policy

• Configure resource locks

• Apply and manage tags on resources

• Manage resource groups

• Manage subscriptions

• Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and Azure Advisor recommendations

• Configure management groups

Implement and manage storage (15–20%)

Configure access to storage

• Configure Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks

• Create and use shared access signature (SAS) tokens

• Configure stored access policies

• Manage access keys

• Configure identity-based access for Azure Files

Configure and manage storage accounts

• Create and configure storage accounts

• Configure Azure Storage redundancy

• Configure object replication

• Configure storage account encryption

• Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy

Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

• Create and configure a file share in Azure Storage

• Create and configure a container in Blob Storage

• Configure storage tiers

• Configure soft delete for blobs and containers

• Configure snapshots and soft delete for Azure Files

• Configure blob lifecycle management

• Configure blob versioning

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%)

Automate deployment of resources by using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep files

• Interpret an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file

• Modify an existing Azure Resource Manager template

• Modify an existing Bicep file

• Deploy resources by using an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file

• Export a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template or convert an Azure Resource Manager template to a Bicep file

Create and configure virtual machines

• Create a virtual machine

• Configure Azure Disk Encryption

• Move a virtual machine to another resource group, subscription, or region

• Manage virtual machine sizes

• Manage virtual machine disks

• Deploy virtual machines to availability zones and availability sets

• Deploy and configure an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Provision and manage containers in the Azure portal

• Create and manage an Azure container registry

• Provision a container by using Azure Container Instances

• Provision a container by using Azure Container Apps

• Manage sizing and scaling for containers, including Azure Container Instances and Azure Container Apps

Create and configure Azure App Service

• Provision an App Service plan

• Configure scaling for an App Service plan

• Create an App Service

• Configure certificates and Transport Layer Security (TLS) for an App Service

• Map an existing custom DNS name to an App Service

• Configure backup for an App Service

• Configure networking settings for an App Service

• Configure deployment slots for an App Service

Implement and manage virtual networking (15–20%)

Configure and manage virtual networks in Azure

• Create and configure virtual networks and subnets

• Create and configure virtual network peering

• Configure public IP addresses

• Configure user-defined network routes

• Troubleshoot network connectivity

Configure secure access to virtual networks

• Create and configure network security groups (NSGs) and application security groups

• Evaluate effective security rules in NSGs

• Implement Azure Bastion

• Configure service endpoints for Azure platform as a service (PaaS)

• Configure private endpoints for Azure PaaS

Configure name resolution and load balancing

• Configure Azure DNS

• Configure an internal or public load balancer

• Troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10–15%)

Monitor resources in Azure

• Interpret metrics in Azure Monitor

• Configure log settings in Azure Monitor

• Query and analyze logs in Azure Monitor

• Set up alert rules, action groups, and alert processing rules in Azure Monitor

• Configure and interpret monitoring of virtual machines, storage accounts, and networks by using Azure Monitor Insights

• Use Azure Network Watcher and Connection Monitor

Implement backup and recovery

• Create a Recovery Services vault

• Create an Azure Backup vault

• Create and configure a backup policy

• Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup

• Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources

• Perform a failover to a secondary region by using Site Recovery

• Configure and interpret reports and alerts for backups

Course Updates:

v2 - April 2025:

Updated 13 questions.

v1.6 - July 2024:

Updated nearly 46 questions.

v1.5 - June 2024:

Added Short answers for revision section for 32 questions.

v1.4 - June 2024:

Added lab files to simulate environment for 15 questions.

v1.3 - May 2024:

Retired questions related to Azure Kubernetes Service with the [Retired] tag.

v1.2 - April 2023: 

1. Changed all references to Azure AD --> Microsoft Entra ID

v1.1 - May 2023:

1. Removed all questions related to AKS, Conditional access.