Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator - Associate

Overview of Azure services

Understanding Azure Resource Manager

Azure Portal and CLI

Azure subscription management

Understanding SLAs

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)

Managing users and groups

Implementing role-based access control (RBAC)

Configuring subscriptions and governance policies

Storage account types and configurations

Managing blob and file storage

Implementing Azure Backup

Configuring Azure Files and File Sync

Virtual machines (VMs) deployment and management

Creating VM scale sets

Configuring high availability and disaster recovery

Implementing Azure App Services

Azure Virtual Networks (VNets)

Configuring subnets

Implementing network security groups (NSGs)

Configuring Azure DNS and private endpoints

Monitoring resources with Azure Monitor

Implementing log analytics

Configuring alerts and notifications

Backup and restore strategies

Managing Azure security solutions

Implementing Azure Security Center

Configuring Azure Defender

Managing compliance with Microsoft Purview

Optimizing Azure workloads

Implementing cost management and budgets

Performance tuning of Azure resources

Best practices for cost efficiency

Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Automating Azure tasks with PowerShell and CLI

Using Azure Automation

Implementing ARM templates

Exam objectives and key topics

Practice questions and mock tests

Hands-on labs

Certification preparation strategies