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Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond - Second Edition

By : Riaan Lowe, Donovan Kelly
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Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond - Second Edition

4.5 (2)
By: Riaan Lowe, Donovan Kelly

Overview of this book

Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond covers all the exam objectives and will help you to earn the Microsoft Azure Administrator certification with ease. Whether you’re studying to pass the AZ-104 exam or just want hands-on experience in administering Azure, this AZ-104 study guide will help you to achieve your objectives. This book covers the latest Azure features and capabilities around configuring, managing, and securing Azure resources. Adhering to Microsoft's AZ-104 exam syllabus, this guide is divided into five modules. The first module will show you how to manage Azure identities and governance. You'll find out how to configure Azure subscription policies at the Azure subscription level and use Azure policies for resource groups. After that, the book covers techniques related to implementing and managing storage in Azure, enabling you to create and manage Azure Storage, including File and Blob storage. In the second module, you’ll learn how to deploy and manage Azure compute resources. The third and fourth modules will teach you about configuring and managing virtual networks and monitoring and backing up Azure resources. Finally, you'll work through mock tests, with answers provided, to prepare for this exam. By the end of this book, you'll have the skills needed to pass the AZ-104 exam and be able to expertly manage Azure.
Table of Contents (30 chapters)
1
Part 1: Managing Azure Identities and Governance
7
Part 2: Implementing and Managing Storage
11
Part 3: Deploying and Managing Azure Compute Resources
17
Part 4: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networking
24
Part 5: Monitoring and Backing Up Azure Resources

VM management tasks

In this section, we are going to look at some management capabilities for virtual machines. We will explore items such as VM sizing, data disks, networking, moving VMs, redeploying VMs, disk encryption, availability sets and zones, scales sets, and configuration management automation.

Managing VM sizes

After creating your VM, you can manage and change (vertically scale) the sizes of Windows and Linux VMs from the Azure portal, PowerShell, and the CLI. Vertical scaling, also known as scale-up and scale-down, means increasing or decreasing VM sizes in response to different workloads.

In the following demonstration, we will explore how to change the VM size of your VM:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal: https://portal.azure.com/home.
  2. Navigate to the VM you created in the previous exercise. On the left menu, under the Settings context, you will see a Size button – click this:

Figure 10.11 – VM Size setting

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