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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

Create private and public IP addresses

In the previous section, we had a brief look at IP addressing, such as public and private IP addressing and also static and dynamic IP addresses. This section focuses on how to configure private and public IP addresses.

Let's first look at how to configure a private IP address for a VM from dynamic to static via the Azure portal. In order to do this, we are going to reference a VM we created earlier in this book:

  1. Navigate to the Azure portal by opening a web browser and navigating to https://portal.azure.com.
  2. In the left menu, select Resource groups and choose an RG with a VM. In this case, we're going to select the Az-104 RG:

Figure 14.10 – Selecting a previously deployed RG that has a VM

  1. Next, select the VM:

Figure 14.11 – Selecting a previously deployed VM

  1. Under the Settings tab, select Networking and click on the Network Interface Card...