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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

Creating and analyzing metrics and alerts

There are several ways to consume and analyze alerts and metrics across Azure Monitor. You can consume this directly from the Monitor service as well as from the associated resource blade. In the upcoming sections, we will set up metrics and alerts and show you how to analyze them.

In order to follow along, you will need a resource to monitor metrics from; we will deploy a virtual machine (VM) to assist with this.

Creating a VM

For this exercise, you will be deploying a new VM to monitor against:

  1. Navigate to the Azure portal by clicking on https://portal.azure.com.
  2. Create a new resource group named AZ104-Monitor.
  3. Create a new VM with the following attributes; you can also use the template from Chapter 17, Integrating On-Premises Networks with Azure, and modify the following as well as name the VNet and subnet:
    • Subscription: Select your Azure subscription.
    • Resource Group: AZ104-Monitor.
    • Virtual machine name: MonitorServer...