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Exam Ref AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator
Michael Washam
Jonathan Tuliani
Scott Hoag
Exam Ref AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator
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Acknowledgments
Michael Washam As a technologist, reading and writing books of this nature makes me appreciate how much I dont know and how challenging it is to keep up the pace of learning required to be successful in this industry. I want to acknowledge the readers of this book, and I hope it helps you all on your journey to certification. I also want to acknowledge the team at Pearson for the opportunity to help put a project like this together, as well as my team here at Opsgility for seeing it through to success.
Jonathan Tuliani Ive enjoyed the rare privilege of spending part of my professional career as a member of the team that created Azure. Its inspiring to see how organizations all over the world are using what we built to deliver innovative services and greater efficiency. Special thanks go to all my former colleagues in the Azure networking team, for putting up with me and for everything I learned along the way.
Scott Hoag This could would not be possible without the team at Opsgility - co-authors including Jonathan Tuliani, Abu Zobayer, Michael Washam, and our wordsmith James Burleson. Id also like to thank my family - my wife Amanda and two very understanding children. The long days and nights and poking away at the cloud are not possible without you.
About the Authors
MICHAEL WASHAM is CEO of Opsgility, a leading provider of IT training services that include both instructor-led and on-demand learning through their online learning platform SkillMeUp.com. Michael has extensive history in the IT Industry where he has worked as an IT Professional, Software Developer, Evangelist, and Program Manager before turning to his passion of enabling companies of all sizes make the digital transformation to the cloud.
JONATHAN TULIANI leads our European office and is responsible for managing our European clients. Prior to joining Opsgility, Jonathan was a 10-year Microsoft veteran, spending over 6 years in the Azure Engineering team where he was Principal Program Manager for both Azure DNS and Azure Traffic Manager. Jonathan has 20 years experience in the IT industry, in roles spanning development, product management, technical pre-sales and program management.
SCOTT HOAG (MCITP, MCPD) is a Principal Cloud Solutions Architect with Opsgility where he drives adoption of Microsoft's cloud platforms for Opsgility's customers. Scott is a frequent speaker at SharePoint and Azure focused user groups and comes with a deep background in helping organizations deploy content management and collaboration systems. Scott has over 11 years of experience as both a developer and a system engineer delivering solutions from MCMS 2002 to SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 today. Scott also co-hosts the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast where he discusses the latest news and offerings with Office 365 and Azure. You can find him on twitter @ciphertxt and on the web at psconfig.com.
Introduction
The AZ-103 exam focuses on common tasks and concepts that an administrator needs to understand to deploy and manage infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. Managing Azure subscriptions and resources is a key topic on the exam, which includes configure cost center quotas, tagging, subscription level policies, as well as resource organization using resource groups. Another topic covered is implementing and managing storage; which includes creating and configuring storage accounts, implementing Azure backup, as well as configuring Azure files and understanding the services for importing and exporting data to Azure. A significant portion of the exam is focused on deploying and managing virtual machines, which includes configuring of networking, storage and monitoring, automated deployments and managing VM backups. Configuring, managing, and monitoring virtual networks is part of the exam, as-is configuring load balancing. This book covers the creation and managing of virtual networks, DNS, connectivity between virtual networks, and configuring network security groups. The final topic is managing identities, which includes topics on managing Azure Active Directory (AD) when creating users, groups, and devices. You will also find the configuring of hybrid identity using Azure AD Connect, multi-factor authentication, as well as configuring services such as identity protection and self-service password resets.