Lalit Rawat - Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Prep (AZ-104)

Narendra Kumar Rawat and Narmada Rawat

To my Parents: Thank you for your
unconditional support in any and every
situation. Thanks for your blessings and support.

Radhika and Mayra Rawat
My daughters who have made my life easy!

Lalit is a Cloud Architect, Azure MVP, MCT, and author of the Azure Interview Q and A book. He likes to share his knowledge through his blog (https://azure4you.com/) and share his technical skills in a wider community like AzureTalk, Local Meetup Group, and so on. He has written several articles on Microsoft Azure and changed many lives from his articles and his hands-on training programs and workshops.

He is Speaker and delivered the session on a big platform, including MS Global Bootcamp, Local user group, Expert Live India, and other events.

Moreover, and to his credit, he has delivered 500+ training sessions to professionals worldwide in Microsoft Azure technologies and other technologies, including SCOM and Windows Server. He has also provided instructor-led online training and hands-on workshops.

His technical prowess and capability of exploring new frontiers of technology and imparting them to his aspiring team members is his trademark. His execution is priceless and bringing forth his approach will help you realize your dreams, goals, and aspirations into reality.

Gaurav Aroraa is a serial entrepreneur and start-up mentor. He has done an MPhil in computer science. He is a Microsoft MVP award recipient. He is a lifetime member of the Computer Society of India (CSI) and an advisory member and senior mentor at IndiaMentor. He is certified as a Scrum trainer and coach, ITIL-F certified, and PRINCE-F and PRINCE-P certified. He is an open source developer and contributor to the community.

Pulakesh Mahanta is a technology addict and always feels happy when he learns new things, explores new technology, or shares personal IT experience. His career started as a desktop engineer way back in 2007 and he worked as a System Administrator for more than 6 years. For the last 5 years, he has been working on public cloud. He is Microsoft Azure and AWS Certified Architect having extensive experience in data center design, implementation, consolidation, and migration. He believes in automation and integration of the new cloud digital platform He is highly skilled in the new digital platform which also demands EUC (End User Experience) such as AWS Workspace and AppStream, Citrix VDI, Azure WVD (Windows Virtual Desktop), Self-Bot, and so on.

Arun Pachehra is a certified Azure Architect and has more than 11 years of industry experience. He is currently working with one of the best cloud service providers in the world which deals with all kinds of public and private clouds. He has been working with public cloud technologies for more than 5 years. His focus areas include cloud consulting, architecture, designing, and migration. He comes from a Windows background; hence, Azure is always welcoming. However, he is always exploring and learning new things. He has also completed the AWS certification, and nowadays, he is exploring the modernization of application with Docker, Kubernetes, and DevOps. He is well versed in IAC via Terraform. He believes in knowledge sharing and also hosts technical blogs and YouTube channels.

There are a few people I would like to thank for the continued and ongoing support they have given me during the writing of this book. First and foremost, I would like to thank my wife, Punita Rawat, and two daughters, Radhika and Mayra, for putting up with me while I was spending many weekends and evenings on writing. I could have never completed this book without their support.

This book wouldnt have happened if I hadnt got the support from my family, followers, friends, and so on. My gratitude goes to the AzureTalk core team, especially Niraj Kumar, for providing valuable insights into some of the new features and providing mentorship and guidance.

I would like to thank Gaurav Aroraa for his wonderful support, guidance and helping me while writing the Azure Administrator book.

Thank you, Deepak Rajendran Sir, for providing your guidance to do something new and contribute more and more.

Finally, I would like to thank Gaurav and BPB Publications for giving me this opportunity to write my first book for them.

Microsoft Azure is a platform where you can start your journey of cloud learning. In this book Azure Administration (AZ-104), we have explained about the day-to-day tasks which you can take up and learn about Azure administration. We have explained Azure core concepts in this chapter and add the lab-based scenario, which will help you clear the core concepts of Microsoft Azure. We have included approx. 60 to 70 questions which will help you check your knowledge and provide a glimpse of the Azure administration exam questions. This will help you prepare for your Azure administration exam.