Azure Administrator Course

Lesson 1 • Azure Global Infrastructure Overview

Maps Azure regions, availability zones, and paired regions to reliability and compliance needs. Connects infrastructure geography to deployment decisions made throughout the course.

Lesson 2 • Cloud Computing Core Concepts

Defines IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models and contrasts public, private, and hybrid clouds. Establishes the conceptual baseline for all Azure services covered in this course.

Lesson 3 • Navigating the Azure Portal

Covers portal layout, dashboard customization, and resource search. Builds navigation fluency so students can locate and manage any Azure resource efficiently.

Lesson 4 • Azure Account and Subscription Setup

Walks through creating an Azure account, configuring subscriptions, and applying management groups. Provides the working environment required for all hands-on labs.

Lesson 1 • Multi-Factor Authentication and Conditional Access

Configures MFA registration, Conditional Access policies, and named locations. Hardens identity security beyond simple password protection.

Lesson 2 • Managing Users and Groups

Covers bulk user creation, group types, and dynamic membership rules. Directly enables role assignment and access control tasks in later sections.

Lesson 3 • Azure Active Directory Architecture

Explains tenants, directories, and the relationship between Azure AD and subscriptions. Provides the structural understanding needed before creating any identity objects.

Lesson 4 • Role-Based Access Control

Teaches built-in roles, custom role definitions, and scope assignment across subscriptions and resource groups. Enforces least-privilege access across all Azure resources.

Lesson 1 • Load Balancing and Traffic Management

Deploys Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager for traffic distribution. Connects load balancing choices to availability and performance requirements.

Lesson 2 • Azure DNS and Name Resolution

Manages Azure-provided DNS, custom DNS servers, and Azure DNS zones. Ensures reliable name resolution for all internal and external Azure resources.

Lesson 3 • VNet Peering and Connectivity

Configures VNet peering, service endpoints, and private endpoints for cross-network communication. Enables secure resource access without public internet exposure.

Lesson 4 • Virtual Network Architecture

Defines VNet address spaces, subnets, and IP allocation strategies. Provides the network foundation on which all subsequent connectivity services are built.

Lesson 1 • VM Monitoring and Maintenance

Enables boot diagnostics, Azure Monitor metrics, and Update Management for VMs. Ensures students can maintain VM health and compliance over time.

Lesson 2 • VM Storage and Disk Management

Manages managed disks, disk caching, snapshots, and Azure Disk Encryption. Connects storage performance choices to VM workload requirements.

Lesson 3 • VM Availability and Resilience

Configures availability sets, availability zones, and scale sets for high availability. Prepares students to design fault-tolerant compute architectures.

Lesson 4 • Virtual Machine Fundamentals

Covers VM series, sizes, and the relationship between compute, memory, and storage tiers. Establishes the selection criteria used in every VM deployment lab.

Lesson 1 • Storage Monitoring and Data Transfer

Uses Storage Analytics, AzCopy, and Azure Data Box for monitoring and bulk data movement. Prepares students to manage large-scale data migrations and ongoing diagnostics.

Lesson 2 • Storage Account Fundamentals

Covers storage account types, performance tiers, and redundancy options (LRS, ZRS, GRS). Establishes the configuration baseline for all storage service deployments.

Lesson 3 • Storage Security and Access Control

Implements shared access signatures, stored access policies, and Azure AD-based storage RBAC. Secures data access without exposing storage account keys.

Lesson 4 • Azure Blob Storage

Manages containers, blob types, access tiers, and lifecycle management policies. Covers the most widely used Azure storage service in depth.

Lesson 1 • Tagging Strategy and Cost Allocation

Designs tag taxonomies, enforces tags via policy, and maps tags to cost center reporting. Enables accurate chargeback and resource inventory management.

Lesson 2 • Azure Cost Management and Optimization

Uses Cost Management dashboards, advisor recommendations, and reserved instances to reduce spend. Connects governance controls to measurable financial outcomes.

Lesson 3 • Resource Groups and Resource Locks

Organizes resources into groups and applies CanNotDelete and ReadOnly locks. Prevents accidental deletion or modification of critical production resources.

Lesson 4 • Azure Policy and Compliance

Creates and assigns policy definitions, initiatives, and remediation tasks. Automates compliance enforcement across resource deployments and existing resources.

Lesson 1 • Alerts, Action Groups, and Dashboards

Configures metric alerts, log alerts, and action groups for automated incident notification. Reduces mean time to detect and respond to operational issues.

Lesson 2 • Microsoft Sentinel SIEM Basics

Connects data connectors, creates analytic rules, and investigates incidents in Sentinel. Introduces cloud-native SIEM capabilities for threat detection and response.

Lesson 3 • Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Enables Defender plans, reviews secure score, and remediates security recommendations. Provides a unified security posture management view across all Azure resources.

Lesson 4 • Log Analytics and KQL Queries

Creates Log Analytics workspaces, connects data sources, and writes KQL queries for operational insights. Enables data-driven troubleshooting and reporting across all Azure services.

Lesson 1 • CI/CD Pipelines with Azure DevOps

Creates Azure Pipelines to validate, test, and deploy IaC templates on every commit. Integrates infrastructure delivery into a full DevOps workflow.

Lesson 2 • Bicep Language for Azure IaC

Converts ARM JSON to Bicep syntax, uses modules, and deploys with the Bicep CLI. Simplifies IaC authoring while maintaining full ARM compatibility.

Lesson 3 • Terraform on Azure

Configures the AzureRM provider, writes HCL resources, and manages state with remote backends. Enables multi-cloud IaC workflows using the industry-standard Terraform toolchain.

Lesson 4 • Azure CLI and PowerShell Automation

Scripts resource lifecycle operations using Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell modules. Builds scripting fluency for tasks not suited to declarative IaC.