Microsoft Azure Administrator

The exam tests your ability to implement, manage and monitor an organization's Microsoft Azure environment as an Azure Administrator. You need to be able to handle identities and governance, storage, compute resources, virtual networks, and the monitoring and maintenance of Azure resources. This requires hands-on experience with PowerShell, Azure CLI, the Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager templates or Bicep, and Microsoft Entra ID, among others. It also requires a solid foundation in operating systems, networking, servers and virtualization. Passing the exam gives you official Microsoft documentation that you can handle key administrative tasks in Azure and work with other roles on your organization's cloud infrastructure.

Exam focus areas:

• Manage Azure identities and governance (20–25%)
• Implement and manage storage (15–20%)
• Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (20–25%)
• Implement and manage virtual networking (15–20%)
• Monitor and maintain Azure resources (10–15%)