Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
The core Azure role-based certification. Tests hands-on administration: identity and governance, storage configuration, compute deployment, virtual networking, and monitoring/backup. The standard next step after AZ-900.
- Exam questions
- 55
- Duration
- 100 min
- Exam cost
- $165 USD
- Passing score
- 700/1000
40 reviewed practice questions live on this site · Official Microsoft certification page
Exam domains and weights
Microsoft Entra ID users/groups, RBAC at scope, Azure Policy, management groups, and resource governance.
Storage accounts, redundancy options, access tiers, blob/file configuration, SAS/access keys, and data transfer tools.
VMs, availability options, scale sets, App Service, containers (ACI/AKS), and ARM template deployments.
VNets, peering, NSGs, DNS, load balancing (LB/Application Gateway), VPN/ExpressRoute connectivity.
Azure Monitor metrics/logs/alerts, VM insights, Azure Backup, and Azure Site Recovery.
Practice topics
Entra ID administration, RBAC roles/scopes, Azure Policy, and resource governance.
Storage accounts, redundancy, access tiers, file shares, and secure access.
VMs, scale sets, App Service, containers, and ARM deployments.
VNets, NSGs, peering, DNS, load balancers, and hybrid connectivity.
Azure Monitor alerts, VM insights, Azure Backup, and Site Recovery.
How to prepare for AZ-104
Learn the blueprint
Start with the domain weights above — they tell you exactly where exam points are concentrated.
Official exam pageStudy the core services
Work through service-focused study guides for the services that appear most in this exam's questions.
Service study guides →Practice by topic
Take focused question sets per topic, read every per-option explanation — including why wrong answers are wrong.
All practice topics →Simulate the real exam
Take a timed mock exam at real pace (~1.8 min per question) and review every miss.
Mock exams →Close the gaps
Use your domain breakdown to find weak areas, bookmark tricky questions, and re-drill them before exam day.
Build a study plan →
40 reviewed AZ-104 questions available
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