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AZ-104
9 free articles on the concepts the AZ-104 exam tests, grouped by exam domain. Each one backs real questions in our practice exam.
Implement and manage storage
- Azure Blob Storage Access Tiers Compared: Hot, Cool, Cold, and Archive Compare Hot, Cool, Cold, and Archive tiers by cost, latency, minimum retention, and rehydration time, plus how lifecycle policies automate tiering.
- Azure Files vs Azure Blob Storage: Choosing File Shares vs Object Storage Azure Files vs Blob Storage: when you need an SMB/NFS share vs object storage, identity-based auth options, and how Azure File Sync fits hybrid setups.
- Azure Storage Redundancy Options Compared: LRS, ZRS, GRS, GZRS, and the RA- Variants LRS, ZRS, GRS, GZRS and their read-access variants compared: durability numbers, failover types, and how an administrator should choose between them.
- Shared Access Signatures (SAS) in Azure Storage: Account, Service, and User Delegation SAS Explained Account SAS vs service SAS vs user delegation SAS compared: what each can scope, stored access policies, and why Entra-signed SAS is now recommended.
Manage Azure identities and governance
- Azure Policy vs. Azure RBAC: Controlling Who Can Act vs. What State Resources Must Be In RBAC controls who can act at a scope. Policy controls what state resources must be in, no matter who created them. Effects and exemptions explained.
- Azure RBAC Built-In Roles Explained: Owner, Contributor, Reader, and Access Administrators What Owner, Contributor, Reader, User Access Administrator, and RBAC Administrator each grant, and how PIM eligible vs. active roles fit in.
- Azure Resource Locks Explained: CanNotDelete vs. ReadOnly, Inheritance, and Who Can Remove One CanNotDelete and ReadOnly locks compared: how inheritance works, the RBAC permission needed to remove one, and why ReadOnly can silently break VM resizing.
- Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Study Guide: Format, Domains, Cost, and How to Pass Complete AZ-104 guide: exam format, passing score, and $165 fee, plus all five domains explained and a study plan mapped to every AZ-104 topic.
- The Azure Resource Hierarchy: Management Groups, Subscriptions, and Resource Groups How management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources nest, how RBAC and Policy inherit down that chain, and where the tree ends.
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