This is a collection of resources to learn Azure and prepare for certifications.
📌 By default, all the resources are free unless it's specified.
- Azure Architecture browser: Microsoft architecture diagrams and descriptions for common workloads.
- Azure Architecture Center: Guidance for architecting solutions on Azure using established patterns and practices.
- Microsoft 30 days to learn it: Free courses with sandboxed test environments
- Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure: Guidance and best practices to adopt cloud.
- Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework: Set of guiding tenets that can be used to improve the quality of a workload
- Microsoft Learning Github: Set of labs for the Azure certifications.
- Microsoft virtual training days (Spain): Free virtual training events in Spain.
| Study areas | Weight |
|---|---|
| Manage Azure identities and governance | 15-20% |
| Implement and manage storage | 15-20% |
| Deploy and manage Azure compute resources | 20-25% |
| Configure and manage virtual networking | 25-30% |
| Monitor and back up Azure resources | 10-15% |
Full detail of the skills measured here.
Study resources:
- AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Labs
- John Savill YouTube videos:
- Microsoft AZ104 sample questions
- Examtopics AZ-104 practice exam
- Prerequisites for Azure administrators (Microsoft Learn)
- John Savill videos:
- Microsoft Learning Labs:
Topics to study:
- Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) objects
- Manage role-based access control (RBAC)
- Manage subscriptions and governance
Study resources:
- Manage identities and governance in Azure (Microsoft Learn)
- John Savill videos:
- Microsoft Learning Labs:
Topics to study:
- Secure storage
- Manage storage
- Configure Azure files and Azure Blob Storage
Study resources:
- Implement and manage storage in Azure (Microsoft Learn)
- Microsoft Azure Master Class Part 5 - Storage (John Savill)
- Microsoft Learning Labs:
Topics to study:
- Automate deployment of virtual machines (VMs) by using Azure Resource Manager templates
- Configure VMs
- Create and configure containers
- Create and configure Azure App Service
Study resources:
- Deploy and manage Azure compute resources (Microsoft Learn)
- John Savill videos:
- Microsoft Learning Labs:
Topics to study:
- Implement and manage virtual networking
- Secure access to virtual networks
- Configure load balancing
- Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
- Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network
Study resources:
- Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure administrators (Microsoft Learn)
- John Savill videos:
- Microsoft Learning Labs:
Topics to study:
- Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
- Implement backup and recovery
Study resources:
- Monitor and back up Azure resources (Microsoft Learn)
- John Savill videos:
- Microsoft Learning Labs: