AZ-104 (Microsoft Azure Administrator) Exam Guide

The **AZ-104** certification validates your skills to manage identities, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in an Azure Cloud environment. It is the key certification for system administrators on Azure.

Which Azure service centralizes identity management and provides single sign-on (SSO)?

Answer : Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory).

Entra ID is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service that helps employees sign in and access resources.

Which feature allows restricting network access to an Azure virtual machine using inbound/outbound security rules?

Answer : Network Security Group (NSG).

An NSG contains security rules that allow or deny traffic to Azure resources connected to Azure Virtual Networks (VNet).

Which Azure storage service is recommended for storing shared files accessible via SMB or NFS protocols?

Answer : Azure Files.

Azure Files provides fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via industry-standard protocols.

What is the mechanism that automatically distributes incoming network traffic across multiple virtual machines called?

Answer : Azure Load Balancer.

It operates at Layer 4 (TCP/UDP) and helps ensure high availability for your applications.

Which tool allows you to monitor, analyze, and respond to security threats across your entire Azure environment?

Answer : Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

It is a cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) and cloud security posture management (CSPM) solution.

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