Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)exam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.

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5content areas

Manage Identities and Governance

22% of the exam

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Microsoft Entra ID: Users, Groups, and Roles
Azure RBAC versus Entra Roles
Azure Policy
Locks and Tags
Management Groups and Subscriptions

Implement and Manage Storage

18% of the exam

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Storage Accounts and Redundancy
Blob Tiers and Lifecycle Management
Azure Files and Shared Access Signatures
Storage Security and Firewalls
Moving Data with AzCopy

Deploy and Manage Compute Resources

22% of the exam

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Virtual Machines and Availability
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
ARM Templates and Bicep
App Service
Containers: ACI and AKS

Configure and Manage Virtual Networking

18% of the exam

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VNets, Subnets, NSGs, and ASGs
Connecting Networks: Peering and VPN Gateway
Azure DNS
Load Balancing: Load Balancer versus Application Gateway
Secure Access with Azure Bastion and Network Watcher

Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources

12% of the exam

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Azure Monitor and Metrics
Log Analytics and KQL
Alerts and Action Groups
Network Watcher
Azure Backup and Recovery Services Vault

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