Modern Desktop Administrator Associate (MD-102)
This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure
virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage networktraffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale
virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.
Modern Desktop Administrator Associate (MD-102)
The Microsoft Azure Administrator certification is designed for IT professionals who manage, monitor, and maintain Microsoft Azure environments. As organizations increasingly shift their infrastructure to the cloud, there is a massive demand for skilled administrators who can manage Azure subscriptions, secure identities, and oversee virtual networking, storage, and compute resources. This course is the definitive, job-focused path for mastering the foundational skills required by hiring managers in the cloud domain. Unlike theoretical courses, our training integrates performance-based labs to ensure you can handle real-world Azure deployments, setting a solid foundation for advanced roles in cloud architecture and security.The Microsoft Azure Administrator certification is designed for IT professionals who manage, monitor, and maintain Microsoft Azure environments. As organizations increasingly shift their infrastructure to the cloud, there is a massive demand for skilled administrators who can manage Azure subscriptions, secure identities, and oversee virtual networking, storage, and compute resources. This course is the definitive, job-focused path for mastering the foundational skills required by hiring managers in the cloud domain. Unlike theoretical courses, our training integrates performance-based labs to ensure you can handle real-world Azure deployments, setting a solid foundation for advanced roles in cloud architecture and security.
Key Learning Specs
Level
Intermediate
Duration
30-35 Hours
Experience
Azure AD & Intune Basics
Labs
20 Practical Labs
Goal
Az-104 Exam Mastery
Training Details
Course Overview
Candidates for this exam have subject matter expertise deploying, configuring, protecting, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in a Microsoft 365 environment. They manage identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps for endpoints. They implement solutions for efficient deployment and management of endpoints on various operating systems, platforms, and device types.
Skills gained:
- Install and configure Windows
- Configure and manage connectivity and storage
- Maintain Windows
- Protect devices and data
- Deploy Windows client
- Manage identity and access
- Manage compliance policies and configuration profiles
- Manage, maintain, and protect devices
- Manage apps
Course Outline
Explore Endpoint Management
Lessons:
- Explore the enterprise desktop
- Explore Windows editions
- Understand Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
- Manage Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) identities
Labs:
- Managing Identities in Azure AD
- Using Azure AD Connect to connect AD DS to Azure AD
Module 2: Governance and Compliance
Lessons:
Lesson 4: Understanding Subscriptions and Accounts
Lesson 5: Azure Policy Overview
Lesson 6: Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Overview
Labs:
Lab 4: Create and assign tags, enforce tagging and Apply tagging via an Azure policy
Lab 5: Implement Management Groups, create custom RBAC roles and Assign RBAC roles
Module 3: Azure Administration
Lessons:
Lesson 7: What is Azure Resource Manager?
Lesson 8: Get started with Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
Lesson 9: Get started with Azure PowerShell and CLI
Lesson 10: What are ARM templates?
Labs:
Lab 6: Create resource groups and deploy resources by Using the Azure Portal
Lab 7: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure PowerShell
Lab 8: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure CLI
Lab 9: Create an Azure managed disk by using an ARM template
Module 4: Azure Virtual Networking
Lessons:
Lesson 11: What is Azure Virtual Network?
Lesson 12: IP Addressing Overview in Azure
Lesson 13: Network Security Groups Overview
Lesson 14: Azure Firewall, Azure DNS
Labs:
Lab 10: Create a virtual network using the Azure portal
Lab 11: Configure private and public IP addresses of Azure VMs
Lab 12: Configure network security groups
Lab 13: Configure Azure DNS for internal and external name resolution
Module 5: Azure Inter-site Connectivity
Lessons:
Lesson 15: Virtual network Peering, VPN Gateway Connections, ExpressRoute, and Virtual WAN.
Labs:
Lab 14: Configured local and global virtual network peering and tested inter-site connectivity.
Module 6: Azure Network Traffic Management
Lessons:
Lesson 16: Network Routing and Endpoints Overview
Lesson 17: What is Azure Load Balancer?
Lesson 18: Application Gateway configuration overview
Labs:
Lab 15: Configure routing in the hub and spoke topology
Lab 16: Implement Azure Load Balancer
Lab 17: Implement Azure Application Gateway
Module 7: Azure Storage
Lessons:
Lesson 19: Introduction to the core Azure Storage services
Lesson 20: Azure Blob Storage
Lesson 21: Storage Security Overview
Lesson 22: What is Azure Files and Managing Azure Files and File Sync
Labs:
Lab 18: Create and configure Azure Storage accounts
Lab 19: Manage blob storage
Lab 20: Manage authentication and authorization for Azure Storage
Lab 21: Create and configure an Azure Files shares
Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines
Lessons:
Lesson 23: Virtual Machine Overview
Lesson 24: Regions and Availability Zones in Azure
Lesson 25: Virtual Machine Extensions and Features
Labs:
Lab 22: Creating a Virtual Machine by Using the Azure Portal
Lab 23: Deployed zone-reslient Azure virtual machine scale sets by using the Azure portal
Lab 24: Configured Azure virtual machine scale sets by using virtual machine extensions
Module 9: Azure Serverless Computing
Lessons:
Lesson 26: Azure App Service Plans and Azure App Service
Lesson 27: Azure Container Instances
Lesson 28: Azure Kubernetes Service
Labs:
Lab 25: Implement Web Apps
Lab 26: Implement Azure Container Instances
Lab 27: Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
Module 10: Azure Data Protection
Lessons:
Lesson 29: Recovery Services vaults overview
Lesson 30: An overview of Azure VM backup
Lesson 31: Implement backup and recovery
Labs:
Lab 28: Create a Recovery Services vault
Lab 29: Implement Azure virtual machine-level backup and Implement File and Folder backup
Lab 30: Perform file recovery by using Azure Recovery Services agent
Module 11: Azure Monitoring
Lessons:
Lesson 32: Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor and Azure Alerts
Lesson 33: Understanding Log Analytics and Network Watcher
Labs:
Lab 31: Create and configure an Azure Log Analytics workspace
Lab 32: Configure Azure virtual machine diagnostic settings
Audience profile
Candidates for this exam have subject matter expertise deploying, configuring, protecting, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in a Microsoft 365 environment. They manage identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps for endpoints. They implement solutions for efficient deployment and management of endpoints on various operating systems, platforms, and device types.
They implement and manage endpoints at scale by using Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), part of Microsoft Entra.
Pre-requisites
Candidates for this exam have experience with Azure AD (Entra ID) and Microsoft 365 technologies including Intune. They must have strong skills and experience in deploying, configuring, and maintaining Windows client and non-Windows devices.
Job Role
IT Professionals, System Administration, Desktop Administration, Help Desk & Support.
Candidates for this exam have subject matter expertise deploying, configuring, protecting, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in a Microsoft 365 environment. They manage identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps for endpoints. They implement solutions for efficient deployment and management of endpoints on various operating systems, platforms, and device types.
Skills gained:
- Install and configure Windows
- Configure and manage connectivity and storage
- Maintain Windows
- Protect devices and data
- Deploy Windows client
- Manage identity and access
- Manage compliance policies and configuration profiles
- Manage, maintain, and protect devices
- Manage apps
Explore Endpoint Management
Lessons:
- Explore the enterprise desktop
- Explore Windows editions
- Understand Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
- Manage Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) identities
Labs:
- Managing Identities in Azure AD
- Using Azure AD Connect to connect AD DS to Azure AD
Module 2: Governance and Compliance
Lessons:
Lesson 4: Understanding Subscriptions and Accounts
Lesson 5: Azure Policy Overview
Lesson 6: Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Overview
Labs:
Lab 4: Create and assign tags, enforce tagging and Apply tagging via an Azure policy
Lab 5: Implement Management Groups, create custom RBAC roles and Assign RBAC roles
Module 3: Azure Administration
Lessons:
Lesson 7: What is Azure Resource Manager?
Lesson 8: Get started with Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
Lesson 9: Get started with Azure PowerShell and CLI
Lesson 10: What are ARM templates?
Labs:
Lab 6: Create resource groups and deploy resources by Using the Azure Portal
Lab 7: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure PowerShell
Lab 8: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure CLI
Lab 9: Create an Azure managed disk by using an ARM template
Module 4: Azure Virtual Networking
Lessons:
Lesson 11: What is Azure Virtual Network?
Lesson 12: IP Addressing Overview in Azure
Lesson 13: Network Security Groups Overview
Lesson 14: Azure Firewall, Azure DNS
Labs:
Lab 10: Create a virtual network using the Azure portal
Lab 11: Configure private and public IP addresses of Azure VMs
Lab 12: Configure network security groups
Lab 13: Configure Azure DNS for internal and external name resolution
Module 5: Azure Inter-site Connectivity
Lessons:
Lesson 15: Virtual network Peering, VPN Gateway Connections, ExpressRoute, and Virtual WAN.
Labs:
Lab 14: Configured local and global virtual network peering and tested inter-site connectivity.
Module 6: Azure Network Traffic Management
Lessons:
Lesson 16: Network Routing and Endpoints Overview
Lesson 17: What is Azure Load Balancer?
Lesson 18: Application Gateway configuration overview
Labs:
Lab 15: Configure routing in the hub and spoke topology
Lab 16: Implement Azure Load Balancer
Lab 17: Implement Azure Application Gateway
Module 7: Azure Storage
Lessons:
Lesson 19: Introduction to the core Azure Storage services
Lesson 20: Azure Blob Storage
Lesson 21: Storage Security Overview
Lesson 22: What is Azure Files and Managing Azure Files and File Sync
Labs:
Lab 18: Create and configure Azure Storage accounts
Lab 19: Manage blob storage
Lab 20: Manage authentication and authorization for Azure Storage
Lab 21: Create and configure an Azure Files shares
Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines
Lessons:
Lesson 23: Virtual Machine Overview
Lesson 24: Regions and Availability Zones in Azure
Lesson 25: Virtual Machine Extensions and Features
Labs:
Lab 22: Creating a Virtual Machine by Using the Azure Portal
Lab 23: Deployed zone-reslient Azure virtual machine scale sets by using the Azure portal
Lab 24: Configured Azure virtual machine scale sets by using virtual machine extensions
Module 9: Azure Serverless Computing
Lessons:
Lesson 26: Azure App Service Plans and Azure App Service
Lesson 27: Azure Container Instances
Lesson 28: Azure Kubernetes Service
Labs:
Lab 25: Implement Web Apps
Lab 26: Implement Azure Container Instances
Lab 27: Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
Module 10: Azure Data Protection
Lessons:
Lesson 29: Recovery Services vaults overview
Lesson 30: An overview of Azure VM backup
Lesson 31: Implement backup and recovery
Labs:
Lab 28: Create a Recovery Services vault
Lab 29: Implement Azure virtual machine-level backup and Implement File and Folder backup
Lab 30: Perform file recovery by using Azure Recovery Services agent
Module 11: Azure Monitoring
Lessons:
Lesson 32: Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor and Azure Alerts
Lesson 33: Understanding Log Analytics and Network Watcher
Labs:
Lab 31: Create and configure an Azure Log Analytics workspace
Lab 32: Configure Azure virtual machine diagnostic settings
Lessons:
- Explore the enterprise desktop
- Explore Windows editions
- Understand Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
- Manage Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) identities
Labs:
- Managing Identities in Azure AD
- Using Azure AD Connect to connect AD DS to Azure AD
Lessons:
Lesson 4: Understanding Subscriptions and Accounts
Lesson 5: Azure Policy Overview
Lesson 6: Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Overview
Labs:
Lab 4: Create and assign tags, enforce tagging and Apply tagging via an Azure policy
Lab 5: Implement Management Groups, create custom RBAC roles and Assign RBAC roles
Lessons:
Lesson 7: What is Azure Resource Manager?
Lesson 8: Get started with Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
Lesson 9: Get started with Azure PowerShell and CLI
Lesson 10: What are ARM templates?
Labs:
Lab 6: Create resource groups and deploy resources by Using the Azure Portal
Lab 7: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure PowerShell
Lab 8: Create a resource group and an Azure managed disk by using Azure CLI
Lab 9: Create an Azure managed disk by using an ARM template
Lessons:
Lesson 11: What is Azure Virtual Network?
Lesson 12: IP Addressing Overview in Azure
Lesson 13: Network Security Groups Overview
Lesson 14: Azure Firewall, Azure DNS
Labs:
Lab 10: Create a virtual network using the Azure portal
Lab 11: Configure private and public IP addresses of Azure VMs
Lab 12: Configure network security groups
Lab 13: Configure Azure DNS for internal and external name resolution
Lessons:
Lesson 15: Virtual network Peering, VPN Gateway Connections, ExpressRoute, and Virtual WAN.
Labs:
Lab 14: Configured local and global virtual network peering and tested inter-site connectivity.
Lessons:
Lesson 16: Network Routing and Endpoints Overview
Lesson 17: What is Azure Load Balancer?
Lesson 18: Application Gateway configuration overview
Labs:
Lab 15: Configure routing in the hub and spoke topology
Lab 16: Implement Azure Load Balancer
Lab 17: Implement Azure Application Gateway
Lessons:
Lesson 19: Introduction to the core Azure Storage services
Lesson 20: Azure Blob Storage
Lesson 21: Storage Security Overview
Lesson 22: What is Azure Files and Managing Azure Files and File Sync
Labs:
Lab 18: Create and configure Azure Storage accounts
Lab 19: Manage blob storage
Lab 20: Manage authentication and authorization for Azure Storage
Lab 21: Create and configure an Azure Files shares
Lessons:
Lesson 23: Virtual Machine Overview
Lesson 24: Regions and Availability Zones in Azure
Lesson 25: Virtual Machine Extensions and Features
Labs:
Lab 22: Creating a Virtual Machine by Using the Azure Portal
Lab 23: Deployed zone-reslient Azure virtual machine scale sets by using the Azure portal
Lab 24: Configured Azure virtual machine scale sets by using virtual machine extensions
Lessons:
Lesson 26: Azure App Service Plans and Azure App Service
Lesson 27: Azure Container Instances
Lesson 28: Azure Kubernetes Service
Labs:
Lab 25: Implement Web Apps
Lab 26: Implement Azure Container Instances
Lab 27: Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
Lessons:
Lesson 29: Recovery Services vaults overview
Lesson 30: An overview of Azure VM backup
Lesson 31: Implement backup and recovery
Labs:
Lab 28: Create a Recovery Services vault
Lab 29: Implement Azure virtual machine-level backup and Implement File and Folder backup
Lab 30: Perform file recovery by using Azure Recovery Services agent
Lessons:
Lesson 32: Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor and Azure Alerts
Lesson 33: Understanding Log Analytics and Network Watcher
Labs:
Lab 31: Create and configure an Azure Log Analytics workspace
Lab 32: Configure Azure virtual machine diagnostic settings
Candidates for this exam have subject matter expertise deploying, configuring, protecting, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in a Microsoft 365 environment. They manage identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps for endpoints. They implement solutions for efficient deployment and management of endpoints on various operating systems, platforms, and device types.
They implement and manage endpoints at scale by using Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), part of Microsoft Entra.
Candidates for this exam have experience with Azure AD (Entra ID) and Microsoft 365 technologies including Intune. They must have strong skills and experience in deploying, configuring, and maintaining Windows client and non-Windows devices.
IT Professionals, System Administration, Desktop Administration, Help Desk & Support.