The Azure Admin certification is the Azure Administrator Associate, earned by passing AZ-104. See who it suits, the skills it covers, the exam format, how to prepare and the jobs it opens. This Azure Admin Certification guide keeps it simple.
✍️ Azure Trainings trainers⏱ 4 min read📅 Updated 11 October 2026
The Azure Admin certification is Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, earned by passing exam AZ-104. It proves you can manage an organisation’s Azure environment — identities, storage, virtual machines, networking and monitoring. It is a common first role-based certification after AZ-900 and the foundation for AZ-305 and AZ-400.
Azure Monitor, alerts, Log Analytics, Backup, Site Recovery.
Exam facts
The AZ-104 exam at a glance
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ItemDetailsExamAZ-104 Microsoft Azure AdministratorCertificationAzure Administrator AssociateFormatProctored; multiple choice, case studies, interactivePassing score700 / 1000PriceVaries by country — check the official pageValidityOne year, free online renewal
Study plan
How to prepare for AZ-104
Step 1
Cloud basics
AZ-900 level knowledge.
Step 2
Microsoft Learn
Free AZ-104 learning paths.
Step 3
Practise everything
Use a free Azure account — the exam is very practical.
Step 4
Practice assessment
Official practice test and exam sandbox.
Step 5
Revise weak areas
Especially networking and identity.
✕ Reading only, no hands-on labs
✕ Skipping networking topics
✕ Ignoring identity and RBAC
✕ Relying on dumps instead of understanding
🎓 Preparing for AZ-104? Get labs, real scenarios and doubt-clearing in a free demo class.
CertificationFocusAZ-900Cloud fundamentals (optional first step)AZ-104Administering Azure resourcesAZ-700Azure networkingAZ-305Solution architecture (needs AZ-104)AZ-400DevOps (needs AZ-104 or developer associate)DP-700Data engineering with Microsoft Fabric
✅ ✅ How training helps: Self-study works, but structured training adds hands-on labs, real scenarios, doubt-clearing and a study plan — usually making preparation faster. See the Azure certification roadmap.
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