Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104): Manage Azure Identities and Governance

Description

This course on Pluralsight is a specialized, deep-dive training module designed to address the identity and governance pillar of Microsoft’s official AZ-104 exam. Representing approximately 20–25% of the certification blueprint, identity management and resource governance are critical foundations for securing enterprise cloud infrastructure. This course guides learners through provisioning user accounts and security groups, configuring granular access permissions, enforcing organizational compliance, and structuring subscription governance. Through expert video instruction, practical demonstrations, and real-world administrative scenarios, students build the functional skills needed to safeguard enterprise assets, maintain compliance at scale, and master key objectives for the AZ-104 certification.

Topics This Course Covers

• Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Management: Creating, configuring, and managing users, security groups, device settings, guest accounts, and licenses.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Assigning built-in roles, creating custom RBAC definitions, interpreting access assignments, and applying the principle of least privilege across resources.
• Subscription & Governance Management: Configuring Azure Policy definitions and initiatives, applying resource locks, structuring management groups, and using resource tagging for organized administration.
• Access Security & Identity Safeguards: Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), setting up self-service password reset (SSPR), and managing administrative access.
• Cost Governance & Resource Group Strategy: Managing subscription boundaries, tracking cloud spending, and organizing resources logically for operational efficiency.

Who Will Benefit from Taking This Course

• AZ-104 Exam Candidates: Candidates seeking dedicated, focused preparation on the identity and governance domain (20–25% of the exam).
• Systems Administrators & Security Specialists: Traditional IT engineers transitioning to cloud roles who need to learn central identity management and cloud security boundaries.
• Cloud Operations & Governance Leads: IT professionals responsible for enforcing corporate compliance policies, RBAC access controls, and resource structures across Azure tenants.
• Pluralsight Certification Path Learners: Technologists working through the complete AZ-104 learning path who want to master identity administration before tackling storage and compute modules.

Why Take This Course

Identity is the modern security perimeter in cloud computing, making governance and access management essential skills for any serious cloud administrator. Taking this dedicated course allows you to thoroughly master complex administrative tasks—such as designing RBAC structures, enforcing compliance policies, and configuring Microsoft Entra ID—without getting overwhelmed by unrelated infrastructure topics. By focusing deeply on real-world security practices alongside official exam requirements, this course equips you with the practical confidence to safeguard sensitive corporate resources, prevent costly misconfigurations, and clear a crucial section of the AZ-104 exam.