AZ-104 is organised into five skill areas. This is a plain-English summary with approximate weightings; the official Microsoft Learn study guide is authoritative.
| # | Skill area | Approx. weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manage Azure identities and governance | 20–25% |
| 2 | Implement and manage storage | 15–20% |
| 3 | Deploy and manage Azure compute resources | 20–25% |
| 4 | Configure and manage virtual networking | 15–20% |
| 5 | Monitor and maintain Azure resources | 10–15% |
1 - Identities and governance
Microsoft Entra ID users and groups, RBAC, subscriptions and management groups, and Azure Policy for governance.
2 - Storage
Storage accounts, blob and file services, access tiers, redundancy options, and securing access.
3 - Compute
Virtual machines and scale sets, availability, App Service, and containers.
4 - Virtual networking
VNets and subnets, network security groups, peering, VPN gateways and ExpressRoute, load balancing and DNS.
5 - Monitoring and maintenance
Azure Monitor, alerts and Log Analytics, plus backup and disaster recovery.