Audience Profile
The Azure System Administrator Learning Path is intended for IT professionals who have knowledge of cloud technologies and want to gain an intermediate to advanced understanding of hands-on Azure Administration and Management. Typical audience, but not always, for this Learning Path will include IT Professionals who have experience working with Windows 2012 Server or Windows 2016 Server. Such administrators will have different needs:
- IT Professionals who want to deploy, configure, and administer services, containers, and virtual machines (VMs) in Azure
- IT Administrators who use Microsoft System Center to manage and orchestrate server infrastructure.
- Windows Server Administrators who are looking to evaluate and migrate on-premises Active Directory roles and services to the cloud
- IT professionals who are experienced in other non-Microsoft cloud technologies and want to crosstrain on Azure
Prerequisites
Recommended Prerequisites:
- MS-40365
- MCSA Windows Server 2012 OR 2016 Certification Path
- Azure Fundamentals Learning Path
It is expected that learners have some prior experience with Azure / Cloud Services in general, as well as experience with Windows / Linux Server Administration, including but not limited to, virtualization technologies. More specifically learners are expected to have an understanding of the following:
- On-premises virtualization technologies
- Network configuration
- Active Directory concepts including Domains, Forests, Domain Controllers, replication, Kerberos, and LDAP
- Database concepts including Tables, queries, Structured Query Language (SQL), and database schemas
- Resilience and Disaster Recovery operations