How I passed my AZ-104 (Associate Administrator) exams in less than 21 days.

The title might seem misleading, but it's the truth. To top it off, I scored an 854/1000, too. But that's by the way. I'm not her8e to brag, after all, it's just a paper. I'm writing this so you become armed enough to write this exam in one sitting. For clarity's sake, I've outlined this in steps. Ready? Go. Step 1: Book the exam. Create that pressure and set a deadline for yourself; that way, you don't end up in a vicious cycle of procrastination. Step 2: Gather thy resources. I watched tons of videos researching for the best resources. I watched to the extent that it became a form of procrastination. Instead of reading, studying, and practicing, I was all over YouTube scrolling for "Best Az-104" resources. I don't want you wasting time, so here are the resources I used. 1)Video Course 2)Text course 3)Labs(Hands-on Practice) 4)Practice questions. People learn differently, but I'm sure with a mix of all things, you can never go wrong. Before I continue... Labs are really important to do. Get familiar with the portal and the cloud shell. Get your hands dirty. The exam is not so easy, and it's an associate exam. So if you have zero experience playing with Azure. Please create an Azure account and start getting your hands muddy. For the text course, I used Ms learn. And I solidified the concepts with something visual, like a video course. For the Video course, I had access to Kodekloud, so I took a course on Az-104 on it, and I supplemented it with an Udemy course by Scott Duffy. As you finish a certain topic, like compute or Storage, try to build projects related to the topic. These are some labs I did MicrosoftLearning / AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Welcome This repository is for instructors teaching Microsoft courses. If you are in class, please ask your instructor for assistance. Link to labs (HTML format) Are you a MCT? - Have a look at our GitHub User Guide for MCTs To preview this course in a self-paced format, see our interactive lab simulations. You may find slight differences between the interactive simulations and the hosted labs, but the core concepts and ideas being demonstrated are the same. Security Issue - April 2023 Effective immediately, the Admin password will be removed from the JSON template parameter files. This means students will have to provide a password when the template is deployed. This effects Labs 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11. The lab instructions will be changed to reflect this change. What are we doing? To support this course, we will need to make frequent updates… View on GitHub After two weeks of study, I immersed myself in practice questions, thinking I was ready. Alas, I scored 45%. Haha. Practice questions point out your flaws and loopholes. Things you might have avoided because you thought it was unimportant. And it also shows you how the questions would be structured. When you do this. Review your weak areas and go back to your text or video course to cement them. Go back to doing labs if it demands that. I supplemented with Azure documentation Azure documentation | Microsoft Learn Learn how to build and manage powerful applications using Microsoft Azure cloud services. Get documentation, example code, tutorials, and more. learn.microsoft.com and a Free YouTube video course playlist by Susanth Sutheesh Never try to memorize the practice questions. Strive to understand the concepts instead. Aside from the certification, you wouldn't want to be a scam when you eventually get a job and you're told to do something basic. So in a nutshell, lock in! For Practice questions, I used TechBlackboard AZ-104 YouTube playlist as my go-to guide because it explained each option and why they aren't the correct one. I warn you, some answers can be wrong, so go through the comments from time to time. I also supplemented with a YouTube playlist that I found interesting. You can consume this probably a day before your exams, just to further solidify concepts Hopefully, this made sense to you. You can always reach out to me on LinkedIn I'm rooting for you and hope you crush your exam!

Apr 13, 2025 - 16:02

The title might seem misleading, but it's the truth. To top it off, I scored an 854/1000, too. But that's by the way. I'm not her8e to brag, after all, it's just a paper.

I'm writing this so you become armed enough to write this exam in one sitting.

For clarity's sake, I've outlined this in steps.

Ready?

Go.

Step 1: Book the exam.

Create that pressure and set a deadline for yourself; that way, you don't end up in a vicious cycle of procrastination.

Step 2: Gather thy resources.

I watched tons of videos researching for the best resources. I watched to the extent that it became a form of procrastination. Instead of reading, studying, and practicing, I was all over YouTube scrolling for "Best Az-104" resources. I don't want you wasting time, so here are the resources I used.

1)Video Course
2)Text course
3)Labs(Hands-on Practice)
4)Practice questions.

People learn differently, but I'm sure with a mix of all things, you can never go wrong.

Before I continue... Labs are really important to do. Get familiar with the portal and the cloud shell.

Get your hands dirty. The exam is not so easy, and it's an associate exam. So if you have zero experience playing with Azure.

Please create an Azure account and start getting your hands muddy.

For the text course, I used Ms learn. And I solidified the concepts with something visual, like a video course.

For the Video course, I had access to Kodekloud, so I took a course on Az-104 on it, and I supplemented it with an Udemy course by Scott Duffy.

As you finish a certain topic, like compute or Storage, try to build projects related to the topic.

These are some labs I did

MicrosoftLearning / AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator

AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator

AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

Welcome

This repository is for instructors teaching Microsoft courses. If you are in class, please ask your instructor for assistance.

Link to labs (HTML format)
Are you a MCT? - Have a look at our GitHub User Guide for MCTs
To preview this course in a self-paced format, see our interactive lab simulations. You may find slight differences between the interactive simulations and the hosted labs, but the core concepts and ideas being demonstrated are the same.

Security Issue - April 2023

Effective immediately, the Admin password will be removed from the JSON template parameter files. This means students will have to provide a password when the template is deployed. This effects Labs 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11. The lab instructions will be changed to reflect this change.

What are we doing?

To support this course, we will need to make frequent updates…

View on GitHub

After two weeks of study, I immersed myself in practice questions, thinking I was ready. Alas, I scored 45%. Haha.

Practice questions point out your flaws and loopholes. Things you might have avoided because you thought it was unimportant. And it also shows you how the questions would be structured.

When you do this. Review your weak areas and go back to your text or video course to cement them. Go back to doing labs if it demands that. I supplemented with Azure documentation

Azure documentation | Microsoft Learn

Learn how to build and manage powerful applications using Microsoft Azure cloud services. Get documentation, example code, tutorials, and more.

learn.microsoft.com

and a Free YouTube video course playlist by Susanth Sutheesh

Never try to memorize the practice questions. Strive to understand the concepts instead.

Aside from the certification, you wouldn't want to be a scam when you eventually get a job and you're told to do something basic.

So in a nutshell, lock in!

For Practice questions, I used TechBlackboard AZ-104 YouTube playlist as my go-to guide because it explained each option and why they aren't the correct one. I warn you, some answers can be wrong, so go through the comments from time to time.

I also supplemented with a YouTube playlist that I found interesting. You can consume this probably a day before your exams, just to further solidify concepts

Hopefully, this made sense to you. You can always reach out to me on LinkedIn

I'm rooting for you and hope you crush your exam!