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Azure Cloud Administrator

Azure Cloud Administrator

Run a firm's Azure estate for a week: cut access back to least privilege, stop a bill that budgets only warn about, store seven years of records at the right tier and redundancy, close an open RDP port, and prove backups restore.
1.5 hrs taught · 4.5 to 8 hrs applied 7 modules 20 lessons 4 portfolio artifacts Completion certificate Updated September 2026
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What you'll build

Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.

  • Access reviewEvery Azure role assignment checked against what the person actually does: the role, the scope, what changed and why, and the two new requests handled at least privilege.
  • Cost and governance planWhy the bill ran over a budget that only warns, the changes that bring it back, the saving in pounds, and the policies and locks that stop it recurring.
  • Network change recordTwo network security group problems diagnosed from the rules themselves, fixed without an allow-all, and proved with tests rather than assumptions.
  • Week report and backup evidenceThe week written up for the IT manager: access, cost, storage and network changes, and the backup gaps closed with a test restore the auditors can check.

What you'll learn

Azure, kept short
The job, decoded
A day in the seat
The rhythm of the job
Into the simulation: Tennick & Rowe
Building the portfolio
What comes next

Course content · 7 modules, 20 lessons

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What an Azure administrator looks after, how Azure's scopes nest, and who the users are.

What an Azure administrator does
Scopes and inheritance
Entra ID users, groups and guests

Requirements

  • Comfortable with the fundamentals this course's own Module 1 covers, or equivalent experience.
  • No prior experience in this field is required to start.
  • A computer with a reliable internet connection.
  • Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.

Description

Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for azure cloud administrator.

Who this course is for

Anyone aiming to become a azure cloud administrator, including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:

entry
Azure Cloud Administrator

Runs an organisation's Azure subscriptions day to day: access, policy, cost, storage, networking, backup and monitoring.

Azure RBAC and Entra IDCost and governanceStorage and networkingBackup and monitoring
mid
Cloud Engineer

Builds the Azure platform other teams deploy onto, as code, with guardrails and automation.

Infrastructure as codeLanding zonesAutomationSecurity baselines
senior
Cloud Architect

Designs how the organisation uses the cloud: architecture, resilience, cost and governance across many teams.

Solution designResilience and cost trade-offsGovernance at scaleStakeholder design reviews

Where it leads

This course prepares you for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) role or credential path. Named for preparation only - no partnership or endorsement is implied.

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