Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) validates ability to implement, manage, and monitor an Azure environment. The most popular Azure associate-level certification. Upload your Azure study notes and exclam.ai builds a fully guided study plan.
A visual preview of how exclam.ai turns a 10-week AZ-104 plan into daily domain coverage, flashcard, quiz, review, and mock streaks. Adjust the start date and review week to fit your exam timeline.
40-60 questions, 120 minutes. Multiple choice, drag-and-drop, case studies, hands-on labs.
AZ-900 recommended but not required. 6+ months Azure hands-on experience.
$165 USD
The 5 domains tested on AZ-104, with approximate weights from the official exam guide. exclam.ai weights your study plan according to these percentages.
| Domain | Approximate weight |
|---|---|
| Manage Azure identities and governance | 20-25% |
| Implement and manage storage | 15-20% |
| Deploy and manage Azure compute resources | 20-25% |
| Implement and manage virtual networking | 15-20% |
| Monitor and maintain Azure resources | 10-15% |
Source: official AZ-104 exam guide published by Microsoft Azure.
How the 5-domain AZ-104 plan distributes across 10 weeks at the start date you picked above. Heavier-weight domains get more time; lighter ones may pair into a single week. Adjust the controls in the tracker to re-slot review and mocks.
Cover Manage Azure identities and governance end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Implement and manage storage end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Deploy and manage Azure compute resources end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Implement and manage virtual networking end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Monitor and maintain Azure resources end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Weak-topic drilling. exclam.ai surfaces topics where you underperformed during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all 5 topics to prevent decay. Start doing timed question batches focused on the heaviest-weight sections.
Full-length AZ-104 practice exams under timed conditions. Target one mock every 3–5 days. Same-day error review: for every question you miss, re-derive the solution from scratch. Taper in the final 3 days — light flashcards only.
Microsoft Azure publishes the AZ-104 exam guide as a free HTML page. Download it, upload it to exclam.ai, and get a fully guided study plan with adaptive flashcards and quizzes in minutes.
Upload the AZ-104 exam guide and exclam.ai generates flashcards for each of the 5 domains, mapped to the approximate exam weights.
Quizzes pull more questions from heavier domains. exclam.ai tracks which domains you're weakest on and weights future practice accordingly.
Coverage phase, review phase, and mocks — distributed across your target timeline. Falls behind automatically rebalance without re-planning.
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Moderate to hard. AZ-104 includes hands-on lab tasks in addition to multiple choice. Most candidates need 80-120 hours of prep including hands-on practice in a real Azure environment.
John Savill's free YouTube Azure Master Class is widely cited as sufficient for AZ-104. Many candidates supplement it with a paid practice exam set (MeasureUp, Pluralsight practice) and hands-on Azure labs.
Pick the timeline that matches your exam date. Each plan distributes ~100 hours across the 5 AZ-104 domains in syllabus order, with review and mock phases following coverage.
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