A Relaxed 15-week study plan for Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) covers roughly 100 hours at ~7 hours per week across the published 5 exam domains. A comfortable pace with buffer. Best if you are new to Azure, want hands-on lab time on every service, or are stacking this cert behind a busy job.
Visual preview of how exclam.ai distributes 15 weeks across the 5 AZ-104 domains, plus review and mock phases. Adjust the start date and review week to match your exam timeline.
A 15-week AZ-104 plan walks the 5 domains in syllabus order. Heavier domains get more time; lighter ones may pair with adjacent material on intensive paces. Review and mock phases follow the coverage modules.
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 Certified: Azure Administrator Associate has 5 domains. This plan allocates time across all of them, weighted by the published exam weights from the AZ-104 exam guide.
Source: official AZ-104 exam guide published by Microsoft Azure.
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