AZ-104 Practice Test & Mock Exam

Last revised: June 29, 2026

Practice Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) in IT Mastery with focused sample pages, topic drills, timed mock exams, detailed explanations, and the current question bank.

Use IT Mastery for interactive practice with timed mocks, topic drills, explanations, and progress tracking across web and mobile. Focused topic pages and the static diagnostic page preview how this exam handles Azure identities, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, and governance decisions.

Practice preview and focused pages

Use this page to start the web app and choose the right public preview before longer mixed practice. For sample exam questions, use the focused topic pages, quick review, and free-practice page in this exam section; the interactive app remains the primary practice path.

  • Focused topic pages: drill focused topics including Configure and Manage Virtual Networking; Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources; and other domains with explanations.
  • Quick review: Review key Azure tasks; practice with explanations.
  • Free practice exam: Try 50 free Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) questions across the exam domains, with explanations, then continue with IT Mastery practice.

Why this AZ-104 practice page is useful

  • a direct web entry for AZ-104 practice in IT Mastery
  • topic drills and mixed sets across identity, compute, storage, networking, and monitoring
  • detailed explanations that show why the strongest Azure administrator answer is correct
  • a clear web preview path for previewing question style before deeper practice
  • the same IT Mastery account across web and mobile

What premium unlocks in IT Mastery

  • full AZ-104 practice instead of the smaller free preview
  • more timed mock exams and mixed domain sets
  • progress tracking and review history
  • access across web, iPhone, iPad, and Android with the same subscription

AZ-104 exam snapshot

  • Issuer: Microsoft
  • Platform: Microsoft Azure
  • Official exam name: Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
  • Exam code: AZ-104
  • Passing score: 700 scaled
  • Assessment style: scenario-based Azure administration, operations, governance, networking, and recovery decisions

AZ-104 questions usually reward the option that is operationally realistic, least-privilege aligned, and consistent with Azure-native management patterns rather than the most elaborate design.

What AZ-104 practice should cover

  • Identities and governance: Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, subscriptions, management groups, Azure Policy, tags, and locks
  • Storage: account design, redundancy, lifecycle, private access, recovery, and Azure Files fundamentals
  • Compute: VMs, scale sets, images, extensions, App Service admin basics, backup, and restore
  • Networking: VNets, subnets, routing, NSGs, private endpoints, DNS, load balancing, VPN, and ExpressRoute fundamentals
  • Monitoring and recovery: Azure Monitor, alerts, Log Analytics, KQL basics, backup, and resilience

AZ-104 administrator decision filters

Use these filters when the question is more about operation than architecture:

  • Scope first: decide whether the action belongs at tenant, subscription, resource group, resource, VNet, subnet, or storage-account scope.
  • Identity boundary: separate Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, managed identity, role assignment, policy, and access-key decisions.
  • Network path: verify DNS, route tables, NSGs, private endpoints, public IPs, load balancers, VPN, and peering before changing compute.
  • Recovery need: match backup, restore, snapshots, redundancy, availability sets, availability zones, and Site Recovery to the stated failure mode.
  • Operational evidence: use Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerts, activity logs, and metrics before applying broad remediation.

AZ-104 readiness map

AreaWhat strong readiness looks like
Identity and governanceYou can apply RBAC, policies, locks, tags, subscriptions, management groups, and managed identities at the correct scope.
StorageYou can choose redundancy, access, lifecycle, private connectivity, backup, and recovery patterns for storage accounts and files.
ComputeYou can administer VMs, scale sets, App Service basics, images, extensions, backup, restore, and update workflows.
NetworkingYou can troubleshoot VNets, subnets, DNS, routing, NSGs, load balancers, private endpoints, VPN, and ExpressRoute basics.
Monitoring and recoveryYou can use metrics, logs, alerts, KQL, backup, and resilience tools to maintain running environments.

How to use the AZ-104 simulator efficiently

  1. Start with domain drills so you can isolate whether your misses come from governance, storage, compute, networking, or monitoring.
  2. Review every miss until you can explain the scope, security boundary, resilience choice, or operational workflow behind the best answer.
  3. Move into mixed sets once you can shift between RBAC, storage redundancy, VM operations, network isolation, and alerting scenarios without hesitation.
  4. Finish with timed runs so your Azure admin decisions stay sharp under exam pressure.

Final 7-day AZ-104 practice sequence

DayPractice focus
7Open the web app for a timed mixed set, then use the public diagnostic page if you need to tag misses by admin domain and resource scope.
6Drill Entra ID, RBAC, policy, tags, locks, subscriptions, and managed identity scenarios.
5Drill storage, redundancy, access tiers, private access, lifecycle, backup, and recovery.
4Drill compute administration, VM operations, App Service basics, scale, extensions, and images.
3Drill VNets, subnets, DNS, NSGs, routes, private endpoints, load balancing, VPN, and ExpressRoute.
2Complete a timed mixed set and explain the operational boundary behind each miss.
1Review weak scopes and service pairs; avoid trying to learn new Azure administration features late.

When AZ-104 practice is enough

If several unseen mixed attempts are above roughly 75% and you can explain the Azure scope, permission, network path, or recovery decision behind your misses, you are likely ready to sit the exam. Additional drilling should sharpen operations judgment, not train repeated-stem recall.

Free study resources

Use this IT Mastery page for live practice, topic drills, timed mocks, explanations, and app access.

Web preview and premium practice

  • Web/public preview: a smaller web set so you can validate the question style and explanation depth.
  • Premium: interactive web-app practice with focused drills, mixed sets, timed mock exams, detailed explanations, and progress tracking across web and mobile.

AZ-104 Azure administrator map

Use this map to connect individual items to the Azure administration identity, governance, storage, compute, network, and monitoring decisions this practice page tests.

    flowchart LR
	  S1["Operational requirement"] --> S2
	  S2["Configure identity governance and subscriptions"] --> S3
	  S3["Deploy storage compute and network resources"] --> S4
	  S4["Secure access and connectivity"] --> S5
	  S5["Monitor troubleshoot and backup"] --> S6
	  S6["Automate and document operations"]

Mini Glossary

  • NSG: Network security group used to filter Azure network traffic.
  • Managed identity: Azure identity assigned to a resource so it can access services without stored secrets.
  • Log Analytics: Azure Monitor log query and analysis workspace.
  • Private endpoint: Private network interface for accessing supported Azure services.
  • Recovery Services vault: Azure service container for backup and site recovery resources.

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