Microsoft · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official Microsoft AZ-104 exam covers 5 domains. Domain weights tell you exactly how much of the exam each topic represents — and where to invest your study time.
Covers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Manage Azure Identities and Governance domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Manage Azure Identities and Governance questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Implement and Manage Storage domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Implement and Manage Storage questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Deploy and Manage Azure Compute domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Deploy and Manage Azure Compute questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Implement and Manage Virtual Networking domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Implement and Manage Virtual Networking questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources questionsThe heaviest domain on the AZ-104 is "Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources" at 25%. Start here and return to it regularly.
Allocate study time proportional to domain weight — a 25% domain deserves roughly 25% of your prep hours.
Never skip a low-weight domain. A 10% domain still represents 5–7 exam questions — enough to make the difference between pass and fail.
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IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Before you can architect a cloud solution or answer a security question about cloud responsibility, you need to understand what cloud service models are and what they actually change about who manages what.
Shared Responsibility
Moving to the cloud does not mean handing security to someone else.
Azure Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is the identity foundation of every Azure deployment.
Azure Resource Manager
Everything you do in Azure goes through Azure Resource Manager.
Azure Storage Accounts
Before you store anything in Azure, you create a storage account.
Azure Blob Storage
Blob storage is where Azure stores unstructured data at scale: images, videos, backups, log files, application binaries, and anything else that does not fit neatly into a database table.