AZ-104 v/s AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Certification Exam

In January 2020, Microsoft announced the AZ-104 certification which is the new version of AZ-103 Exam. This blog post will be discussing the differences between the AZ-104 vs Az-103 Azure Administrator Certification Exam.

You can also read our blog on [AZ 104] Microsoft Azure Administration Certification exam if you have not gone through it before.

You may ask if my current certificate would be valid if I already cleared the exam? Yes, if you have already cleared the exam then your certificate will be valid for 2 years.

Changes Introduced In The AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Certification Exam:

• There is a change in the Percentage weightage of sections in AZ 104.
• Two sections (“subscriptions” and “identity”) are merged into one (“identity”) section. There will be less emphasis on this.
• The overall weightage of (“storage”) section has been reduced in favor of the (“Azure Compute Resources”) section.
• The (“Azure Compute Resources”) section now includes two additional topics other than the virtual machine management namely Kubernetes and  Web Apps.
• Finally, the last section of the exam is now dedicated more towards Monitoring and Backup services.

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Detailed Look At Topics Changes

Below is a further break down of topics that have been added to the exam (Right) and topics which are being removed (Left)

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Previously, everything was based on IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) but now with time, things are moving to PaaS (Platform as a Service). Due to this shift, there has been an increased demand in the use of services like Kubernetes (a microservices deployment and management system) and  Web Apps in the cloud ecosystem.

Additionally, Azure Hybrid Active Directory systems are being removed from the exam and also being phased out of use because of the increased robustness of Azure AD on the cloud.

So these were the changes that were introduced in the new AZ-104 Azure Administrator certification Exam. If there are any more changes in the Exam, we will notify you through our blogs. Meanwhile, you can read my blog on everything you need to know about the AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification exam and to apply for certification exam, click here.

Related/References

• [AZ-104] Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Exam: Everything You Need To Know
• Official Microsoft Azure Administration certification exam details can be found here: For AZ-103 click here and for Az-104 click here.

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