Microsoft Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ-104 Exam Dumps: Updated Questions & Answers (January 2026)

Statement 1: Yes

Contoso is moving the existing product blueprint files to Azure Blob storage which will ensure that the blueprint files are stored in the archive storage tier.

Use unmanaged standard storage for the hard disks of the virtual machines. We use Page Blobs for these.

Statement 2: No

Azure Table storage stores large amounts of structured data. The service is a NoSQL datastore which accepts authenticated calls from inside and outside the Azure cloud. Azure tables are ideal for storing structured, non-relational data. Common uses of Table storage include:

1. Storing TBs of structured data capable of serving web scale applications

2. Storing datasets that don't require complex joins, foreign keys, or stored procedures and can be denormalized for fast access

3. Quickly querying data using a clustered index

4. Accessing data using the OData protocol and LINQ queries with WCF Data Service .NET Libraries

Statement 3: No

File Storage can be used if your business use case needs to deal mostly with standard File extensions like *.docx, *.png and *.bak then you should probably go with this storage option.

A Recovery Services vault is a logical container that stores the backup data for each protected resource, such as Azure VMs. When the backup job for a protected resource runs, it creates a recovery point inside the Recovery Services vault.

Scenario:

There are three application tiers, each with five virtual machines.

Move all the virtual machines for App1 to Azure.

Ensure that all the virtual machines for App1 are protected by backups.

As App1 is public-facing we need an incoming security rule, related to the access of the web servers.

Scenario: You have a public-facing application named App1. App1 is comprised of the following three tiers: a SQL database, a web front end, and a processing middle tier.

Each tier is comprised of five virtual machines. Users access the web front end by using HTTPS only.

To assign a license to a group, the group must be a security group, not an Office 365 group or a mail-enabled security group1. According to the image, Group1 and Group3 are security groups, while Group2 and Group4 are Office 365 groups. Therefore, only Group1 and Group3 can be assigned a license.

To assign a license to a group, you need to follow these steps2:

Sign in to the Azure portal with a license administrator account.

Go to Azure Active Directory > Licenses and select the product license that you want to assign to groups.

Select Assign at the top of the page and then select Users and groups.

Search for and select the group that you want to assign the license to and then select OK.

Select Assignment options to enable or disable specific services within the product license and then select OK.

Select Assign at the bottom of the page to complete the assignment.

Azure Storage Explorer is a free tool from Microsoft that allows you to work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux. You can use it to upload and download data from Azure blob storage.

Scenario:

Planned Changes include: move the existing product blueprint files to Azure Blob storage.

Technical Requirements include: Copy the blueprint files to Azure over the Internet.

Box 1: 2

There are 10 update domains. The 14 VMs are shared across the 10 update domains so four update domains will have two VMs and six update domains will have one VM. Only one update domain is rebooted at a time.

Therefore, a maximum of two VMs will be offline.

Box 2: 7

There are 2 fault domains. The 14 VMs are shared across the 2 fault domains, so 7 VMs in each fault domain.

A rack failure will affect one fault domain so 7 VMs will be offline.

IdFix is used to perform discovery and remediation of identity objects and their attributes in an on-premises Active Directory environment in preparation for migration to Azure Active Directory. IdFix is intended for the Active Directory administrators responsible for directory synchronization with Azure Active Directory.

Scenario: Active Directory Issue

Several users in humongousinsurance.com have UPNs that contain special characters.

You suspect that some of the characters are unsupported in Azure AD.

B: You can gradually roll out Seamless SSO to your users. You start by adding the following Azure AD URL to all or selected users' Intranet zone settings by using Group Policy in Active Directory: https://autologon.microsoftazuread-sso.com

E: Seamless SSO works with any method of cloud authentication - Password Hash Synchronization or Pass-through Authentication, and can be enabled via Azure AD Connect.

Active Directory Federation Services is a feature and web service in the Windows Server Operating System that allows sharing of identity information outside a company’s network.

Scenario: Technical Requirements include:

Prevent user passwords or hashes of passwords from being stored in Azure.

In this scenario, App1 consists of three distinct tiers — web front end, processing middle tier, and SQL database — each containing five virtual machines. The technical requirement specifies that the company must minimize the number of open ports between the App1 tiers, move all tiers of App1 to Azure, and ensure that all VMs are protected by backups.

According to Microsoft Azure architecture best practices for multi-tier applications (from Azure Architecture Center and the Azure Administrator curriculum), the optimal design involves:

Deploying all tiers of App1 into a single virtual network (VNet).

This allows all components of the application to communicate securely using private IP addresses.

Keeping all tiers within a single VNet simplifies management, security, and monitoring while supporting Network Security Groups (NSGs) for inter-tier traffic control.

Microsoft Documentation Extract:

“Use a single virtual network to host multi-tier applications. Divide the virtual network into multiple subnets, each representing a tier, and use network security groups (NSGs) to control traffic flow between tiers.”

(Source: Microsoft Learn – Design and implement virtual networks in Azure)

Creating separate subnets for each application tier (3 total).

Subnet 1: Web tier (internet-facing, HTTPS traffic)

Subnet 2: Application/Processing tier (internal communication only)

Subnet 3: Database tier (private, no internet access)

Using NSGs, administrators can explicitly allow or deny traffic between subnets, thus minimizing open ports between tiers and meeting the security requirement.

Microsoft Documentation Extract:

“Subnets provide isolation and segmentation within a virtual network. Each tier of an application should be deployed in its own subnet to apply network security policies and control exposure.”

(Source: Microsoft Learn – Azure virtual network design best practices)

Backups and Storage Requirements:

All VMs can use Azure Backup integrated with Recovery Services Vaults, which supports VM-level backup in a single VNet environment.

The blueprint files are stored in Azure Blob Storage with the archive tier, ensuring compliance with the storage and access control requirements.

By using one virtual network and three subnets, Contoso ensures efficient management, minimized administrative overhead, secure isolation of application tiers, and full compliance with Azure governance and security recommendations.

✅ Final Verified Answer:

Number of virtual networks: 1

Number of subnets: 3