AZ-104
Night-Before Cheat Sheet
A practical, command-heavy revision guide for the final stretch before the exam.
How to use this guide
Focus on the distinctions, command patterns, and exam traps. The aim is quick recall under pressure—not reading every
line like a textbook.
Core areas
1. Identities & Governance
2. Storage
3. Compute
4. Virtual Networking
5. Monitoring & Backup
6. Last-mile exam tactics
Prepared from the supplied study notes • Optimized for fast, comfortable revision
AZ-104 Night-Before Cheat Sheet Page 1
, Quick Navigation
• 1. Identities & Governance
• 2. Storage
• 3. Compute
• 4. Virtual Networking
• 5. Monitoring & Backup
• Last-mile exam tactics
Alright — let's build this like an actual senior engineer would hand it to a mentee the night before their exam, not like a
textbook. I'll keep it dense, command-heavy, and skip the fluff. Here goes.
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EXAM TRAP
A few honest notes before we start: the exam loves edge cases (what happens when two NSG rules conflict, what actually
gets billed when you resize a disk, what "soft delete" really protects). I've flagged the gotchas inline because that's where
people lose points, not on the basic definitions.
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1. Identities & Governance
Entra ID — Users & Groups
# Create user
az ad user create --display-name "Ali Raza" --password "P@ssw0rd2026!" \
--user-principal-name \
--force-change-password-next-sign-in true
# Bulk import — exam sometimes shows CSV bulk create in portal (Entra ID > Users > Bulk operations), not
CLI. Know the portal flow: you need a CSV template downloaded from the blade itself, wrong columns =
silent failure.
# Groups — assigned vs dynamic
az ad group create --display-name "FinanceTeam" --mail-nickname "financeteam"
# Dynamic group rule (portal only, not CLI-friendly)
# Entra ID > Groups > New Group > Membership type: Dynamic User
# Rule example: (user.department -eq "Finance")
EXAM TRAP
Gotcha: Dynamic groups need Entra ID P1/P2 licensing. If a question mentions "automatically add users based on
department," and doesn't mention licensing — it's testing whether you know P1 is a prerequisite.
RBAC — Built-in vs Custom Roles
AZ-104 Night-Before Cheat Sheet Page 2
Night-Before Cheat Sheet
A practical, command-heavy revision guide for the final stretch before the exam.
How to use this guide
Focus on the distinctions, command patterns, and exam traps. The aim is quick recall under pressure—not reading every
line like a textbook.
Core areas
1. Identities & Governance
2. Storage
3. Compute
4. Virtual Networking
5. Monitoring & Backup
6. Last-mile exam tactics
Prepared from the supplied study notes • Optimized for fast, comfortable revision
AZ-104 Night-Before Cheat Sheet Page 1
, Quick Navigation
• 1. Identities & Governance
• 2. Storage
• 3. Compute
• 4. Virtual Networking
• 5. Monitoring & Backup
• Last-mile exam tactics
Alright — let's build this like an actual senior engineer would hand it to a mentee the night before their exam, not like a
textbook. I'll keep it dense, command-heavy, and skip the fluff. Here goes.
---
EXAM TRAP
A few honest notes before we start: the exam loves edge cases (what happens when two NSG rules conflict, what actually
gets billed when you resize a disk, what "soft delete" really protects). I've flagged the gotchas inline because that's where
people lose points, not on the basic definitions.
---
1. Identities & Governance
Entra ID — Users & Groups
# Create user
az ad user create --display-name "Ali Raza" --password "P@ssw0rd2026!" \
--user-principal-name \
--force-change-password-next-sign-in true
# Bulk import — exam sometimes shows CSV bulk create in portal (Entra ID > Users > Bulk operations), not
CLI. Know the portal flow: you need a CSV template downloaded from the blade itself, wrong columns =
silent failure.
# Groups — assigned vs dynamic
az ad group create --display-name "FinanceTeam" --mail-nickname "financeteam"
# Dynamic group rule (portal only, not CLI-friendly)
# Entra ID > Groups > New Group > Membership type: Dynamic User
# Rule example: (user.department -eq "Finance")
EXAM TRAP
Gotcha: Dynamic groups need Entra ID P1/P2 licensing. If a question mentions "automatically add users based on
department," and doesn't mention licensing — it's testing whether you know P1 is a prerequisite.
RBAC — Built-in vs Custom Roles
AZ-104 Night-Before Cheat Sheet Page 2
