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AZ-104 Mock interview questions

1. Azure Identity and Access Management

Q1:
You’ve created multiple Azure AD user accounts. You need to enforce strong authentication for all users accessing Azure resources, including the Azure Portal. How would you configure this?

2. Azure Resource Deployment and Management

Q2:
You need to deploy a new virtual machine (VM) in Azure that will be part of a load-balanced set. You also want to ensure the VM can easily scale based on CPU usage. Which Azure features or services would you use to meet these requirements?

3. Azure Network Configuration

Q3:
How do you configure network security groups (NSGs) to allow inbound HTTP and HTTPS traffic to an Azure VM while minimizing open ports?

4. Monitoring and Diagnostics

Q4:
Your organization wants to monitor CPU usage, disk performance, and network usage across all Azure VMs. Which services and tools would you enable to achieve comprehensive monitoring and alerting?

5. Azure Storage

Q5:
You need to store unstructured data that must be highly available and geo-redundant. Which Azure Storage replication strategy would you choose, and how would you configure it?

6. High Availability and Scalability

Q6:
Describe how you would configure an Azure Application Gateway to ensure high availability for a web application that has both HTTP and HTTPS endpoints.

7. Azure Backup and Disaster Recovery

Q7:
Your organization wants an offsite backup solution for on-premises servers as well as Azure-based virtual machines. Which Azure service(s) would you use, and how do you automate backups to ensure data retention compliance?

8. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Governance

Q8:
How would you restrict a junior administrator to only be able to start and stop virtual machines in a specific resource group?

9. Azure Resource Locks and Policies

Q9:
An accidental deletion of critical resources caused downtime. Explain how you would prevent administrators from deleting specific production resources in Azure.

10. Virtual Network Peering and Hybrid Connectivity

Q10:
You have multiple virtual networks in different regions that need secure, low-latency connections. Additionally, you need to connect your on-premises network to Azure with minimal latency. Which solutions or combinations of services would you recommend?

11. Azure Firewall vs. Network Security Groups

Q11:
Explain the difference between Azure Firewall and Network Security Groups (NSGs). Under what circumstances would you use one or the other?

12. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Administration

Q12:
Your team plans to containerize a set of applications and wants to deploy them on Azure Kubernetes Service. What are the essential steps involved in provisioning an AKS cluster and securing it with RBAC and network policies?


13. Dynamic group and security group 

Q13. You have an Azure AD (Microsoft Entra) tenant connected with Microsoft Entra Connect for user synchronization. You need to automatically assign licenses to users based on specific Azure AD attributes, and minimize ongoing administrative effort. How would you configure group membership and license assignment to achieve this, and what are the key steps involved?


14. Recognition of External/Guest UPN Format

In your Azure environment, you run the Get-MgUser cmdlet and see a user principal name that includes #EXT# (for example, bsmith_contoso.com#EXT#@fabrikam.com). What does this imply about the user’s identity in the tenant, and how would you verify their account status in Azure AD?



Answering questions like these—and validating your knowledge with the provided references—will help you prepare for interviews and the Azure Administrator certification exam.

Ans :1

  • Hint: Consider how to enable Conditional Access and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

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Ans :2
  • Hint: Consider the use of Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and load balancers.

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Ans ;3
  • Hint: Think about inbound/outbound rules in NSGs and best practices for restricting non-essential ports.

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Ans :4

  • Hint: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Alert rules are key.

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Ans 5

  • Hint: Understand the differences among LRS, ZRS, GRS, and RA-GRS.

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Ans 6
  • Hint: Look into the Application Gateway’s layer 7 load balancing, SSL offload, and health probes.

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Ans 7

  • Hint: Think about Azure Backup, Recovery Services vault, and policies for retention.

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Ans 8

  • Hint: Consider the built-in Contributor, Reader roles, and custom role definitions.

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Ans 9

  • Hint: Resource locks (ReadOnly, CanNotDelete) and Azure Policy for compliance.

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Ans 10
  • Hint: Consider VNet peering, ExpressRoute, and VPN gateways for hybrid connectivity.

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Ans 11

  • Hint: Consider that NSGs operate at the network layer, while Azure Firewall is a fully stateful, managed firewall service.

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Ans 12

  • Hint: Consider the creation of the cluster with the Azure CLI/Portal, role-based access control, and advanced networking features.

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Ans 13

  1. Understanding of Dynamic Groups:

    • Know that you can create dynamic Azure AD groups using rules based on user attributes (e.g., department, job title).
    • Azure automatically adds or removes members according to these rules.

  2. Assigning Licenses at the Group Level:

    • Licenses can be assigned to the entire group rather than to individual users.
    • Once a user is added to (or removed from) the group, their license status automatically updates.

  3. Administrative Overhead:

    • Manual group membership or license assignment can be time-consuming and error-prone. Dynamic groups streamline this by auto-enrolling or removing users.

  4. Implementation Steps:

    • Create or edit a dynamic group in Azure AD.
    • Define dynamic membership rules based on desired user attributes.
    • Enable group-based licensing and assign the license to that group.

References & Further Reading

  • Create a dynamic group in Azure Active Directory
    Microsoft Documentation
    Explains how to set up dynamic membership rules for automated group membership.

  • Assign licenses to users by group membership in Azure AD
    Microsoft Documentation
    Details how to configure group-based licensing for automatic license assignment.

  • Microsoft Entra Connect
    Microsoft Documentation
    Covers the setup and synchronization process for on-premises directories to Azure AD (Microsoft Entra).

Ans 14:-

  1. Recognition of External/Guest UPN Format

    • #EXT# in the UPN typically indicates a guest user from an external organization who has been invited to your Azure AD tenant.

  2. Verification Methods

    • Checking user details in the Azure AD portal under Users > Guest users, or by using the Azure AD PowerShell/Graph API commands to confirm the UserType property is “Guest.”

  3. Implications for Access and Security

    • Guest users may have limited permissions depending on invitation settings, B2B collaboration settings, and role assignments.

  4. Possible Next Steps

    • The user’s access can be managed through Conditional Access, Azure AD roles, or by changing their membership in groups designed for external collaboration.

References & Further Reading

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