(Online Delivery) Microsoft Azure Administrator vs AWS Concepts

Overview

Map Azure skills to AWS and identify comparable features for multi-cloud environments.

Lesson 1: Overview of Cloud Administration

• AZ-104: Focus on Azure platform management and administration.
• AWS: Focus on AWS platform administration (similar scope in AWS SysOps Administrator - Associate).

Lesson 2: Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Active Directory (AAD)
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Conditional Access Policies
• AWS Equivalent:
• AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)
• IAM Policies and Roles
• AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)

Lesson 3: Azure Resource Management

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
• Resource Groups and Templates
• Azure Policies and Blueprints
• AWS Equivalent:
• AWS CloudFormation
• Resource Groups
• AWS Config and Service Catalog

Lesson 4: Compute Services

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
• Scale Sets and Availability Sets
• Azure App Services
• AWS Equivalent:
• Amazon EC2 Instances
• Auto Scaling Groups
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Lesson 5: Storage Solutions

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Blob, File, Table, and Queue Storage
• Azure Disk Storage
• AWS Equivalent:
• Amazon S3, EFS, and Glacier
• Amazon EBS

Lesson 6: Networking

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Virtual Network (VNet)
• Load Balancers (Standard and Application Gateway)
• VPN Gateway and ExpressRoute
• AWS Equivalent:
• Amazon VPC
• Elastic Load Balancers (ALB, NLB)
• AWS Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN

Lesson 7: Security and Compliance

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Security Center and Azure Defender
• Key Vault and Managed Identities
• AWS Equivalent:
• AWS Security Hub and Guard Duty
• AWS KMS (Key Management Service)

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Optimization

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Application Insights
• AWS Equivalent:
• Amazon CloudWatch
• AWS X-Ray

Lesson 9: Backup and Disaster Recovery

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery
• AWS Equivalent:
• AWS Backup and Disaster Recovery (via AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery)

Lesson 10: Cost Management

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Cost Management + Billing
• AWS Equivalent:
• AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Budgets

Lesson 11: Governance

• AZ-104 Topics:
• Azure Management Groups and Policy
• Azure Blueprints
• AWS Equivalent:
• AWS Organizations and SCPs
• AWS Config Rules