Monitoring is one of the most important responsibilities of a senior Azure administrator. Deploying an Azure resource is only the beginning. In production, you need to know: Whether the resource is healthy Whether performance is degrading Why an application is failing Which configuration changed Where an incident started Whether users are affected When to alert … Read more

Azure provides several services for distributing application traffic. The most important services for an Azure Administrator are: Azure Load Balancer Azure Application Gateway Azure Front Door Azure Traffic Manager They solve different problems. A common interview mistake is saying: “All four are load balancers and can be used interchangeably.” They cannot. A senior Azure administrator … Read more

Azure Storage is one of the most important services for an Azure Administrator or System Administrator. In production environments, Azure Storage is commonly used for: Application data File shares VM-related storage Backups Logs Documents Images and videos Archives Data lakes Application integration Disaster recovery A senior Azure administrator must understand not only how to create … Read more

Azure Virtual Machines are one of the most important Azure IaaS services for a System Administrator or Azure Administrator. In a real production environment, managing an Azure VM involves much more than creating a Windows or Linux server. You need to understand: VM sizes and families vCPU and memory OS and data disks Managed Disk … Read more

This is Part 1 of the senior IT interview preparation series. Now we move into Microsoft Azure Administration & Infrastructure. This first part focuses on Azure networking because networking is one of the most important foundations for Azure administration. The questions cover: Azure Virtual Network Address spaces Subnets Network Interfaces Private IP addresses Public IP … Read more

Preparing for a Microsoft Azure interview requires more than memorizing Azure service definitions. A strong Azure interview preparation should cover infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, traffic management, monitoring and real-world troubleshooting. This Microsoft Azure Interview Questions & Answers – Complete Series is designed for System Administrators, Azure Administrators, Infrastructure Engineers, Cloud Engineers and IT professionals preparing … Read more