Top 30+ Microsoft Azure Administrator Interview Questions and Answers

Azure Admin Interview Questions – Compute | Azure Admin Interview Questions – Storage | AzureAdmin Interview Questions – Networking | AzureAdmin Interview Questions – Identities & Governance  | AzureAdmin Interview Questions – Monitoring | Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) | Conclusion

In this blog, I will cover the Top 30+ Azure Administrator Interview Questions and Answers.

Microsoft Azure is one of the most used and fastest-growing cloud service providers. Azure is expected to grow in the future, and with more demand, more Azure professionals are required. Talking about professionals, Admins have been the most demanding job role in the IT sector. Most learners are already preparing themselves to become skilled Azure Admin, and for those, we are here to cover some most asked topics in Azure Admin Interview Questions. You can also check about [AZ-104] Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Exam

Azure Admin Interview Questions – Compute

1) What is Windows Azure compute emulator?

The compute emulator is a local emulator of Windows Azure that you can use to build and test your application before deploying it to Windows Azure.

2) How much storage can I use with a virtual machine?

Each data disk can be up to 1 TB. The number of data disks that you can use depends on the size of the virtual machine.

Azure Managed Disks are the new and recommended disk storage offerings for use with Azure Virtual Machines for persistent storage of data. You can use multiple Managed Disks with each Virtual Machine. Managed Disks offer two types of durable storage options: Premium and Standard Managed Disks.

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3) Is it possible to log in to a Linux Virtual Machine without using a password?

Yes, it is possible by making use of the Key Vault mapping to any Admin VM, we can log in to another VM without the need for a password.

4) Define Azure virtual machine scale sets.

These are the Azure computation resources that can be used to deploy and manage sets of identical Virtual Machines (VMs).
These scale sets are configured in the same manner and are designed to support the autoscaling of the applications without the need for pre-provisioning of the VMs.
They help to build large-scale applications targeting big data and containerized workloads in an easier manner.

5) How can a VM be created by means of Azure CLI?

az vm create `
--resource-group myResourceGroupName `
--name myVM --image win2016datacenter `
--admin-username AzureuserNAME `
--admin-password AzurePASSWORD

Read More:  Virtual Machine In Azure.

6) SQL Server installed on a Virtual Machine is an example of?

If you install SQL Server on a virtual machine manually or by using a box image, it is still a virtual machine. That means customers still need to manage all of the platform aspects. This includes the operating system settings, patches, middleware, SQL Server runtime settings, etc. As such this remains an Infrastructure as a Service.

7) Can I copy or clone an existing Azure VM?

Yes. Using managed images, you can create an image of a virtual machine and then use the image to build multiple new VMs.

Azure Admin Interview Questions – Storage

8) What is Azure Blob Storage?

Azure Blob storage is the object storage solution provided by Microsoft for the cloud. Blob stands for “Binary Large Object”. Blob-based storage is used to store massive unstructured data in terms of text or binary format. It is ideal for serving documents/images/audio/video/text directly to browser.

Read More: Azure Blob Storage

9) What are the types of storage services apart from blob storage provided by Azure?

Azure provides overall 4 types of storage services – Blob Service, Table Storage, Queue Storage, and File Storage Services.

10) Define azure storage key.

Azure storage key is used for authentication for validating access for the azure storage service to control access of data based on the project requirements. We have two types of storage keys for the authentication purpose –

• Primary Access Key
• Secondary Access Key

11) What is Azure Explorer?

Azure Explorer is a free Microsoft Azure storage tool; in this, we can manage all our Microsoft Azure blobs at a commonplace or one place. Azure Storage Explorer is a useful GUI tool for inspecting and altering the data.

12) Azure Blob storage offers how many storage tiers?

Azure Blob, the platform’s object storage service, has four available storage tiers: Premium, Hot, Cool and Archive.

Premium and Hot are meant to store frequently accessed data, with the former offering higher performance. Cool stores infrequently accessed data held for at least 30 days, and Archive has flexible latency requirements for rarely accessed data, which is stored for at least 180 days.

Read More: Azure Storage Accounts 

Azure Admin Interview Questions – Networking

13) What tools can I use to create a VNet?

You can use the following tools to create or configure a VNet:

• Azure portal
• PowerShell
• Azure CLI
• A network configuration file (netcfg – for classic VNets only).

14) How small and how large can VNets and subnets be?

The smallest supported IPv4 subnet is /29, and the largest is /2 (using CIDR subnet definitions). IPv6 subnets must be exactly /64 in size.

15) Can I connect to the internet from a VM in a VNet?

Yes. All VMs and Cloud Services role instances deployed within a VNet can connect to the Internet.

Read More: Virtual Networks

16) What is NSG?

NSG stands for Network Security Group that has a list of ACL (Access Control List) rules which either allows/denies network traffic to subnets or NICs (Network Interface Card) connected to a subnet or both. When NSG is linked with a subnet, then the ACL rules are applied to all the Virtual Machines in that subnet.

17) Which service is a cloud-based network security service that helps to protect the resources that are stored in an Azure Virtual Network?

The Azure Firewall is a cloud-based service that can be used to protect resources in an Azure virtual network. Here you can define network rules and application rules to protect your Azure Virtual Network.

Read More: Azure Firewall vs  (NSG)

18) What is Azure Network Virtual Appliance (NVA)?

Azure network virtual appliance is used in the Azure application to enhance high availability. It is used as an advanced level of control over traffic flows, such as when building a demilitarized zone (DMZ) in the cloud.

Azure Admin Interview Questions – Identities & Governance

19) What is Azure Active Directory?

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service, which helps your employees sign in and access resources in:

External resources, such as Microsoft 365, the Azure portal, and thousands of other SaaS applications.
Internal resources, such as apps on your corporate network and intranet, along with any cloud apps developed by your own organization.

20) How can I connect my on-premises directory to Azure AD?

You can connect your on-premises directory to Azure AD by using Azure AD Connect.

21) What is Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication?

Multi-factor authentication is a process where a user is prompted during the sign-in process for an additional form of identification, such as to enter a code on their cellphone or to provide a fingerprint scan.

Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication works by requiring two or more of the following authentication methods:

• Something you know, typically a password.
• Something you have, such as a trusted device that is not easily duplicated, like a phone or hardware key.
• Something you are – biometrics like a fingerprint or face scan.

22) What additional forms of verification can be used with Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication?

• Microsoft Authenticator app
• OATH Hardware token (preview)
• OATH Software token
• SMS
• Voice call

Read More: Azure AD MFA

23) What is Azure RBAC?

Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) helps you manage who has access to Azure resources, what they can do with those resources, and what areas they have access to.

Azure RBAC is an authorization system built on Azure Resource Manager that provides fine-grained access management of Azure resources.

24) What can I do with Azure RBAC?

Here are some examples of what you can do with Azure RBAC:

• Allow one user to manage virtual machines in a subscription and another user to manage virtual networks
• Allow a DBA group to manage SQL databases in a subscription
• Allow a user to manage all resources in a resource group, such as virtual machines, websites, and subnets

25) What is Azure Policy?

Policies are sets of rules that specify what can and cannot be created in either a single resource group or a full subscription.

26) What are Azure Blueprints?

Just as a blueprint allows an engineer or an architect to sketch a project’s design parameters, Azure Blueprints enables cloud architects and central information technology groups to define a repeatable set of Azure resources that implements and adheres to an organization’s standards, patterns, and requirements.

Also Read: Azure RBAC Vs. Azure Policies Vs. Azure Blueprints

AzureAdmin Interview Questions – Monitoring

27) What is Azure Monitor?

Azure Monitor is a service in Azure that provides performance and availability monitoring for applications and services in Azure, other cloud environments, or on-premises. Azure Monitor collects data from multiple sources into a common data platform where it can be analyzed for trends and anomalies.

28) How do I enable Azure Monitor?

Azure Monitor is enabled the moment that you create a new Azure subscription, and Activity log and platform metrics are automatically collected.

29) What is Azure Data Explorer?

Azure Data Explorer is a fast, fully managed data analytics service for real-time analysis on large volumes of data streaming from applications, websites, IoT devices, and more.

30) What’s the difference between Azure Monitor Logs and Azure Data Explorer?

Azure Data Explorer is a fast and highly scalable data exploration service for log and telemetry data. Azure Monitor Logs is built on top of Azure Data Explorer and uses the same Kusto Query Language (KQL).

Read More: Azure Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

31) What is the role of Azure Administrator?

The Azure Administrator implement, manage and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate.

32) What are the tasks of Azure Admin?

Compute:

• Deploying VMs into virtual networks
• Configuring VM for optimum cost, performance, and security
• Backing up VMs and potentially providing failover recovery

Storage:

• Securing data against unauthorized access
• Backing up data and making it efficient to restore when needed
• Configuring long-term archival storage to maintain corporate compliance

Network:

• Deploying and configuring virtual networks
• Orchestrating routing paths, especially in a hybrid cloud
• Managing public and private IP addresses for your VMs and selected other Azure resources

Security:

• Encrypting data in transit, at rest, and in use
• Protecting Azure Active Directory accounts against compromise
• Reducing the attack surface of all your Azure resources

33) How you can become Azure Administrator?

Anyone can become Azure Admin by learning the cloud computing skills from the right source and getting certified from Microsoft. You can start your journey to become Azure Admin by joining our AZ-104 course: FREE Class.

34) What is the salary of an Azure Administrator?

The average azure admin salary is $114,075 per year or $58.50 per hour. Entry-level positions start at $85,000 per year while most experienced workers make up to $140,000 per year.

Conclusion

Azure is the most used cloud platform, and companies always look for skilled employees. To help you secure a job, we put some effort and listed some preferred topics in Azure Admin Interview Questions.

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