Chapter 2 of 5 · Microsoft AZ-104
Implement and Manage Storage
Storage access and SAS, accounts, redundancy, encryption, Azure Files and Blob Storage.
- 3topics
- 16 minfast track
- 15–20%of the exam
Topics in this chapter
Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
- 1Configure Access to StorageAZ-104 storage access: storage firewalls and virtual networks, SAS types, stored access policies, access keys and identity based…6 min
- 2Storage Accounts, Redundancy and EncryptionAZ-104 storage accounts: account types, redundancy and failover, object replication, encryption keys, secure transfer, Storage…5 min
- 3Azure Files and Blob StorageAZ-104 Files and Blob: file shares, containers and public access, access tiers, soft delete, share snapshots, blob versioning and…5 min
About this chapter
What this chapter covers
This domain covers how data is stored, protected and reached in Azure Storage. It makes up between 15 and 20 percent of the exam.
The topics are controlling access with firewalls, shared access signatures and keys, creating and configuring storage accounts including redundancy and encryption, and working with Azure Files and Blob Storage features such as tiers, soft delete and lifecycle rules.
How the topics fit together
The pages follow a request to data, from who may reach the account, to how the account is built, to what is inside it.
- Access to storage covers storage firewalls, SAS tokens, stored access policies, access keys and identity based access for Azure Files.
- Accounts, redundancy and encryption covers account types, redundancy and replication, encryption, Storage Explorer and AzCopy.
- Azure Files and Blob Storage covers shares, containers, tiers, soft delete, snapshots, versioning and lifecycle management.
Many questions give a protection goal, such as recovering deleted blobs or surviving a region loss, and ask for the setting that meets it. Learn which feature answers which goal.
How to use these pages
Each topic page has the same shape, so you can skim for what you need.
- What it is: the idea in plain words.
- How it works: the mechanism, with diagrams and tables.
- What to remember for the exam: the facts to memorise.
- Common mistakes: the classic traps.
- Check yourself: three questions to test your understanding.
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