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In short: to build AZ-104 practice questions, upload your Azure Administrator notes or prep PDF and the AI writes multiple-choice questions with an answer key and explanations in seconds. The exam runs 100 minutes, needs 700 out of 1000 to pass, and costs the US$165 Microsoft charges for associate exams. Two things most prep sites get wrong: the April 17, 2026 update changed no domain weights at all (Microsoft's own change log marks every functional group "No change"), and 700 is not 70 percent, which Microsoft states in writing. The certification then expires after 12 months, and renewal is free, open book and taken on Microsoft Learn.

Last updated July 2026

Exam time
100 minutes
Passing score
700 / 1000
Domains
5
Practice questions
Unlimited

Half the prep web is still teaching the retired AZ-104 domain weights

Start here, because if you are budgeting your study time from a blog post or a course syllabus, there is a good chance you are weighting the wrong domain. Microsoft rebalanced the AZ-104 objectives back in 2023. Two domains were even renamed. The old numbers are still sitting on some of the biggest prep sites in the business.

Domain Current official weight Retired weight still being published
Manage Azure identities and governance20 to 25%15 to 20%
Implement and manage storage15 to 20%15 to 20% (unchanged)
Deploy and manage Azure compute resources20 to 25%20 to 25% (unchanged)
Implement and manage virtual networking15 to 20%25 to 30%, under the dead name "Configure and manage virtual networking"
Monitor and maintain Azure resources10 to 15%10 to 15%, under the dead name "Monitor and back up Azure resources"

Look at what the old table does to a study plan. It tells you networking is the single heaviest domain on the exam at 25 to 30 percent, when networking is now one of the two lightest at 15 to 20 percent. It tells you identity and governance is a minor domain at 15 to 20 percent, when it is now tied for the heaviest. Study from the retired weights and you over-invest roughly ten points of the exam in virtual networking and under-invest in Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC and subscription governance.

This is not hypothetical. Pluralsight's AZ-104 path currently publishes both lists on the same page, the retired weights and the current ones, with no indication which is live, and still mentions AZ-103. SPOTO publishes the full retired table and states the exam runs 180 minutes, which is 80 minutes longer than Microsoft allows. Certspots prints a networking weight of 20 to 25 percent, a number that has never appeared in any official version of the objectives, old or new.

And a whole tier of the dumps economy is still selling AZ-103, an exam Microsoft retired on August 31, 2020. ITExams currently lists an AZ-103 page stamped with this month's date. Udemy still lists AZ-103 practice exams. There is even an Exam Ref AZ-103 book in the Microsoft Press Store. Six years dead, still on sale.

The rule we apply on every exam we cover: when a prep site and Microsoft's own study guide disagree, the study guide wins. Everything on this page comes from the live study guide and the official policy pages.

The April 2026 update did almost nothing. Do not let anyone sell you a rewrite.

Microsoft updated the AZ-104 study guide on April 17, 2026, and its own change log marks every single functional group as "No change". No domain was added. No domain was removed. Not one percentage moved. The weights before the update and after the update are identical: 20 to 25, 15 to 20, 20 to 25, 15 to 20, 10 to 15.

You would not know that from the coverage. The update generated a wave of "AZ-104 is changing" posts, several of which describe a rebalancing of the domains that did not happen. If you already have current study material, you do not need to buy anything new because of April 2026.

What actually changed is bullet-level, and there is exactly one swap worth knowing about:

Before April 17, 2026 As of April 17, 2026 Does it matter?
Configure Azure Disk EncryptionConfigure encryption at host for Azure virtual machinesYes. Different feature, different exam answer. Learn encryption at host.
Azure Resource Manager templatesAzure Resource Manager templates or Bicep filesSomewhat. Bicep is now named in the audience profile.
Configure user-defined network routesConfigure user-defined routesNo. Wording only.
File share in Azure Storage, container in Blob StorageFile share in Azure Files, container in Azure Blob StorageNo. Product naming.

So: if your notes still say Azure Disk Encryption, fix that one section, then write practice questions from a chapter you upload and move on. The rest of April 2026 is capitalization.

AZ-104 skills measured, current objectives

Five domains, as published in Microsoft's study guide for Exam AZ-104 as of April 17, 2026. Identity and compute are tied for the heaviest.

Domain What is actually in it Weight
Manage Azure identities and governanceMicrosoft Entra users and groups, access to Azure resources (RBAC), subscriptions and governance. Tied heaviest, and the domain most people underweight.20 to 25%
Deploy and manage Azure compute resourcesARM templates or Bicep, virtual machines, containers in the portal including Azure Container Apps, Azure App Service.20 to 25%
Implement and manage storageAccess to storage, storage accounts, Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage.15 to 20%
Implement and manage virtual networkingVirtual networks, secure access to them, name resolution and load balancing. Not the biggest domain, whatever the old blogs say.15 to 20%
Monitor and maintain Azure resourcesMonitoring, Network Watcher and Connection monitor, backup and recovery, Azure Backup vaults.10 to 15%

Microsoft gives you 100 minutes for the assessment and does not publish a question count for AZ-104. Its general guidance is that most exams contain 40 to 60 questions, varying by exam. Five minutes of break time is built into the exam clock, and the clock keeps running while you are on the break.

Three exam-day facts that change how you prepare

700 out of 1000 is not 70 percent

Microsoft's scoring page says it in plain language: technical exam scores are reported on a scale of 1 to 1000, a passing score is 700 or greater, and as this is a scaled score, it may not equal 70 percent of the points. Several study guides that call themselves current still print "700 out of 1000, approximately 70 percent" in parentheses. Microsoft has directly contradicted that. Practically, it means you cannot back-calculate how many questions you can afford to miss, so stop trying, and aim comfortably clear of the bar on your practice sets.

Microsoft will not tell you whether your sitting has labs

The AZ-104 page says only that you may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam. Microsoft goes further on its support pages and states it deliberately does not publish a list of which exams contain labs, because labs can be pulled at any time for Azure outages or bandwidth problems. So anyone telling you flatly that AZ-104 "has labs" or "no longer has labs" is asserting more than Microsoft does. Prepare as if yours has them: when labs appear, they carry 7 to 15 tasks, are scored on the end result rather than the path you took, and you cannot go back to a lab once you leave it.

The exam is partly open book, and almost nobody uses it

On role-based exams like AZ-104, Microsoft lets you access learn.microsoft.com during the exam. You do not get extra time for it, and the Q&A, practice assessments and your profile are blocked. It is not a way to look up answers you never learned, because 100 minutes does not survive that. It is a way to confirm one exact parameter name or one CLI flag you are second-guessing. Know the docs structure well enough to land on the right page in under a minute, and it is worth a couple of marks.

Your AZ-104 expires in 12 months, and renewing it is free

Microsoft associate, expert and specialty certifications expire annually. AZ-104's renewal frequency is 12 months. But the renewal is free, unproctored, open book and taken on Microsoft Learn, it is shorter than the original exam, and you can retake it as many times as you need as long as you pass before your certification expires. The window opens six months before your expiration date.

This is the single most under-communicated fact in the Microsoft certification program, and it cuts both ways. The good news: you never pay the US$165 again for as long as you keep renewing, and the renewal assessment is nothing like re-sitting the exam. The bad news: if you miss the window, the certification lapses, and getting it back means booking and paying for the full proctored exam all over again.

Note that the fundamentals certifications behave differently. AZ-900 does not expire at all. Once you have it, you have it. The moment you move up to an associate like AZ-104, you are on the annual clock. If you are managing this across a team, our guide to whether Microsoft certifications expire lays out which ones do, which ones do not, and the renewal mechanics.

How to make AZ-104 practice questions from your own notes

Public question banks have a shelf-life problem: by your second pass you are remembering the answer letter, not the service. Generating questions from your own material fixes that.

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Upload your material
Drop in your Microsoft Learn notes, a prep-course PDF, your team's Azure runbook or the official objectives list.
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Start with identity
Entra ID, RBAC and governance is tied for the heaviest domain at 20 to 25 percent, and it is the one the retired weights told you to skim.
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AI writes the questions
Exam-style multiple-choice items with an answer key and an explanation for each one, written from the text you gave it.
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Miss, then go read
A wrong answer points straight at the service you have not understood. Regenerate a fresh set from the same chapter as often as you like.

AZ-104 questions, answered

How many questions are on the AZ-104 exam?
Microsoft does not publish a question count for AZ-104. Its official guidance is that most Microsoft certification exams contain between 40 and 60 questions, and the number varies by exam. What Microsoft does state for AZ-104 is the clock: you get 100 minutes to complete the assessment. Any site quoting an exact question count is guessing.
What score do you need to pass the AZ-104 exam?
700 or greater on a scale of 1 to 1000. Microsoft explicitly warns that because this is a scaled score, it may not equal 70 percent of the points. Treat 700 as a bar set by psychometrics, not as a percentage you can compute from your practice results.
How long is the AZ-104 exam?
Microsoft's AZ-104 certification page states you will have 100 minutes to complete the assessment. Several prep sites publish 120 minutes and at least one publishes 180 minutes. Both are wrong. Five minutes of break time is built into exam time and the clock keeps running during breaks.
Did the April 2026 AZ-104 update change the exam objectives?
Barely. Microsoft updated the AZ-104 study guide on April 17, 2026, but its own change log marks every functional group as "No change". No domain was added, removed or reweighted. The only substantive technical swap is that Configure Azure Disk Encryption became Configure encryption at host for Azure virtual machines.
Does AZ-104 have labs?
Microsoft will not say. The exam page states only that you may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam, and Microsoft explicitly refuses to publish a list of which exams contain labs because labs can be pulled at any time. Prepare as though your sitting includes hands-on tasks.
Do you need AZ-900 before AZ-104?
No. Microsoft lists no prerequisite exam or certification for AZ-104. It recommends experience with operating systems, networking, virtualization, PowerShell, the Azure CLI and Microsoft Entra ID, but AZ-900 is optional. Plenty of people go straight to AZ-104, and if you already work in Azure that is usually the right call.
Does the AZ-104 certification expire?
Yes, after 12 months. Microsoft associate, expert and specialty certifications expire annually. Renewal is free, taken on Microsoft Learn, unproctored and open book, and you can retake it as many times as you need inside the six-month window before your expiration date. You only pay the exam fee again if you let it lapse.
How much does the AZ-104 exam cost?
Microsoft states that associate and expert exams typically cost US$165, priced according to local currency and subject to change, with taxes possible in some regions. AZ-104 is an associate exam. The exam page itself shows price by region rather than printing a figure.
What happens if you fail AZ-104?
You wait 24 hours before the second attempt, then 14 days between every attempt after that, with a maximum of five attempts in any 12-month period counted from your first try. You pay the exam fee each time, and Microsoft does not refund failed exams.

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