Just passed the AZ-104 last Friday and took his course. No it’s not enough to pass and neither is the Learning Path from Microsoft. You will be tested on MS Learn articles instead.
Use the Udemy course to get through the basic material, then go through the Learning Path, then practice exams, then the MS Learn articles that the practice exam references. I did it only for the questions I got wrong but I should have done it for all questions.
An example was Azcopy.exe, a question referenced some obscure parameter that is found almost at the bottom of the article.
Currently using 65% of the way through his course and am wondering the same thing. I'm testing for AZ-104 on 8/16, and to prep I watched John Savill's exam cram video to get an overview, am doing Duffy's course, and got Whizlabs for practice tests/labs because I was impressed with their questions and interface.
I expect to spend the majority of my time preparing in Whizlabs and reviewing concepts I'm weak on with AI. My least favorite aspect of Duffy's videos is that he often doesn't explain things in the larger context they exist in, or provide real world examples. Savill's video was much better in that regard and I think is worth watching, and I'll probably revisit it again before the test. Good luck with your studies!
Don't use Scott Duffy, unless you have no experience what so ever with the Azure portal. Personally I found it to be completely useless. Do labs and practice exams instead.
MS learn stuff can be really dry. I would still reference it for stuff you do not understand the best.
Yes it's fine.
But I recommend trying to go through MSlearn material at least once.
During exam you can use Ms website after all, so it's good to practice navigating it to find information
I previously purchased the Scott Duffy course and am now taking a look at it. I noticed the course sections are not in the same order as the exam objectives. I like to write out the exam objectives and make notes from the courses I am watching. With Scott's one I will need to watch the content in a different order, if I want to study this way. I already have some experience with Azure, so may have a look at other options.
Microsoft Learn is perhaps one of the worst resources to prepare for AZ-104. Stay away from it. Udemy courses are okay to get an understanding of how to do things and get familiar but they won't help you with the exam much more than that. Try this, take a mock test, and the questions you get wrong, ask ChatGPT to teach you those topics. There is a new "Study Mode", which can help a great deal as well.
Hey everyone, just passes the exam ( 30 mins ago 😃 ) . Really happy I got 816 .
Study Material :
some parts of Ms learn
Scott duffy’s udemy course
some parts of the john saville cram practical exp :
created a tenant and did everything scott did in his udemy course
did all the labs on GitHub
Practice exams:
tutorial Dojo , did it multiple times, getting >90% on average ( definitely the best most useful material )
MS assessment ( don’t remember the score, but I rarely get a wrong answer)
*** Exam tips:
I got 58 questions, started with one REALLY HARD case study, my advice here is don’t panic, you’ll get other easier questions later on, and don’t waste a lot of time on it, there’s still 53 left 😃, note that once you finish the case study , you can’t go back for review. I finished all the questions, marked any question I had doubts about. In the last 20 minutes, after finishing everything,I opened the ms learn tab and tried to check as many questions as Possible. And then closed the ms learn to avoid any lags. That’s it ! Best of luck guys !
Great stuff I passed 3 weeks ago and totally ignored the MS Learn page (as when I failed previously I relied too much on it and wasted a lot of time) 💪💪💪💪💪
My take is : don’t touch MS Learn until you finish all the questions, i finished with 20 minutes left, that’s when I went through all the marked questions
Congratulations buddy , 🍻Just got mine as well , score 814 missed last 3 case study questions, ran out of time. I could have scored more but it’s cool.
Don't use Scott Duffy, unless you have no experience what so ever with the Azure portal. It's useless for the type of questions you find on the exam. Coming from someone that got a score of 950 on the exam.
Second this. Avoid Scott Duffy’s course.
Use all available resources here
https://certs.msfthub.wiki/azure/az-104/
Also scroll down to Studying Resources and to the Video tab and look through all the video training there
Udemy - I'd probably go with Alan Rodrigues
and as Cloudlee has been mentioned, he is or was associated with Adrian Cantrill's platform which teaches AWS and those are thorough courses on AWS, so as Adrian recommends James Lee for Azure that is a top recommendation and you can see it is a far more detailed course for $40. I checked James Lee's LinkedIn but any coupon code were from a month ago and not valid now.
https://learn.cloudlee.io/p/az-104-microsoft-azure-administrator
If you actually looking to learn? This guys have alot if hand on practice lab - alan rodrigues
Not enough to pass exam but it will give you full understanding and confidence
I like John Christopher's style but don't know if it will be enough for the exam because I haven't taken AZ-104 yet.
Nope. He's just like the Scott Duffy course. Sells courses but won't get you anywhere close to passing. I would avoid.
Hello thanks for the info.
I am planning to use tutorials dojo practice tests and Savill's cram videos when the time is close. Can you suggest me other sources or would these be enough?
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I used Alan Rodrigues course on Udemy to pass AZ-104 and AZ-305 , his course is most in depth course on Udemy, if you have no issues with his accent. The second advice is to go through John Savill’s azure master class playlist on YouTube as a revision once you are done with Alan’s course.
If you’re ready to move beyond the fundamentals and become a certified Azure Administrator, here’s a guide that helped me (and many others) pass the AZ-104 exam. This one goes deeper than AZ-900, so preparation matters more.
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Free YouTube Content John Savill’s AZ-104 Masterclass
If you loved his AZ-900 content, you’ll love this even more. Deep dive, very technical, and constantly updated. Not beginner-friendly, but incredibly thorough.
Link to his AZ-104 playlist: AZ-104 Azure Administrator Masterclass
Adam Marczak’s AZ-104 Tutorials
Shorter, visual-based tutorials on the services that matter most for AZ-104. Great complement to heavier study materials.
Link to channel: Adam Marczak – Microsoft Azure Administrator Course
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Paid Courses ACloudGuru (Pluralsight)
Polished content with hands-on labs and sandbox environments. If you already use Pluralsight at work, this course is worth completing for structure and practice.
Link to the course: ACloudGuru | AZ-104
Udemy – Scott Duffy or Alan Rodrigues
Scott Duffy’s course is one of the most taken for AZ-104. Alan Rodrigues also provides great content, especially if you're into automation and CLI-heavy operations.
Link to the course: Udemy | AZ-104 by Scott Duffy Link to Alan Rodrigues: Udemy | AZ-104 by Alan Rodrigues
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Practice Exams FetchExam
High-quality questions that actually resemble the AZ-104 exam style. Real-world admin scenarios, not just definitions. Every question has a full explanation. If you want to pass AZ-104 confidently, this is one of the best prep tools available.
Link to the practice tests: FetchExam | AZ-104
Resource Nr. of Questions Practice Exam [Section Based] Manage identities and governance 50 Practice Exam [Section Based] Implement and manage storage 50 Practice Exam [Section Based] Deploy and manage Azure compute resources 50 Practice Exam [Section Based] Configure and manage virtual networking 50 Practice Exam [Section Based] Monitor and backup Azure resources 25 Practice Exam [Scenario Based] Use Case questions 125 Practice Exam [Scenario Based] Use Case questions Part 2 50 Practice Exam [Code Based] ARM, Bash and PowerShell 50 Practice Exam [Bulk Mode] Bulk Exam 300 Full Practice Exam [Timed] 60 Full Practice Exam [Unlimited Time] 60 Matching Quiz 20 Fill in the Blanks Quiz 20 Total 900+ Link to the practice tests: FetchExam | AZ-104
TutorialsDojo
Very popular among AWS and Azure candidates. Their AZ-104 content comes with links to Microsoft Docs and scenario-based breakdowns. You don’t get lifetime access, but if you like their platform, it’s very solid.
TIMED MODE – simulates the real test
REVIEW MODE – check answers as you go
TOPIC TESTS – focus on key areas like networking or storage
FINAL EXAM – randomized 60–65 questions to test your readiness
Link to the practice tests: TutorialsDojo | AZ-104
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Ultimate TIP to Pass If you're a hands-on learner with some Azure experience: John Savill + FetchExam will get you certified.
If you're newer to cloud but comfortable in IT: Udemy course + FetchExam + TutorialsDojo will give you both theory and test prep.
If you are a good memorizer and want to pass fast (not recommended): FetchExam + TutorialsDojo alone can probably get you over the line if you can recognize patterns.
https://fetchexam.com/practice-exams/az-104-microsoft-azure-administrator/?v=13b5bfe96f3e
Please add these paid courses, we should also mention when they were updated:
cloudlee | AZ-104 by James Lee. It is been updated to follow the exam guide of April 18 2025.
CBT Nuggets | AZ-104 by Knox Hutchinson. It was updated in February 2024.
Edit: typo.
I am doing AZ-104 and on my 5th attempt. I honestly feel that the reason I have trouble, is because most of the study material,don't actually touch on what I have to know to pass and it is really frustrating. Discussion I have used John Savill,scott duffy, some other lectures on whizlabs, used a free trial on azure subscriptions and it wasn't really enough.
I am redoing Microsoft Learn 104. I am doing Tutorial Dojo, I am doing whizlabs labs ( stopped because people say it's crap online)
And as I'm doing Tutorial Dojo questions. I get questions like How many app service plans ,do you need for these 5 runtime stacks for 5 different appliications. And I'm sitting there thinking to myself "
Okay, so why has none of my resources talked about this topic? What if I had worked in Azure, and I never actually had been in this scenario and none of my other resources that aren't exam resources taught me about this?"
On my previous exams I got Key Vault questions, which none of my resources spoke about, they only said what it was, they didn't actually mention .
None of the resources go into the detail needed for it. Maybe tutorial dojo and refreshing ML will help and just using Whizlabs to screw around hte portal will help.
But my nr.1 problem with this exam is so much of this is based on if you in particular have been in this scenario,using this specific service with these very specific settings and none of hte resources goes into the detail needed. They say "Microsoft entra ID is an identity and access management service where you can assign roles to users for different permissions" And they don't go into the detail needed to pass.
I am really frustrated and I think I might just quit this whole thing as well as my job as I need this to do it and there is no point to keep reading if I can't ever pass.
It just feels like this exam is purposely being predatory,due to the fact that perhaps the only way to pass is look into the documentation itself and hope it is streamlined enough to understand.
EDIT: The other thing that makes no sense in this exam, is you have zero time to think. A lot of people may say "oh but you have 90 minutes",which may seem like a lot. But so many of the questions are super predatory as well, and you can't just tick a box and go. all times I took this, I had to speed through, because there almost was no time to even freaking think.
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Search Comments Expand comment search Comments Section u/Abject-Celery-7645 avatar Abject-Celery-7645 • 1y ago • Edited 1y ago AZ-900| AI-900| MS-900| SC-900| SC200 Profile Badge for the Achievement Top 1% Commenter Top 1% Commenter I am curious to know about your 4 previous print out score report that you get after writing the Exam. some questions:
What scores did you get previously?
On the score report, which section scores you the lowest as that section you will need to put in more effort to prepare better for the exam.
Have you booked your 5th attempt to write the exam and how many weeks do you stay have to prepare for the exam ?
Please do not give up and be patient with yourself.
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u/jungle2099 avatar jungle2099 • 1y ago I would just add that spending time reading the actual documentation on topics you are not strong on is key. For example, when I first started learning storage the self-paced training on Ms Learn wasn't enough. I had to spend a few days and read the complete Blob storage documentation. It takes and it can be boring but everything you need to know is in the docs. I think this approach helped me to pass.
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[deleted] OP • 1y ago Im planning to look up the study guide topics and try to look up the actual documentation,
The documentation isnt a recommended resource, but now actually looking at it, reading through quickly, I find myself absorbing this info way easier than the other resouces. Maybe becausw I have some idea atleast
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Rogermcfarley • 1y ago AZ-900 | SC-900 | SC-200 Profile Badge for the Achievement Top 1% Commenter Top 1% Commenter I'm studying AZ-104 started this week. I bought Whizzlabs exam practice and the 135 AZ-104 labs was $30 or so, so didn't break the bank. I also have Alan Rodrigues Udemy course, not sure now why I went for it instead of Scott Duffy, hopefully it is OK. I used John Saville for AZ-900, but found I didn't retain knowledge very well. Hopefully as the AZ-104 is more practical I will do so using his course. I'll let you know if I find the Alan Rodrigues course useful.
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Unlikely-Tap5479 • 1y ago how was it
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Rogermcfarley • 1y ago AZ-900 | SC-900 | SC-200 Profile Badge for the Achievement Top 1% Commenter Top 1% Commenter I didn't do it. I did AZ-900 instead and passed that.
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shodanime • 1y ago “MS Learn does this a lot. For example, It talks about VMSS, but not in the same way it appears on the exam. I got three questions about VMSS where I actually had to do math. Every time I’ve seen a VMSS question in practice, it’s something like: ‘If the VMSS CPU is running at 70% for 15 minutes, add 2 VMs,’ and so on boom easy. But on the test, the question was much harder. My question was something like: ‘If the VM was running for 1 hour and 20 minutes with a cooldown of X amount of time, and after another 30 minutes it was at 30% CPU usage, how many VMs are running with the provided VMSS image?’ I was like, ‘WTF?’”
Honestly, when I study I have an azure account and try to understand the configuration but going to the azure portal to see how it’s implemented but not actually run it.
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fetito666 • 1y ago OMG, if questions like "ke: ‘If the VM was running for 1 hour and 20 minutes with a cooldown of X amount of time, and after another 30 minutes it was at 30% CPU usage, how many VMs are running with the provided VMSS image?’ I" appear the exam will be a lottery.
The VMware vSphere (VCS-VCP) had questions like that but not that messed up. I passed it, but the AZ-104 scares me.
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[deleted] OP • 1y ago Passed VMWare PISS EASY. Why? Because literally every singlr thing you learn in a class is on the exam every fucking thing or it is in resources.
Az-104 is a scam imo. And if someone dows use it, i dont encourage it, but I don’t blame them one bit.
It really feels like Microsoft is trying to rip you off
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u/Smoothvirus avatar Smoothvirus • 1y ago There were questios about VMSS like that on the TJ practice exams and I got very similar ones in the real thing, so I was ready for them.
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u/kokomoel avatar kokomoel • 1y ago What's TJ exams?
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u/Smoothvirus avatar Smoothvirus • 1y ago Typo, I meant TD Tutorials Dojo
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DntCareBears • 1y ago OP have you tried James Lee’s content? I am using that right now for AZ500 and it’s perfect!
He is basically the Adrian Cantrill but on Azure: https://learn.cloudlee.io/p/az-104-microsoft-azure-administrator
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ShiningSun31 • 1y ago The way he teaches is amazing. Best to learn but practice the wishy from other sources. He is really good.
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DntCareBears • 1y ago Glad you liked it.
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u/_newbread avatar _newbread • 1y ago I took it before MS Learn was available mid-exam. 2nd attempt was a success. It was hard before, and based on feedback from this subreddit and others, it's just as hard now.
My main source was Duffy (udemy) and Savill (Youtube). They didn't cover EVERYTHING in COMPLETE DETAIL, but (surprise) MS Learn still does. At the very least, go back to MS Learn and look at the exam topics/objectives. Those do get updated from time to time, while training courses take longer to do so.
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[deleted] OP • 1y ago I will. But I am trying to learn the material in great detail. and a module that takes 30 minutes might take me 4 hours because of shit memory.
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u/_newbread avatar _newbread • 1y ago Then... bruteforce it into your head til it sticks
do it hands on, either on your own free-tier account (or spend a few bucks if you have to), or in the free sandboxes over in MS Learn.
Flashcards
You WILL put those details, commands, order of operations, etc into muscle memory. Or at least know enough that you can speedrun the MS Learn interface that is available in the exam.
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[deleted] OP • 1y ago What ms learn interface on the exam? I dont understand what that is
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u/_newbread avatar _newbread • 1y ago As of recent (August last year), you CAN use Microsoft Learn this one during the exam, with limitations. No CTRL+F, and access to any webpage/website outside of learn is disabled.
Basically, it's open notes. Details here
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ShiningSun31 • 1y ago Of you can have spare 20-30 minutes at the end, use MS learn to review the ones you are in doubt about. Just type the keywords in search. Should give you proper landing page.
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[deleted] OP • 1y ago I got demoted frlm work so. Sucks . I will still attempt this just because I need to know I can do it
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u/TopDiamond7029 avatar TopDiamond7029 • 1y ago If you have trouble with memory overall you can request an accommodation such as a longer time to sit the exam. SEE: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/REQUEST-ACCOMMODATIONS
People can be very good at what they do and yet still struggle with rote memory tasks which this exam is chock full of.
There is also a time trap at the end when it looks like the exam has completed as you are asked to review your answers but actually the scenario questions, which can take a big portion of the allotted time, still remain.
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dragonfollower1986 • 1y ago Have you tried Anki?
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u/Jimmster123 avatar Jimmster123 • 1y ago I failed az 104 three times before giving up. The first time I took it was because it was on sale for 5$ I barely studied because I’m naturally good at exams (have most of the compTIAs, sscp). The second time was like 2 months later after giving the studying a good effort. Third time I tried really hard and still failed. On my fourth attempt (this was a year later) I broke it up into pieces to learn starting with the AZ900 (easy, foundations) and then the AZ700 (medium, network engineer associate) then all of the sudden I knew like 50% of the AZ104 exam, I studied for an extra month and got it after that I studied for another month and did the AZ500 which was the hardest out of all them and I really thought I failed since I only got to do one lab questions and missed out on the rest (other 9 or 14) because of time? Idk but anyways I passed that one as well. I thought them making the exams open book would make it way easier but it just made me tighter on time. My recommendation is don’t give up bro give yourself more time to study if you can, break up the lessons into more digestible pieces, use Microsoft learn to know the way they phrase things, where information is usually stored on the site in case you need to search on the exam, and don’t let yourself get psyched out. Exams are tough but keeping calm makes a difference.
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[deleted] OP • 1y ago What is your opinion on the exam? I think its bullshit personally
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u/Noble_Efficiency13 avatar Noble_Efficiency13 • 1y ago MCT, AZ-305, MS-102, SC-100 I always advice to use MeasureUp for practice exams. The accuracy compared to the actual exams are superb, and likewise is the explanations with documentations.
Az-104 is the broadest and, IMO, the hardest role-based certification currently on offer (cannot say for the developer certs though). This is due to the fact that you have to know pretty much how to configure everything in Azure, and azure is only getting bigger!
SKUs and licenses in general always seems to be an issue as well
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u/Ok-Carpenter-8455 avatar Ok-Carpenter-8455 • 1y ago You need to deep dive into MS-Learn study material and lab like crazy in the MS-Learn sandboxes.
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EndUserIncident • 1y ago A few of the other comments already mentioned reading the documentation but just wanted to add something that was taught to me early on in my IT carreer: "Never let anyone say RTFM"
Seriously. If you actually sit down and read the specifications of whatever tool you are using you will be ahead of 90% of techs. No one reads the manual and more often than not it's in the manual. RTFM.
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[deleted] OP • 1y ago It says the difficulty was moderate. But everyone sats its literally the hardest cert they’ve taken or even the hardest exam
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[deleted] • 1y ago u/MudLess4927 avatar MudLess4927 • 1y ago I did AI-102 and passed on my first try. What you’re saying is very true. I realized that what helped me was I solved as many questions from different sources as I can. After I learned the material on azure and did all the labs, I went to all approved sources and all shady sources and solved as many questions as repeatedly as I can.
As I solved the questions i realized the material I had learned thoroughly was not what I was being quizzed on for the larger part. Solving the questions caused me to learn all the things that were either not in the material or I didn’t take notice of, and I feel it was a major factor in my passing.
I’d advise to do the same.
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ShiningSun31 • 1y ago This. Solve as many question answers and challenge the thought process. Chalenge, why not the other answers. Then go through the Scott Duffy training again. Good luck buddy, you got this.
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u/Mah3000 avatar Mah3000 • 1y ago Good luck for you mate. also hey guys i'm confused, when we say MS learn do we mean this link for exemple? for DP100 and follow the course in there ? thanks for help https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/dp-100t01
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deeplycuriouss • 1y ago Get some hands on exp 😊
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Sirwired • 1y ago AZ-900, DP-900, SC-900, AI-900, AZ-104, AZ-700, AZ-305, PL-900 Also do the AZ-104 labs posted on GitHub.
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[deleted] • 1y ago u/n3rdyone avatar n3rdyone • 1y ago I work in azure daily, passed the az-900 with over 900 score with little effort have an MCSE and CCNA
The az-104 was the hardest MS exam I’ve ever sat. One question is about failing over virtual machines to a paired region, then a question about an application gateway, followed by AKS container registry. No one person touches all these things in their day-to-day.
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ustyneno • 1y ago I use TutorialDojo for my AWS Solution Architect and their prep questions were very close to the real Exam.
I am not sure how their Azure version is. If you're on your 5th try and haven't tried them, I will suggest you give them a shot.
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moustachiooo • 1y ago When I took the AZ-104, I thought I was completely prepared. I have taken and passed over a dozen Microsoft exams in my continuing education journey
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This was the only one where I felt while taking it that either I would geta big fat zero or a really high score. Everything was just out of left field. [Got 927]
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Chapito_Rico • 1y ago Retakes are free, correct? I’m scheduling my SC-900 this week
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