Microsoft Applied Skills: Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

This course goes through all of the skills required for the Microsoft Applied Skills: Secure storage for Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage.

This can also help with AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator exam, with "Configure access to storage" and "Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage".

This course has been updated in line with the expanded Study Guide (updated in January 2025).

Please note: This course is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft.

What do people like you say about this course?

Grant says: "This course gave me the foundational knowledge to pass the applied skills credential. Everything was explained in a way that really clicked for me. In the applied skills assessment, I felt confident in knowing what I was being asked to configure. Definitely recommend this course!"

Selim says: "I had the opportunity to get detailed information about Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage. By going through the examples, I did not become confused. Everyone's learning method is different, I learn more easily by first learning with examples and then building on what I have learned by listening to the topics explained in detail in different videos. It was a good explanation, thank you. I can go over the practical activities one more time and now I can take the exam. Thanx"

Sanjeev says: "Very good introduction to azure storage!"

In this 2½ hour course we’ll cover the skills that you need for the APL-1003 Microsoft Applied Skills credential for Power Automate.

The tasks that you need to perform to get this skill are:

• Create and configure a storage account. We'll quickly creating a storage account and a container and upload a file. Then we'll look in some detail at storage account configuration, both when creating the storage account and after it has been created.

• Create and configure Blob Storage. We'll look at blob access tiers, lifecycle management, soft delete and versioning for blobs, together with Shared Access Signatures.

• Create and configure Azure Files. This allows you to create directories and putting your files into these folders.

• Configure encryption. We'll look at how you can change the encryption key, and configure infrastructure encryption and encryption scopes.

• Configure networking for storage. We'll look at how your storage account can interact with Virtual Networks.

We’ll go through several practical examples, so you can see how you can secure your own containers

By the end of the course, you'll be much more confident about using securing Azure Files and Blob Storage and perhaps even take the official Microsoft assessment. That would look great on your CV or resume.