The AZ-104 (Microsoft Azure Administrator) exam is the most popular role-based Azure certification and one of the most useful credentials for landing a cloud admin or junior engineer role. It costs $165 USD, runs 100 minutes, has 40 to 60 questions, and requires 700 out of 1000 to pass. Most candidates need 8 to 12 weeks of focused study. Questions are scenario-based with frequent drag-and-drop sequencing and case studies. If you have 6 months of hands-on Azure work, you can pass without a course. If you don't, budget the full 12 weeks and do real labs. The 90-second answer Take AZ-104 if you've been administering Azure resources for at least 6 months, you're comfortable with the Azure portal plus CLI or PowerShell, and you want a credential most cloud-hiring managers recognize. It's the right cert for sysadmins, IT support staff, and junior engineers moving into cloud roles paying $95K to $135K. Skip AZ-104 if you've never touched the Azure portal.…