Passed AZ-104 Exam in 2025 with Practice Questions

Congratulations on the 865! I'm preparing for AZ-104 with limited prior Azure administration experience. Before you started studying for AZ-104, how much hands-on Azure experience did you already have?

I'm trying to put your preparation strategy into context, particularly your use of the Microsoft GitHub labs and SkillCertExams. I've been using AI to build more advanced hands-on exercises covering each bullet in the current AZ-104 Study Guide, and I've been feeding it recent practice questions from several sources to generate randomized quizzes and help identify gaps.

I've also run into some differences between the Microsoft Learn labs and what I actually see in my Azure subscription, so I'm trying to get as much hands-on exposure as possible rather than relying entirely on the guided labs. I'm considering Tutorials Dojo once I'm closer to being exam-ready.

Given your experience, is there anything you would add, remove, or emphasize in that approach?