Why the AZ-104 lab sprint now opens with an activity log drill

The marketplace desk heard repeated confusion about undocumented tweaks in shared tenants. Rather than lecture with slides, the sprint now opens with a timed activity log drill so every participant exports the same window of changes and compares deltas. Instructors stay quiet for the first twelve minutes, then annotate screenshots like a copy desk reviewing a sensitive paragraph. Students from Busan noted that the drill surfaces habits they had been skipping in production. The downside is homework: you must bring a laptop capable of running two browser profiles without extensions that rewrite headers. We also warn that the drill is not a score; it is a mirror. Looking ahead, the curriculum lead is testing a shorter variant for teams that already keep structured change logs. If your employer forbids exports entirely, contact us before enrolling so we can suggest an alternative exercise that still meets quality standards expectations.