Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
Prepare for the AZ-305 exam and master Azure solution architecture including identity, governance, data storage, business continuity, and infrastructure design.
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4 modules · 134 lessons
Module 1: Design Identity, Governance, and Monitoring Solutions
Design identity management, governance policies, and monitoring solutions for Azure infrastructure. (25-30% of exam)
Design a Solution for Logging and Monitoring
Design log routing, monitoring tools, and diagnostic strategies for Azure resources.
- Lesson Introduction to Azure Monitor 15 min
- Lesson Azure Monitor Architecture and Data Sources 20 min
- Lesson Configuring Log Analytics Workspaces 20 min
- Lesson Designing Log Routing Solutions 20 min
- Lesson Configuring Diagnostic Settings 20 min
- Lesson Application Insights for Solution Architects 20 min
- Lesson Network Watcher and Network Monitoring 20 min
- Lesson Azure Monitor Alerts and Action Groups 20 min
- Lesson Workbooks and Custom Dashboards 20 min
- Lesson Designing a Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy 25 min
- Quiz Logging and Monitoring Quiz 5 questions
Design Authentication and Authorization Solutions
Design identity solutions using Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, and role-based access control.
- Lesson Microsoft Entra ID for Solution Architects 15 min
- Lesson Designing Identity Solutions: B2B Collaboration 20 min
- Lesson Designing Identity Solutions: B2C Scenarios 20 min
- Lesson Conditional Access Policy Design 25 min
- Lesson Designing for Multi-Factor Authentication 20 min
- Lesson Managed Identities for Azure Resources 20 min
- Lesson Service Principals and App Registrations 20 min
- Lesson Role-Based Access Control Design 25 min
- Lesson Privileged Identity Management 20 min
- Lesson Microsoft Entra ID Protection 20 min
- Lesson Zero Trust Architecture with Microsoft Entra 25 min
- Quiz Authentication and Authorization Quiz 5 questions
Design Governance Solutions
Design organizational hierarchy, Azure Policy, and cost management strategies.
- Lesson Introduction to Azure Governance 15 min
- Lesson Designing Management Group Hierarchies 20 min
- Lesson Subscription Strategy Design 20 min
- Lesson Resource Group Organization Patterns 15 min
- Lesson Azure Policy Design and Assignment 25 min
- Lesson Custom Policy Definitions and Initiatives 20 min
- Lesson Resource Locks and Tagging Strategies 20 min
- Lesson Azure Blueprints and Landing Zones 25 min
- Lesson Cost Management and Budget Design 25 min
- Lesson Cloud Adoption Framework for Governance 20 min
- Quiz Governance Solutions Quiz 5 questions
Identity, Governance, and Monitoring Review
Comprehensive review and scenario-based practice for identity, governance, and monitoring topics.
Module 2: Design Data Storage Solutions
Design non-relational, relational, and data integration solutions for Azure workloads. (25-30% of exam)
Design Non-Relational Data Storage
Design Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, and data lake solutions for unstructured and semi-structured data.
- Lesson Introduction to Azure Storage 15 min
- Lesson Storage Account Types and Replication 20 min
- Lesson Blob Storage Tiers and Lifecycle Management 20 min
- Lesson Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files 20 min
- Lesson Azure Managed Disks Design 20 min
- Lesson Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 20 min
- Lesson Cosmos DB Consistency Models 25 min
- Lesson Cosmos DB Partitioning and Throughput Design 25 min
- Lesson Cosmos DB API Selection Guide 20 min
- Lesson Table Storage and Queue Storage Design 15 min
- Lesson Storage Security and Encryption 20 min
- Quiz Non-Relational Storage Quiz 5 questions
Design Relational Data Storage
Design Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and caching solutions for relational workloads.
- Lesson Azure SQL Database Service Tiers 20 min
- Lesson Azure SQL Managed Instance Design 20 min
- Lesson Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL 20 min
- Lesson Database Scaling: Vertical and Horizontal 25 min
- Lesson Read Replicas and Geo-Replication 20 min
- Lesson Database Security and Auditing Design 20 min
- Lesson Transparent Data Encryption and Always Encrypted 20 min
- Lesson Caching with Azure Cache for Redis 20 min
- Lesson Azure SQL Elastic Pools Design 20 min
- Quiz Relational Storage Quiz 5 questions
Design Data Integration
Design data pipelines, analytics solutions, and migration strategies using Azure data services.
- Lesson Azure Data Factory Design Patterns 20 min
- Lesson Data Integration Pipeline Architecture 20 min
- Lesson Azure Synapse Analytics Design 25 min
- Lesson Azure Databricks Integration Patterns 20 min
- Lesson Azure Stream Analytics for Real-Time Data 20 min
- Lesson Azure Event Hubs for Data Ingestion 20 min
- Lesson Data Migration Strategies and Tools 20 min
- Lesson Azure Purview for Data Governance 20 min
- Quiz Data Integration Quiz 5 questions
Data Storage Solutions Review
Comprehensive review and scenario-based practice for data storage and integration topics.
Module 3: Design Business Continuity Solutions
Design high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions for Azure workloads. (10-15% of exam)
Design for High Availability
Design availability zones, load balancing, and multi-region architectures for high availability.
- Lesson Introduction to High Availability in Azure 15 min
- Lesson Availability Zones and Availability Sets 20 min
- Lesson Azure Load Balancer Design 20 min
- Lesson Application Gateway and WAF Design 20 min
- Lesson Azure Front Door and Global Load Balancing 20 min
- Lesson Azure Traffic Manager Routing Methods 20 min
- Lesson Multi-Region Architecture Design 25 min
- Lesson SLA Design and Composite SLAs 20 min
- Lesson Health Probes and Failover Configuration 20 min
- Lesson Azure Service Fabric for Stateful HA 20 min
- Quiz High Availability Quiz 5 questions
Design for Backup and Disaster Recovery
Design Azure Backup, Site Recovery, and resiliency strategies to meet RTO and RPO targets.
- Lesson Azure Backup Architecture and Vaults 20 min
- Lesson Backup Policies for VMs and Databases 20 min
- Lesson Azure Site Recovery Design 25 min
- Lesson RTO and RPO Planning Strategies 20 min
- Lesson Geo-Redundant and Cross-Region Recovery 20 min
- Lesson Hybrid and On-Premises Backup Solutions 20 min
- Lesson Resiliency Patterns and Chaos Engineering 25 min
- Lesson Disaster Recovery Testing and Drills 20 min
- Lesson Azure Immutable Backup and Soft Delete 20 min
- Quiz Backup and Disaster Recovery Quiz 5 questions
Business Continuity Review
Comprehensive review and scenario-based practice for business continuity topics.
Module 4: Design Infrastructure Solutions
Design compute, application architecture, network, and migration solutions for Azure infrastructure. (30-35% of exam)
Design Compute Solutions
Design VM, App Service, container, and serverless compute solutions for Azure workloads.
- Lesson Introduction to Azure Compute Options 15 min
- Lesson Virtual Machine Design and Sizing 20 min
- Lesson VM Scale Sets and Autoscaling Strategies 25 min
- Lesson Azure Batch for Large-Scale Workloads 20 min
- Lesson Azure App Service Plans and Design 20 min
- Lesson App Service Environments and Isolation 20 min
- Lesson Azure Container Instances 20 min
- Lesson Azure Kubernetes Service Architecture 25 min
- Lesson AKS Networking and Storage Design 25 min
- Lesson Azure Functions and Serverless Design 20 min
- Lesson Durable Functions and Orchestration 20 min
- Lesson Compute Decision Framework 25 min
- Lesson Azure Virtual Desktop Design 20 min
- Quiz Compute Solutions Quiz 5 questions
Design Application Architecture
Design microservices, messaging, API management, and caching for application architectures.
- Lesson Microservices Architecture Patterns 20 min
- Lesson Azure API Management Design 20 min
- Lesson Azure Service Bus Messaging Design 20 min
- Lesson Azure Event Grid and Event-Driven Architecture 20 min
- Lesson Azure Event Hubs for Streaming 20 min
- Lesson Azure Logic Apps and Integration Workflows 20 min
- Lesson Azure SignalR and Web PubSub 20 min
- Lesson Caching Strategies and Azure CDN 20 min
- Lesson App Configuration and Feature Flags 20 min
- Lesson Designing for Scalability and Performance 25 min
- Lesson Azure Container Apps Design 20 min
- Quiz Application Architecture Quiz 5 questions
Design Network Solutions
Design virtual networks, connectivity, security, and DNS solutions for Azure infrastructure.
- Lesson Virtual Network Design and Address Planning 20 min
- Lesson Subnet Design and Network Segmentation 20 min
- Lesson Hub-Spoke Network Topology 25 min
- Lesson Azure Virtual WAN Design 20 min
- Lesson VPN Gateway Design and Configuration 20 min
- Lesson ExpressRoute Circuit Design 25 min
- Lesson Network Security Groups Design 20 min
- Lesson Azure Firewall and Firewall Manager 25 min
- Lesson Azure DDoS Protection Design 20 min
- Lesson Private Endpoints and Private Link 20 min
- Lesson Azure DNS and DNS Architecture 20 min
- Lesson Network Performance and Traffic Routing 20 min
- Lesson Azure Bastion and Secure Access 20 min
- Quiz Network Solutions Quiz 5 questions
Design Migrations
Design migration strategies for VMs, databases, and applications to Azure.
- Lesson Azure Migrate Overview and Assessment 15 min
- Lesson Migration Assessment and Discovery 20 min
- Lesson Azure Cloud Adoption Framework for Migration 20 min
- Lesson VM Migration with Azure Migrate 20 min
- Lesson Database Migration with Azure DMS 25 min
- Lesson Application Migration to App Service 20 min
- Lesson Containerizing Applications for Migration 20 min
- Lesson Migration Cost Planning and Optimization 20 min
- Lesson Data Box and Offline Migration Methods 20 min
- Quiz Migrations Quiz 5 questions
Infrastructure Solutions Review
Comprehensive review and scenario-based practice for infrastructure design topics.
- Lesson Well-Architected Framework: Performance Pillar 25 min
- Lesson Well-Architected Framework: Cost Optimization 25 min
- Lesson Case Study: Enterprise Cloud Migration Design 30 min
- Lesson Case Study: Hybrid Infrastructure Architecture 30 min
- Quiz Module 4 Comprehensive Review Quiz 5 questions
- Quiz AZ-305 Final Practice Exam 5 questions
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