Azure Certified Solution Architect Expert (AZ-305) Course Details:

Design a solution for logging and monitoring

• Design a log routing solution

• Recommend an appropriate level of logging

• Recommend monitoring tools for a solution

Design authentication and authorization solutions

• Recommend a solution for securing resources with role-based access control

• Recommend an identity management solution

• Recommend a solution for securing identities

Design governance

• Recommend an organizational and hierarchical structure for Azure resources

• Recommend a solution for enforcing and auditing compliance

Design identities and access for applications

• Recommend solutions to allow applications to access Azure resources

• Recommend a solution that securely stores passwords and secrets

• Recommend a solution for integrating applications into Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra

• Recommend a user consent solution for applications

Design a data storage solution for relational data

• Recommend database service tier sizing

• Recommend a solution for database scalability

• Recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use

Design data integration

• Recommend a solution for data integration

• Recommend a solution for data analysis

Recommend a data storage solution

• Recommend a solution for storing relational data

• Recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data

• Recommend a solution for storing non-relational data

Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

• Recommend access control solutions to data storage

• Recommend a data storage solution to balance features, performance, and cost

• Design a data solution for protection and durability

Design a data storage solution for relational data

• Recommend database service tier sizing

• Recommend a solution for database scalability

• Recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use

Design data integration

• Recommend a solution for data integration

• Recommend a solution for data analysis

Recommend a data storage solution

• Recommend a solution for storing relational data

• Recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data

• Recommend a solution for storing non-relational data

Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

• Recommend access control solutions to data storage

• Recommend a data storage solution to balance features, performance, and cost

• Design a data solution for protection and durability

Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

• Recommend a recovery solution for Azure, hybrid, and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives (Recovery Time Objective [RTO], Recovery Level Objective [RLO], Recovery Point Objective [RPO])

• Understand the recovery solutions for containers

• Recommend a backup and recovery solution for compute

• Recommend a backup and recovery solution for databases

• Recommend a backup and recovery solution for unstructured data

Design for high availability

• Identify the availability requirements of Azure resources

• Recommend a high availability solution for compute

• Recommend a high availability solution for non-relational data storage

• Recommend a high availability solution for relational data storage

Design a compute solution

• Recommend a virtual machine–based compute solution

• Recommend an appropriately sized compute solution based on workload requirements

• Recommend a container-based compute solution

• Recommend a serverless-based compute solution

Design an application architecture

• Recommend a caching solution for applications

• Recommend a messaging architecture

• Recommend an event-driven architecture

• Recommend an automated deployment solution for your applications

• Recommend an application configuration management solution

• Recommend a solution for API integration

Design migrations

• Evaluate a migration solution that leverages the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Assess and interpret on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration

• Recommend a solution for migrating applications and virtual machines

• Recommend a solution for migrating databases

• Recommend a solution for migrating unstructured data

Design network solutions

• Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements

• Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet

• Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to on-premises networks

• Optimize network performance for applications

• Recommend a solution to optimize network security

• Recommend a load balancing and routing solution