Question 1

Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions (25–30%)

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Design data storage solutions (25–30%)

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Design data storage solutions (25–30%)

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Design business continuity solutions (10–15%)

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Design infrastructure solutions (25–30%)

Accepted Answer

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

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

Course Duration

Course Eligibility

Course Curriculum

Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions (25–30%)

Design data storage solutions (25–30%)

Design data storage solutions (25–30%)

Design business continuity solutions (10–15%)

Design infrastructure solutions (25–30%)