An independent, self-paced exam preparation course for cloud professionals studying for the AZ-305 exam. Seven lessons follow the exam’s design areas: identity, governance and monitoring; data storage solutions; business continuity; compute and application architecture; networking; migration; and case-study exam technique. This is exam preparation only: it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft, does not include an exam voucher and does not award any certification. Check the current official study guide and prerequisites before you book.
What you will learn
- Design identity, governance and monitoring solutions
- Choose relational, non-relational and storage services
- Design backup and disaster recovery
- Choose compute and application architectures
- Design network connectivity and security
- Plan migrations
- Work through case-study questions efficiently
Lessons
- Identity, Governance and Monitoring
- Data Storage Solutions
- Business Continuity
- Compute and Application Architecture
- Networking
- Migration
- Case Studies and Exam Technique
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Lessons
Identity, Governance and Monitoring
Data Storage Solutions
Relational data Choose between managed SQL database options, managed instances for compatibility with existing SQL Server workloads, and SQL on virtual machines for full control. Consider service tiers, elastic pools and scaling. Non-relational data Globally distributed multi-model databases offer selectable consistency levels and multi-region writes. Table storage suits simple key-value data. Storage accounts Blob, file, […]
Business Continuity
Objectives Start from RTO and RPO for each workload. Backup Use the managed backup service with vaults, retention policies and soft delete. Test restores. Disaster recovery Use site recovery for virtual machine replication between regions. Use database geo-replication and failover groups. High availability Availability zones, availability sets, zone-redundant services and load balancing. Exercise Design continuity […]
Compute and Application Architecture
Compute choices Virtual machines and scale sets for full control; app service for web apps; container apps and managed Kubernetes for containers; functions for event-driven code; batch for large parallel jobs. Messaging Queues and service bus for reliable messaging, event grid for event routing, event hubs for high-volume streams. API management Publish and secure APIs […]
Networking
Topology Hub-and-spoke virtual networks with peering, or managed virtual WAN for large estates. Hybrid connectivity Site-to-site VPN and dedicated private connections, with VPN as backup. Security Network security groups, a managed firewall in the hub, private endpoints for platform services and web application firewalls. Load balancing Choose among layer-4 load balancing, application gateways, global front […]
Migration
Assessment Use the migration hub to discover servers, assess readiness and estimate costs. Strategies Rehost, refactor, rearchitect, rebuild or replace. Use database migration services for SQL workloads. Licensing Bring-your-own-licence benefits can reduce costs for eligible workloads. Exercise Plan migration for 100 virtual machines and 20 SQL Server databases: assessment approach, strategy per workload type, tools […]
Case Studies and Exam Technique
Case studies Case studies describe an organisation’s current environment, requirements and constraints. Read requirements carefully and note words like “minimise cost” or “minimise administrative effort”. Approach Map each requirement to a design area. Eliminate options that violate constraints. Prefer managed services when operational effort matters. Study plan Use the official study guide, documentation, architecture centre […]