Microsoft Designing Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305) Pearson Skilling Suite
The Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions course focuses knowledge and understanding of the Microsoft Azure platform, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance scenarios. Designed for modern IT professionals, this course focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Expert level.
The goal of this course is to provide you with all the tools you need to prepare for the AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam — including text explanations, video demos, lab activities, self-assessment questions, and a practice exam— to increase your chances of passing the exam on your first try
Duration:Approximately 32 hours. Actual duration will vary by student.
Course Components:- Full eBook Text Lessons
- Video learning
- Hands-on Labs
- Certification Practice Exams
Participants who are Azure Solutions Architects, who advise the stakeholders responsible for translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions
Recomended Prerequisites- 1-2 years of experience working in the field
- Experience working with Microsoft Azure as am Azure Solutions Architect
Upon successfull completion of this course, student will be able to:
- Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
- Design data storage solutions
- Design business continuity solutions
- Design infrastructure solutions
Lesson 1: Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions (2 hours)
- Skill 1.1: Design a solution for logging and monitoring (36 minutes)
- Design a log routing solution
- Recommend an appropriate level of logging
- Recommend monitoring tools for a solution
- Skill 1.2: Design authentication and authorization solutions (36 minutes)
- Recommend a solution for securing resources with role-based access control
- Recommend an identity management solution
- Recommend a solution for securing identities
- Skill 1.3: Design governance (24 minutes)
- Recommend an organizational and hierarchical structure for Azure resources
- Recommend a solution for enforcing and auditing compliance
- Skill 1.4: Design identities and access for applications (48 minutes)
- 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 Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
- Recommend a user consent solution for applications
- Summary
- Case Study
- Case Study Answer
- Quiz
Lesson 2: Design data storage solutions (2 hours and 12 minutes)
- Skill 2.1: Design a data storage solutions for relational data (36 minutes)
- 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
- Skill 2.2: Design data integration (24 minutes)
- Recommend a solution for data integration
- Recommend a solution for data analysis
- Skill 2.3: Recommend a data storage solution (36 minutes)
- Recommend a solution for storing relational data
- Recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data
- Recommend a solution for storing nonrelational data
- Skill 2.4: Design a data storage solution for nonrelational data (36 minutes)
- 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
- Summary
- Case Study
- Case Study Answer
- Quiz
Lesson 3: Design business continuity solutions (2 hours)
- Skill 3.1: Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery
- Recommend a recovery solution for Azure, hybrid, and on-premises workloads that meet 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 system for compute
- Recommend a backup and recovery solution for databases
- Recommend a backup and recovery solution for unstructured data
- Skill 3.2: Design for high availability (48 minutes)
- 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 databases
- Summary
- Case Study
- Case Study Answer
- Quiz
Lesson 4: Design infrastructure solutions
- Skill 4.1: Design a compute solution (48 minutes)
- 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
- Skill 4.2: Design an application structure (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- Recommend a caching solution for applications
- Recommend a messaging architecture
- Recommend an event-driven architecture
- Recommend an application configuration management solution
- Recommend an automated deployment solution for your application
- Recommend a solution for API integration
- Skill 4.3: Design migrations (1 hour)
- 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 VMs
- Recommend a solution for migration of databases
- Recommend a solution for migrating unstructured data
- Skill 4.4: Design network solutions (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- 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
- Recommend a solution to optimize network performance for applications
- Recommend a solution to optimize network security
- Recommend a solution for load balancing and traffic routing
- Summary
- Case Study
- Case Study Answer
- Quiz
