Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305) — Study Guide
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Design Identity, Governance, and Monitoring
Architects design how identities authenticate and authorize, how resources are governed at scale, and how the estate is monitored. This domain applies Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policy, and Azure Monitor to design requirements.
Design Data Storage Solutions
This domain covers selecting the right relational, non-relational, and object storage for a workload's consistency, scale, and cost requirements. Match the data characteristics to the appropriate Azure service.
Design Business Continuity Solutions
Architects design backup, high availability, and disaster recovery to meet recovery objectives. This domain centers on Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and resilient multi-region design.
Design Compute Infrastructure
This domain covers choosing and designing compute platforms: virtual machines, containers, and serverless, plus how applications are deployed and messaged. Match the workload to the right compute abstraction.
Design Network Infrastructure
Architects design connectivity, traffic distribution, and secure network access. This domain covers virtual networks, hybrid connectivity, load balancing, and private access to services.
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