Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305T00)

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Prepare your landing zone for migration.
• Evaluate the readiness of your workload and plan for the migrated state.
• Deploy assets and remediate problems.
• Release your deployed workloads to production.
• Compare compute types, including container instances, virtual machines, and functions
• Describe virtual machine (VM) options, including VMs, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, Azure Virtual Desktop
• Describe resources required for virtual machines
• Describe application hosting options, including Azure Web Apps, containers, and virtual machines
• Describe virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure Virtual Networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, VPN Gateway, and ExpressRoute

Define public and private endpoints
 

Successful students have experience and knowledge in IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance. Students also have experience designing and architecting solutions. Before attending this course, students must have previous experience deploying or administering Azure resources and strong conceptual knowledge of:

• Azure compute technologies such as VMs, containers and serverless solutions
• Azure virtual networking to include load balancers
• Azure Storage technologies (unstructured and databases)
• General application design concepts such as messaging and high availability

Before attending this course, students must have previous experience deploying or administering Azure resources and strong conceptual knowledge of: Azure Active Directory; Azure compute technologies such as VMs, containers and serverless solutions; Azure virtual networking to include load balancers; Azure Storage technologies (unstructured and databases); General application design concepts such as messaging and high availability.
 

AZ-305 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Prerequisites Describe the core architectural components of Azure

• Introduction
• What is Microsoft Azure
• Get started with Azure accounts
• Exercise - Explore the Learn sandbox
• Describe Azure physical infrastructure
• Describe Azure management infrastructure
• Exercise - Create an Azure resource

Describe Azure compute and networking services

• Introduction
• Describe Azure virtual machines
• Exercise - Create an Azure virtual machine
• Describe Azure virtual desktop
• Describe Azure containers
• Describe Azure functions
• Describe application hosting options
• Describe Azure virtual networking
• Exercise - Configure network access
• Describe Azure virtual private networks
• Describe Azure ExpressRoute
• Describe Azure DNS
• Knowledge check

Describe Azure storage services

• Introduction
• Describe Azure storage accounts
• Describe Azure storage redundancy
• Describe Azure storage services
• Exercise - Create a storage blob
• Identify Azure data migration options
• Identify Azure file movement options
• Knowledge check

Describe Azure identity, access, and security

• Introduction
• Describe Azure directory services
• Describe Azure authentication methods
• Describe Azure external identities
• Describe Azure conditional access
• Describe Azure role-based access control
• Describe Zero Trust model
• Describe defense-in-depth
• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Introduction
• Overview
• Define strategy
• Plan
• Ready
• Adopt
• Govern and manage
• Knowledge check

Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

• Introduction
• Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars
• Cost optimization
• Operational excellence
• Performance efficiency
• Reliability
• Security
• Summary

AZ-305: Design identity, governance, and monitor solutions Design governance

• Introduction
• Design for governance
• Design for management groups
• Design for subscriptions
• Design for resource groups
• Design for resource tags
• Design for Azure Policy
• Design for role-based access control (RBAC)
• Design for Azure landing zones
• Knowledge check

Design authentication and authorization solutions

• Introduction
• Design for identity and access management (IAM)
• Design for Microsoft Entra ID
• Design for Microsoft Entra business-to-business (B2B)
• Design for Azure Active Directory B2C (business-to-customer)
• Design for conditional access
• Design for identity protection
• Design for access reviews
• Design service principals for applications
• Design managed identities
• Design for Azure Key Vault
• Knowledge check

Design a solution to log and monitor Azure resources

• Introduction
• Design for Azure Monitor data sources
• Design for Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) workspaces
• Design for Azure Workbooks and Azure insights
• Design for Azure Data Explorer
• Knowledge check

AZ-305: Design business continuity solutions Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies

• Introduction
• Describe recovery time objective and recovery point objective
• Explore high availability and disaster recovery options
• Describe Azure high availability and disaster recovery features for Azure Virtual Machines
• Describe high availability and disaster recovery options for PaaS deployments
• Explore an IaaS high availability and disaster recovery solution
• Describe hybrid solutions
• Knowledge check

Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

• Introduction
• Design for backup and recovery
• Design for Azure Backup
• Design for Azure blob backup and recovery
• Design for Azure files backup and recovery
• Design for Azure virtual machine backup and recovery
• Design for Azure SQL backup and recovery
• Design for Azure Site Recovery
• Knowledge check

AZ-305: Design data storage solutions Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

• Introduction
• Design for data storage
• Design for Azure storage accounts
• Design for data redundancy
• Design for Azure Blob Storage
• Design for Azure Files
• Design for Azure managed disks
• Design for storage security
• Knowledge check

Design a data storage solution for relational data

• Introduction
• Design for Azure SQL Database
• Design for Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Design for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• Recommend a solution for database scalability
• Recommend a solution for database availability
• Design security for data at rest, data in motion, and data in use
• Design for Azure SQL Edge
• Design for Azure Cosmos DB and Table Storage
• Knowledge check

Design data integration

• Introduction
• Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Factory
• Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Lake
• Design a data integration and analytic solution with Azure Databricks
• Design a data integration and analytic solution with Azure Synapse Analytics
• Design strategies for hot, warm, and cold data paths
• Design an Azure Stream Analytics solution for data analysis
• Knowledge check

AZ-305: Design infrastructure solutions Design an Azure compute solution

• Introduction
• Choose an Azure compute service
• Design for Azure Virtual Machines solutions
• Design for Azure Batch solutions
• Design for Azure App Service solutions
• Design for Azure Container Instances solutions
• Design for Azure Kubernetes Service solutions
• Design for Azure Functions solutions
• Design for Azure Logic Apps solutions
• Knowledge check

Design an application architecture

• Introduction
• Describe message and event scenarios
• Design a messaging solution
• Design an Azure Event Hubs messaging solution
• Design an event-driven solution
• Design a caching solution
• Design API integration
• Design an automated app deployment solution
• Design an app configuration management solution
• Knowledge check

Design network solutions

• Introduction
• Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements
• Design patterns for Azure network connectivity services
• Design outbound connectivity and routing
• Design for on-premises connectivity to Azure Virtual Network
• Choose an application delivery service
• Design for application delivery services
• Design for application protection services
• Knowledge check

Design migrations

• Introduction
• Evaluate migration with the Cloud Adoption Framework
• Describe the Azure migration framework
• Assess your on-premises workloads
• Select a migration tool
• Migrate your structured data in databases
• Select an online storage migration tool for unstructured data
• Migrate offline data
• Knowledge check

Build great solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

• Introduction
• Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars
• Cost optimization
• Operational excellence
• Performance efficiency
• Reliability
• Security
• Summary

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost Optimization

• Introduction
• Develop cost-management discipline
• Design with a cost-efficiency mindset
• Design for usage optimization
• Design for rate optimization
• Monitor and optimize over time

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Operational excellence

• Introduction
• Embrace DevOps culture
• Establish development standards
• Evolve operations with observability
• Deploy with confidence
• Automate for efficiency
• Adopt safe deployment practices

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Performance efficiency

• Introduction
• Negotiate realistic performance targets
• Design to meet capacity requirements
• Achieve and sustain performance
• Improve efficiency through optimization

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Reliability

• Introduction
• Design for business requirements
• Design for resilience
• Design for recovery
• Design for operations
• Keep it simple

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Security

• Introduction
• Plan your security readiness
• Design to protect confidentiality
• Design to protect integrity
• Design to protect availability
• Sustain and evolve your security posture
• Summary

Accelerate cloud adoption with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure Getting started with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Introduction
• Customer narrative
• Common blockers
• Knowledge check

Prepare for successful cloud adoption with a well-defined strategy

• Introduction
• Customer narrative
• Capture strategic motivation
• Define objectives and key results
• Evaluate financial considerations
• Understand technical considerations
• Create a business case
• Knowledge check

Prepare for cloud adoption with a data-driven plan

• Introduction
• Customer narrative
• Exercise - Deploy your first cloud adoption plan
• Exercise - Assess your digital estate
• Exercise - Customize your cloud adoption plan

Choose the best Azure landing zone to support your requirements for cloud operations

• Introduction
• Customer narrative
• Common operating models
• Design areas for Azure landing zones
• Design principles for Azure landing zones
• Journey to the target architecture
• Choose an Azure landing zone option
• Deploy the Azure landing zone accelerator
• Enhance your landing zone

Use the Cloud Adoption Framework Migrate methodology to migrate your workload to the cloud

• Introduction
• Prepare for your migration
• Assess your workload
• Deploy your assets
• Release your workload
• Knowledge check

Address tangible risks with the Govern methodology of the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Introduction
• Customer narrative
• Govern methodology
• Assess cloud governance risks
• Document cloud governance policies
• Enforce cloud governance policies
• Monitor cloud governance

Ensure stable operations and optimization across all supported workloads deployed to the cloud

• Introduction
• Establish business commitments
• Deploy an operations baseline
• Protect and recover
• Enhance an operations baseline
• Manage platform and workload specialization
• Knowledge check

Innovate applications by using Azure cloud technologies

• Introduction
• Follow the innovation lifecycle
• Azure technologies for the build process
• Infuse your applications with AI
• Azure technologies for measuring business impact
• Azure technologies for the learn process
• Knowledge check

Prepare for cloud security by using the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Introduction
• Customer narrative
• Methodology
• Security roles and responsibilities
• Simplify compliance and security
• Simplify security implementation
• Security tools and policies
• Summary