Microsoft Azure
Design solutions that run on Azure, covering compute, network, storage, and security components.
Avg Salary
$165k/yr
Difficulty
Expert
Prep Time
~240h
Exam Cost
$165
Skills Covered
Questions
60
Duration
120 min
Pass Score
70%
Format
Multiple choice
Design Identity, Governance, and Monitoring Solutions
4 objectives
Recommend an identity management solution (Azure AD, B2C, external identities, hybrid identity).
Design a solution for logging and monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights).
Design governance solutions (Management Groups, policies, blueprints, RBAC, Defender for Cloud).
Design identities and access for applications (managed identities, service principals, app registrations).
Design Data Storage Solutions
4 objectives
Design a data storage solution for relational data (Azure SQL, SQL Managed Instance, SQL on VMs).
Design data integration solutions (Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, event-driven architectures).
Recommend a data storage solution based on requirements (Blob, Data Lake, Queue, Table, Cosmos DB).
Design a solution for data protection (backup strategies, soft delete, replication, retention policies).
Design Business Continuity Solutions
3 objectives
Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery (Azure Backup, Site Recovery, geo-redundancy).
Design for high availability (Availability Zones, Availability Sets, Traffic Manager, Front Door).
Recommend recovery targets (RTO/RPO) and select the appropriate Azure services to meet them.
Design Infrastructure Solutions
5 objectives
Design a compute solution (VM series, AKS, App Service, Container Apps, Azure Functions).
Design an application architecture (API Management, Event Grid, Service Bus, Logic Apps, Durable Functions).
Design migrations to Azure (Azure Migrate, Database Migration Service, data box options).
Design network solutions (Hub-spoke, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN, peering, DNS, Private Endpoints).
Design security for compute, storage, and application layers (NSGs, Azure Firewall, DDoS, WAF).
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