AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

AZ-305 Course: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

This course teaches Azure solutions architects how to design infrastructure solutions . Course topics cover governance, process, application architecture, storage, data integration, authentication, networking, business continuity, and migrations. The course combines lectures with practical cases to demonstrate the architect's core design principles.

The course includes a certification exam and a bonus opportunity for a virtual gift! *Promotion valid until August 31st, for customers in Spain only. Does not apply to self-learning.

Course aimed at

Eligible students have experience and knowledge of IT operations such as networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, budgeting, and governance. Students also have experience designing and architecting solutions.

Elements of this AZ-305 formation

• Microsoft Azure Architect Design Prerequisites (6 modules)
• Designing Identity, Governance, and Oversight Solutions (3 modules)
• Designing business continuity solutions (2 modules)
• Data Storage Solutions Design (3 modules)
• Infrastructure Solutions Design (4 modules)

AZ-305 Course Content

Module 1 Design Governance

• Design for governance.
• Design for management groups.
• Design for subscriptions.
• Design for resource groups.
• Designs for resource labels.
• Design for Azure Policy.
• Design for Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Design for Azure Blueprints.
• Landing zone design.

Module 2 Designing an Azure Compute Solution

• Choosing an Azure Compute Service.
• Designing Azure virtual machine solutions.
• Design Azure Batch solutions.
• Designing Azure App Service solutions.
• Design Azure Container Instances solutions.
• Designing Azure Kubernetes Service solutions.
• Designing Azure Functions solutions
• Designing Azure Logic Apps solutions

Module 3 Designing a data storage solution for non-relational data

• Design for data storage.
• Design for Azure storage accounts.
• Design for data redundancy.
• Azure Blob Storage Design.
• Design for Azure Files.
• Azure Managed Disk Design.
• Design for storage security.

Module 4 Designing a Data Warehouse Solution for Relational Data

• Design for Azure SQL Database.
• Design for Azure SQL Managed Instance.
• Designing SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
• Recommendation for a solution for database scalability.
• Recommend a solution for database availability.
• Security design for data at rest, in motion, and in use.
• Designing for Azure SQL Edge.
• Design for Azure Cosmos DB and Table Storage

Module 5 Data Integration Design

• Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Factory.
• Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Lake.
• Design a data integration and analytics solution with Azure Databricks.
• Design a data integration and analysis solution with Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Design strategies for frequently, medium, or infrequently accessed data routes.
• Design an Azure Stream Analytics solution for data analysis.

Module 6. Designing an application architecture

• Describe message and event scenarios.
• Design a messaging solution.
• Design an Azure Events Hubs messaging solution.
• Design an event-driven solution.
• Design a caching solution.
• Design API integration.
• Design an automated application deployment solution.
  
• Design an application configuration management solution.

Module 7 Designing Authentication and Authorization Solutions

• Design for Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Design for Azure Active Directory.
• Design for Azure Active Directory business-to-business (B2B).
• Design for Azure Active Directory Business-to-Consumer (B2C).
• Design for conditional access.
• Design for identity protection.
• Design for access reviews.
• Designing service entities for applications.
• Design of managed identities.
• Design for Azure Key Vault.

Module 8 Designing a Solution to Log and Monitor Azure Resources

• Designing Azure Monitor data sources.
• Designing Azure Monitor Logs Workspaces (Log Analytics).
• Azure Workbooks and Azure insights design.
• Design for Azure Data Explorer.

Module 9 Network Solution Design

• Recommendation of a network architecture solution based on workload requirements.
• Design for on-premises connectivity to Azure Virtual Network.
• Design patterns for Azure network connectivity services.
• Design of connectivity and outbound routing.
• Choosing an application delivery service.
• Design for application delivery services.
• Design for application protection services.

Module 10: Designing a Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution

• 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 Azure SQL backup and recovery.
• Design for Azure Site Recovery.

Module 11. Migration Design

• Migration Assessment with the Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Description of the Azure migration framework.
• Assessment of local workloads.
• Selecting a migration tool.
• Migration of structured data in databases.
• Selecting an Online Storage Migration Tool for Unstructured Data
• Offline data migration.

Module 12: Building Great Solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

• Pillars of the Azure architecture framework.
• Cost optimization.
• Operational excellence.
• Performance efficiency.
• Reliability.
• Security.

Module 13 Accelerating Cloud Adoption in the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Client narrative.
• Common blockers.

Prerequisites

Before participating in this course, students should have prior experience deploying or managing Azure resources and a solid conceptual understanding of:

• Azure Active Directory

• Azure computing technologies, such as virtual machines, containers, and serverless solutions

• Azure virtual networks, to include load balancers

• Azure Storage Technologies (Databases and Unstructured)

• General application design concepts, such as messaging and high availability

Language

• Course: English / Spanish

• Labs: English / Spanish

Related Microsoft Certification: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Get certified:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator)

Take an exam:

• AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solution

Get certified:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert