Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305) Online Training

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UPDATED: May 19, 2025

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Master the art of designing Azure solutions that meet identity, governance, monitoring, storage, continuity, compute, migration, and networking requirements across enterprise environments. You’ll learn to recommend and implement logging and monitoring with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics; architect identity and access with Entra ID, Managed Identities, and Key Vault; structure management groups, subscriptions, and policies for governance; choose relational and NoSQL storage tiers for performance and cost; plan backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies with Azure Backup and Site Recovery; design compute and application architectures using VMs, AKS, and Functions; evaluate migrations with the Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Migrate; and optimize connectivity and security with VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Application Gateway, and Azure Firewall.

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What you'll learn

Designing end-to-end logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Traffic Analytics
Architecting identity, authentication, and authorization frameworks using Entra ID Conditional Access, Managed Identities, and Azure Key Vault
Structuring governance with management groups, subscription hierarchies, resource tagging, Azure Policy, and Blueprints
Selecting and configuring relational (Azure SQL Database) and semi-/unstructured (Cosmos DB, Storage Accounts) data storage for scalability, performance, and durability
Planning and implementing backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions with Azure Backup, Site Recovery, and geo-redundant storage
Designing secure, high-performance network topologies with VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, and Azure Firewall

FAQs

Is the Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) worth it?

Yes, the Azure Solutions Architect Expert cert is worth it: Azure is one of the leading cloud platforms globally and organizations of all sizes are migrating their infrastructure to it. The credential proves your ability with designing and implementing scalable, reliable and secure Azure solutions for them. As a credential, it represents the trust that organizations can put in you, knowing you can take their business needs and actualize them in their Azure network.

How much does the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert cost?

It costs $165 to take the AZ-305 and earn the Azure Solutions Architect Expert. The cert used to have two separate exams (AZ-303 and AZ-304), but Microsoft consolidated them, so you only need to pay for one exam. However, there is still a prerequisite certification, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate – and its exam (AZ-104) costs $165 as well. So the total cost to earn the Azure Solutions Architect Expert is at least $330 before training and preparation costs.

How difficult is the Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) exam?

While obviously the difficulty of the exam varies for each person, the Azure Solutions Architect Expert is considered an advanced-level certification and the AZ-305 exam requires a solid understanding of Azure services, architecture and design principles. Study and preparation will only get you so far, you'll also need experience working with large-scale business problems and converting them into Azure-based solutions, which is hard to read or study about.

Does the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification expire?

Yes, the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert expires one year from the date you earn it. One year is an uncommonly short lifespan for an IT certification, but in an effort to keep the skills of everyone who earns their associate, specialty and expert certifications up-to-date with evolving technology, Microsoft requires frequent renewals. Fortunately, if your Azure Solutions Architect Expert is active and will expire within six months, the renewal exam for it is free.

How to study for the Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)?

The test objectives for the Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) cover a comprehensive set of abilities and expertise required to architect, build, and manage complex cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure services. The best way to study for the AZ-305 tends to be in virtual simulations and test environments. Inside those, you can experiment with Azure services, try out scalability solutions and test security configurations without endangering a real network.

Who is this for?

This AZ-305 training is considered associate-level Azure training, which means it was designed for cloud administrators. This Azure skills course is designed for cloud administrators with three to five years of experience with Microsoft's cloud platform.

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