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Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure Architect Design - AZ304


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The Microsoft Azure Architect Design -AZ304

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Microsoft Azure Architect Design - AZ304 Syllabus


Design Monitoring (10-15%)

Design for cost optimization

  • recommend a solution for cost management and cost reporting
  • recommend solutions to minimize costs

Design a solution for logging and monitoring

  • determine levels and storage locations for logs
  • plan for integration with monitoring tools including Azure Monitor and Azure Sentinel
  • recommend appropriate monitoring tool(s) for a solution
  • choose a mechanism for event routing and escalation
  • recommend a logging solution for compliance requirements

Design Identity and Security (25-30%)

Design authentication

  • recommend a solution for single-sign-on
  • recommend a solution for authentication
  • recommend a solution for Conditional Access, including multi-factor authentication
  • recommend a solution for network access authentication
  • recommend a solution for a hybrid identity including Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Connect cloud sync, and Azure AD Connect Health
  • recommend a solution for user self-service
  • recommend and implement a solution for B2B integration

Design authorization

  • choose an authorization approach
  • recommend a hierarchical structure that includes management groups, subscriptions, and resource groups
  • ecommend an access management solution including RBAC policies, access reviews, role assignments, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Azure AD Identity Protection, Just In Time (JIT) access

Design governance

  • recommend a strategy for tagging
  • recommend a solution for using Azure Policy
  • recommend a solution for using Azure Blueprintsy
  • recommend a solution that leverages Azure Resource Graph

Design security for applications

  • recommend a solution that includes Key Vault
  • recommend a solution that includes managed identities
  • recommend a solution for integrating applications into Azure AD

Design Data Storage (15-20%)

  • Design a solution for databases
  • select an appropriate data platform based on requirements
  • recommend database service tier sizing
  • recommend a solution for database scalability
  • recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use

Design data integration

  • recommend a data flow to meet business requirements
  • implement Azure Backup for Azure workloads
  • recommend a solution for data integration, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics

Select an appropriate storage account

  • choose between storage tiers
  • recommend a storage access solution
  • recommend storage management tools

Design Business Continuity (10-15%)

Design a solution for backup and recovery

  • recommend a recovery solution for Azure hybrid and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives (RTO, RLO, RPO)
  • design and Azure Site Recovery solution
  • recommend a solution for recovery in different regions
  • recommend a solution for geo-redundancy of workloads
  • recommend a solution for Azure Backup management
  • design a solution for data archiving and retention

Design for high availability

  • recommend a solution for application and workload redundancy, including compute, database, and storage
  • recommend a solution for autoscaling
  • identify resources that require high availability
  • identify storage types for high availability

Design Infrastructure (25-30%)

Design a compute solution

  • recommend a solution for compute provisioning
  • determine appropriate compute technologies, including virtual machines, App Services, Service Fabric, Azure Functions, Azure Virtual Desktop, Batch, HPC and containers - recommend a solution for containers
  • recommend a solution for automating compute management

Design a network solution

  • recommend a network architecture (hub and spoke, Virtual WAN)
  • recommend a solution for network addressing and name resolution
  • recommend a solution for network provisioning
  • recommend a solution for network security including private Link, firewalls, gateways, network segmentation (perimeter networks/DMZs/NVAs)
  • recommend a solution for network connectivity to the Internet, on-premises networks, and other Azure virtual networks
  • recommend a solution for automating network management
  • recommend a solution for load balancing and traffic routing

Design an application architecture

  • ecommend a microservices architecture including Event Grid, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Azure Queue Storage, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Service Fabric, AKS, Azure App Configuration and webhooks
  • recommend an orchestration solution for deployment and maintenance of applications including ARM templates, Azure Automation, Azure Pipelines, Logic Apps, or Azure Functions
  • recommend a solution for API integration

Design migrations

  • assess and interpret on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration
  • recommend a solution for migrating applications and VMs
  • recommend a solution for migration of databases
  • determine migration scope, including redundant, related, trivial, and outdated data
  • recommend a solution for migrating data (Storage Migration Service, Azure Data Box, Azure File Sync-based migration to hybrid file server)

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