AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: implement and monitor an Azure infrastructure; implement management and security solutions; implement solutions for apps; and implement and manage data platforms.

Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise in designing and implementing solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including aspects like compute, network, storage, and security. Candidates should have intermediate-level skills for administering Azure. Candidates should understand Azure development and DevOps processes.

Responsibilities for an Azure Solution Architect include advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions.

An Azure Solution Architect partners with cloud administrators, cloud DBAs, and clients to implement solutions.

A candidate for this exam should have advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance–this role should manage how decisions in each area affect an overall solution. In addition, this role should have expert-level skills in Azure administration and have experience with Azure development and DevOps processes.

Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Exam Summary:


Exam Name Microsoft Certified - Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Exam Code   AZ-303
Exam Price  $165 (USD)
Exam Price  150 mins
Number of Questions  40-60
Passing Score  700 / 1000
Books / Training AZ-303T00-A: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
AZ-030T00-A: Microsoft Azure technologies for AWS architects
Sample Questions  Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Sample Questions
Practice Exam  Microsoft AZ-303 Certification Practice Exam

Microsoft AZ-303 Exam Syllabus Topics:


Topic Details 
Implement and Monitor an Azure Infrastructure (50-55%)
Implement cloud infrastructure monitoring - monitor security
- monitor performance
- monitor health and availability
- monitor cost
- configure advanced logging
- initiate automated responses by using Action Groups
- configure and manage advanced alerts
Implement storage accounts - select storage account options based on a use case
- configure Azure Files and Azure Blob storage
- configure network access to the storage account
- implement Shared Access Signatures and access policies
- implement Azure AD authentication for storage
- manage access keys
- implement Azure storage replication
- implement Azure storage account failover
Implement VMs for Windows and Linux - configure high availability
- configure storage for VMs
- select virtual machine size
- implement Azure Dedicated Hosts
- deploy and configure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- configure managed disk encryption
Automate deployment and configuration of resources - save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template
- modify Azure Resource Manager template (JSON and Bicep)
- evaluate location of new resources
- configure a VHD image
- deploy from an image
- manage an image library
- create and execute an Azure Automation runbook
Implement virtual networking - implement VNet to VNet connections
- implement VNet peering
Implement Azure Active Directory - add custom domains
- configure Azure AD Identity Protection
- implement self-service password reset
- implement Conditional Access including MFA
- configure fraud alerts
- configure verification methods
- implement and manage guest accounts
- manage multiple directories
Implement and manage hybrid identities - install and configure Azure AD Connect
- identity synchronization options
- configure and manage password sync and password writeback
- configure single sign-on
- configure Azure AD Connect cloud sync
- use Azure AD Connect Health
Implement Management and Security Solutions (25-30%)
Manage workloads in Azure - migrate workloads using Azure Migrate
- implement Azure Backup for Azure workloads
- implement disaster recovery
- implement Azure Automation Update Management
Implement load balancing and network security - implement Azure Load Balancer
- implement an Azure Application Gateway
- implement Web Application Firewall
- implement Azure Firewall
- implement Azure Firewall Manager
- implement Azure Front Door
- implement Azure Traffic Manager
- implement Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups
- implement Bastion
Implement and manage Azure governance solutions - create and manage hierarchical structure that contains management groups, subscriptions and resource groups
- assign RBAC roles
- create a custom RBAC role
- configure access to Azure resources by assigning roles
- configure management access to Azure
- interpret effective permissions
- set up and perform an access review
- implement and configure Azure Policy
- implement and configure Azure Blueprints
Manage security for applications - implement and configure Key Vault
- implement and configure managed identities
- register and manage applications in Azure AD
Implement Solutions for Apps (10-15%)
Implement an application infrastructure - create and configure Azure App Service
- create an App Service Web App for Containers
- create and configure an App Service plan
- configure App Service
- configure networking for App Service
- create and manage deployment slots
- implement Logic Apps
- implement Azure Functions
Implement container-based applications - create a container image
- configure Azure Kubernetes Service
- push container images
- deploy a solution on an Azure Container Instance
Implement and Manage Data Platforms (10-15%)
Implement NoSQL databases - configure Azure Storage tables
- select appropriate Cosmos DB APIs
- set up replicas in Cosmos DB
Implement Azure SQL databases - configure Azure SQL database settings
- implement Azure SQL managed instances
- configure HA for an Azure SQL database
- deploy an Azure SQL database

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