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Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Duration

Course Code

4 days

AZ-305T00-AC

About the Course

Overview


About the Course


This course teaches Azure Solution Architects how to design infrastructure solutions. Course topics cover governance, compute, application architecture, storage, data integration, authentication, networks, business continuity, and migrations. The course combines lecture with case studies to demonstrate basic architect design principles.


Audience Profile


Successful students have experience and knowledge in IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance. Students also have experience designing and architecting solutions.


Job role: Solution Architect

Preparation for exam: AZ-305


Prerequisites


Before attending this course, students must have previous experience deploying or administering Azure resources and strong conceptual knowledge of:Azure Active DirectoryAzure compute technologies such as VMs, containers and serverless solutionsAzure virtual networking to include load balancersAzure Storage technologies (unstructured and databases)General application design concepts such as messaging and high availabilityPrerequisite courses (or equivalent knowledge and hands-on experience):  This free online training will give you the experience you need to be successful in this course.AZ-104: Manage identities and governance in Azure - Learn | Microsoft DocsAZ-104: Implement and manage storage in Azure - Learn | Microsoft DocsAZ-104: Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure administrators - Learn | Microsoft DocsAZ-104: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources - Learn | Microsoft DocsAZ-104: Monitor and back up Azure resources - Learn | Microsoft Docs


Course Outline


Module 1: Design governance


Azure Architects design and recommend governance solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you’ll learn how to:


  • Design for governance.

  • Design for management groups.

  • Design for Azure subscriptions.

  • Design for resource groups.

  • Design for resource tagging.

  • Design for Azure policy.

  • Design for Azure role-based access control.

  • Design for Azure Blueprints.


Module 2: Design an Azure compute solution


Azure Architects design and recommend Azure compute solutions.


Learning objectives

In this module, you learn how to:


  • Choose an Azure compute service.

  • Design for Azure Virtual Machines solutions.

  • Design for Azure Batch solutions.

  • Design for Azure App Service solutions.

  • Design for Azure Container Instances solutions.

  • Design for Azure Kubernetes Service solutions.

  • Design for Azure Functions solutions.

  • Design for Azure Logic Apps solutions.


Module 3: Design a data storage solution for non-relational data


Azure Architects design and recommend non-relational data storage solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • Design for data storage.

  • Design for Azure storage accounts.

  • Design for Azure blob storage.

  • Design for data redundancy.

  • Design for Azure files.

  • Design an Azure disk solution.

  • Design for storage security.


Module 4: Design a data storage solution for relational data


Azure Architects design and recommend relational data storage solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • Design for Azure SQL Database.

  • Design for Azure SQL Managed Instance.

  • Design for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.

  • Recommend a solution for database scalability.

  • Recommend a solution for database availability.

  • Design protection for data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use.

  • Design for Azure SQL Edge.

  • Design for Azure Cosmos DB.

  • Design for Azure Table Storage.


Module 5: Design data integration


Azure Architects design and recommend data integration solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • 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 analytics solution with Azure Synapse Analytics.

  • Design strategies for hot, warm, and cold data paths.

  • Design an Azure Stream Analytics solution for data analysis.


Module 6: Design an application architecture


Azure Architects design and recommend application architectures.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • Describe message and event scenarios.

  • Design a messaging solution.

  • Design an Azure Event Hubs messaging solution.

  • Design an event-driven solution.

  • Design an automated app deployment solution.

  • Design API integration.

  • Design an application configuration management solution.

  • Design a caching solution.


Module 7: Design authentication and authorization solutions


Azure Architects design and recommend authentication and authorization solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • Design for identity and access management.

  • Design for Azure Active Directory.

  • Design for Azure Active Directory business-to-business (B2B).

  • Design for Azure Active Directory B2C (business-to-customer).

  • Design for conditional access.

  • Design for identity protection.

  • Design for access reviews.

  • Design for managed identities.

  • Design for service principals for applications.

  • Design for Azure Key Vault.


Module 8: Design a solution to log and monitor Azure resources


Azure Architects design and recommend logging and monitoring solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • Design for Azure Monitor data sources

  • Design for Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) workspaces

  • Design for Azure Workbooks and Azure insights

  • Design for Azure Data Explorer


Module 9: Design network solutions


Azure Architects design and recommend network solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements

  • Design for on-premises connectivity to Azure Virtual Network

  • Design for Azure network connectivity services

  • Design for application delivery services

  • Design for application protection services


Module 10: Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery


Learn how to select appropriate backup solutions and disaster recovery solutions for Azure workloads.


Learning objectives


In this module, you’ll learn how to:


  • 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 for Azure SQL backup and recovery.

  • Design for Azure Site Recovery.


Module 11: Design migrations

Azure Architects design and recommend migration solutions.


Learning objectives


In this module, you learn how to:


  • Evaluate migration with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

  • Describe the Azure Migration and Modernization Program (Azure Migration Framework)

  • Assess your on-premises workloads

  • Select a migration tool

  • Migrate your databases

  • Select an online storage migration tool

  • Migrate offline data


Module 12: Build great solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework


Learn how to design and build secure, scalable, high-performing solutions in Azure using the pillars of the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework.


This learning path helps prepare you for Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions.


Module 13: Accelerate cloud adoption with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure


Do you need a clear path forward for your cloud journey? This learning path includes best practice guidance to help you create a cloud strategy, define a cloud adoption plan, prepare your cloud environment with proper governance, and implement cloud operations in alignment with your organizational needs. Cloud architects and IT professionals will learn and engage with the proven best practices, tools, and documentation in the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure to build the technical knowledge needed to help your organization successfully adopt the cloud and meet business goals.


For additional learning on how to manage organizational alignment, take this learning module: Use the Cloud Adoption Framework to manage organizational alignment.

This learning path helps prepare you for Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions.

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