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Designing Infrastructure Solutions with Microsoft Azure Architecture
Prepare for the AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam
This course has been created in partnership with Microsoft. |
Solutions architects play a vital role in ensuring business processes and IT infrastructure work harmoniously within organizations.
On this five-week course, you’ll examine how to design solutions as an architect, using Azure services, and gain the skills to take the AZ-305 exam.
Discover key concepts for a career as a solutions architect
Architects align IT solutions with organisation objectives, designing solutions to address business goals and needs.
Building on your understanding of business processes, you’ll examine how to identify optimization opportunities and design solutions for specific areas of business and IT, from business continuity to data storage.
Learn to design hybrid and cloud solutions using Azure
Azure services offer a range of tools to help you respond to challenges across IT platforms.
Using tools including Azure Active Directory, Data Factory, and Azure App Services, you’ll gain a comprehensive overview of Azure and its real-world applications.
You’ll be able to design solutions using appropriate Azure services, as well as explaining your design process to stakeholders.
Improve your knowledge of IT operations across frameworks
Successful architects create high-performing solutions that address a number of needs at once, not just in isolation.
You’ll learn how to use the Azure Well-Architected Framework to optimize costs, reliability, and security.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to design business solutions using Azure architecture and be ready to take the AZ-305 exam, demonstrating your skills as an Azure Solutions Architect.
Syllabus
Week 1
Design Identity, Governance and Monitor Solutions
Design governance
In this activity, you will learn about how to design with governance in mind. You will learn different strategies for implementing an organizational hierarchy and enforcing rules and policies.
Design authentication and authorization solutions
In this activity, you will learn how to design with authentication and authorization in mind. You will also learn different strategies for implementing identities and access for applications.
Design a solution to log and monitor Azure resources
In this activity, you will study about design a solution to log and monitor Azure resources.
Week 2
Design Business Continuity Solutions
Design for high availability
During this activity, you will learn how to design a solution to log and monitor Azure resources.
Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery
In this activity, you will study about designing a solution for backup and disaster recovery. You will also learn how to select appropriate disaster recovery options for these workloads.
Week 3
Design Data Storage Solutions
Design a data storage solution for non-relational data
During this activity, you will learn how to design a data storage solution for non-relational data, the different strategies for storage accounts, blob storage, file storage disk storage, storage security, and data protection.
Design a data storage solution for relational data
In this activity, you will learn how to design a data storage solution for relational data.
Design data integration
In this activity, you will learn about Azure design data integration, data analysis solutions and how to choose what is appropriate for your scenario.
Week 4
Design Infrastructure Solutions
Design a compute solution
During this activity, you will be taught how to design a compute solution and how to choose and recommend an Azure compute service.
Design an application architecture
In this activity, you will learn about design an application architecture and how to use these services to create scalable and efficient solutions.
Design network solutions
During this activity, you will study about how to design network solutions.
Design migrations
In this activity, you will study how to to design migrations and select the appropriate migration option to support Tailwind Trader's planned migrations.
Week 5
Build Great Solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
You want to build great things on Azure, but you're not sure exactly what that means. Using key principles throughout your architecture can help you design, build, and continuously improve your architecture.
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost optimization
Learn how to use the cost optimization pillar of the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework to design a cloud-based architecture that is efficient, removes waste, and gives you clarity into where your money is spent
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Operational excellence
Learn how to design an Azure architecture that uses modern practices and gives you full visibility into what's happening in your environment.
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Performance efficiency
Scaling your system to handle load, identifying network bottlenecks, and optimizing your storage performance are important to ensure your users have the best experience. Learn how to make your application perform at its best.
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Reliability
Learn how to handle infrastructure and service failure, recover from the loss of data, and recover from a disaster by incorporating reliability into your architecture.
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Security
Learn how to incorporate security into your architecture design, and discover the tools that Azure provides to help you create a secure environment through all the layers of your architecture.
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On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Apply design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
- Demonstrate understanding of design data storage solutions
- Create business continuity solutions in the cloud using Infrastructure Solutions with Microsoft Azure Architecture.
- Design infrastructure solutions
- Develop solutions on Azure
Who is the course for?
This course is designed to help prepare you for Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions. It’s recommended that you have some prior knowledge of identity, governance, and monitoring solutions, as well as experience of working with integrating identity and governance solutions.
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Develop skills to further your career
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- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
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Buy this course
$134/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
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Sample the course materials
- Access expires 13 Nov 2024
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