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Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305): Designing Azure Infrastructure Solutions
Prepare for the Microsoft AZ-305 design exam (skills measured as of April 17, 2026). Learn how architects choose between Azure services: logging and monitoring, authentication, authorization and governance, relational and non-relational data, integration and analytics, backup, disaster recovery and high availability, compute, application architecture, migrations and networking. Each lesson turns an exam skill into decision rules and scenario drills, followed by a quiz, a capstone architecture proposal and a 40-question practice exam. AZ-104 level Azure experience is recommended.
- 11 hours
- 19 lessons
- 5 modules
- 40-question practice exam
- updated October 2026
Mapped to the AZ-305 exam guide
Every module is tagged with the exam domain it covers.
Try it before you sign up
Read a full lesson and answer 3 questions from the Module 1 quiz. No account needed.
Designing Logging and Monitoring Solutions with Azure Monitor
5 modules, 19 lessons
Module 1 is free — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz. The course ends with a 40-question practice exam.
- readDesigning Logging and Monitoring Solutions with Azure Monitor30 min
- readDesigning Authentication, Authorization and Secrets Management30 min
- readDesigning Governance: Management Groups, Policy, Compliance and Identity Governance30 min
- quizQuiz: Identity, Governance and Monitoring18 min
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No celebrity instructor — here is exactly what goes into the course instead.
- 01 Follows the official AZ-305 exam guide — every module is tagged with the exam domain it covers.
- 02 1 guided hands-on walkthroughs you run in your own Azure subscription.
- 03 4 module quizzes and a 40-question practice exam — every answer comes with an explanation.
- 04 Last updated October 2026.
- 05 Any module can become a hands-on lab in Labs Studio.
What you'll be able to do
- 01 Design logging, routing and monitoring solutions with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and alerts
- 02 Recommend authentication, hybrid identity, authorization, privileged access and secrets management with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC and Key Vault
- 03 Design governance with management groups, subscriptions, tags, Azure Policy, compliance tooling and identity governance
- 04 Choose relational, semi-structured and unstructured data stores, tiers, redundancy and protection, and design data integration and analytics
- 05 Design backup, disaster recovery and high availability against stated RTO, RPO and SLA targets
- 06 Select compute, messaging, event, API, caching, configuration and deployment solutions, and plan migrations with Azure Migrate
- 07 Design network connectivity, security, performance and load balancing for hybrid and global workloads
- — Working knowledge of Azure at the Azure Administrator (AZ-104) level: subscriptions, VMs, storage, networking and identity
- — Familiarity with basic networking, virtualization and database concepts
- — An Azure account is helpful for the optional guided labs but not required
Before you start AZ-305
Is this course current for the AZ-305 exam?
It follows the current AZ-305 exam guide — all 5 exam domains, with the weights shown on this page, and was last updated October 2026.
How do I book the AZ-305 exam, and what does it cost?
You book it directly with Microsoft. The official exam page lists the current fee, format, length and passing score, which can vary by country.
Is this an exam dump?
No. The lessons and quiz questions are written to teach the exam objectives, and every answer comes with an explanation. Real exam questions (“dumps”) break the exam provider’s candidate agreement and can cost you the certification.
What do I need for the hands-on walkthroughs?
An Azure subscription — a free account works for most walkthroughs. Delete what you create when you finish so you don’t keep paying.
How long does it take?
About 11 hours of lessons, videos and hands-on walkthroughs across 5 modules, plus a 40-question practice exam.
What’s free?
Module 1 in full — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz — with no card required. Any paid plan (from $8.99/mo) unlocks all 5 modules and the practice exam, and starts with a 14-day free trial.
Start AZ-305 with Module 1 free.
No card required. Unlock every module and the practice exam from $8.99/mo when you’re ready.