Acronym study
Terms 1–25 of 25 AZ-305 acronyms and key terms. Each entry includes a plain-English definition and a link to the full 800-word glossary page with exam context and practice questions.
Term 1
Application Gateway Design is the process of planning and configuring a layer 7 load balancer in Azure that routes web traffic based on URL paths, hostnames, or other HTTP rules for secure, scalable, and high-performance application delivery.
Term 2
Azure AD Design is the process of planning how to organize users, groups, permissions, and authentication methods in Microsoft Entra ID to meet security, compliance, and business needs for cloud and hybrid environments.
Term 3
Azure Backup Design is the process of planning and configuring a reliable, cost-effective, and secure backup and recovery solution for workloads hosted in Microsoft Azure.
Term 4
Azure DNS Design is the process of planning and configuring the Domain Name System within Microsoft Azure to reliably resolve domain names to IP addresses for cloud resources and services.
Term 5
Azure Firewall Design is the process of planning and configuring a cloud-based network security service that controls and monitors traffic in and out of Azure virtual networks.
Term 6
Azure Load Balancer Design is the process of planning and configuring a Layer 4 (TCP/UDP) load balancer in Microsoft Azure to distribute incoming network traffic across healthy virtual machines or services for high availability and scalability.
Term 7
Azure Networking Design is the process of planning and configuring virtual networks, subnets, routing, and connectivity services in Microsoft Azure to securely connect cloud resources to each other and to on-premises networks.
Term 8
Azure Policy Design is the practice of creating and organizing rules that enforce compliance and governance across resources in Microsoft Azure.
Term 9
Azure Site Recovery is a Microsoft Azure service that keeps your business applications and data running by automatically replicating them to a secondary location and failing over if the primary site goes down.
Term 10
Azure Storage Design is the process of planning how to store, organize, protect, and access data in Microsoft Azure so that it is fast, secure, and cost-effective.
Term 11
Azure Virtual Network Design is the process of planning and creating a private network in the Microsoft Azure cloud that allows your virtual machines and other resources to communicate securely with each other, the internet, and your on-premises data center.
Term 12
Business Impact Analysis and the design of Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective define how much data loss and downtime a business can tolerate after an IT failure, guiding the architecture of backup and disaster recovery systems.
Term 13
Container orchestration design is the process of planning and structuring how containers are deployed, scaled, managed, and connected across a cluster of computers in a reliable and automated way.
Term 14
Cosmos DB Design is the process of structuring data and choosing configuration settings in Azure Cosmos DB to ensure fast performance, low cost, and scalability for applications.
Term 15
Data Lake Design is the process of planning a centralized storage repository that holds raw data in its native format until it is needed, enabling scalable analytics and machine learning across an organization.
Term 16
A data replication strategy is a plan for copying and synchronizing data across multiple locations to ensure availability, durability, and performance.
Term 17
Disaster Recovery Design is the process of planning and implementing strategies to restore IT systems and data after a catastrophic failure, ensuring business continuity with minimal downtime and data loss.
Term 18
ExpressRoute Design is the process of planning a dedicated, private network connection from an on-premises data center to Microsoft Azure, bypassing the public internet for improved reliability and speed.
Term 19
Hybrid Identity Design is the process of creating a system that lets users access resources both on their company's local network and in the cloud using a single set of credentials.
Term 20
A logical hierarchy of Azure management groups that organizes subscriptions and applies governance policies consistently across an organization.
Term 21
Role Based Access Control Design is the process of planning and defining who can access specific resources in a system based on their job role, not their identity.
Term 22
SQL Database Design is the process of planning and organizing the structure of a relational database, including tables, columns, keys, and relationships, to ensure efficient data storage and retrieval.
Term 23
Subscription Design is the structured approach to organizing and managing Azure subscriptions to align with business requirements, governance policies, and cost management.
Term 24
VM Sizing and Scaling is the process of selecting the right virtual machine configuration and adjusting resources to meet changing application demands.
Term 25
VPN Gateway Design is the process of planning and configuring a secure, encrypted connection between an on-premises network and a cloud virtual network, or between two cloud networks, using a dedicated gateway device in Azure.