Complete AZ-305 study guide — designing Azure infrastructure solutions covering identity, networking, storage, and governance.
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103 chapters covering every exam objective. Each chapter includes key concepts, exam tips, common traps, comparison tables, and a 5-question quiz at the end.
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Designing Identity Solutions
Objective 1.1 · Identity Governance
Designing Governance Solutions
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Designing Monitoring Solutions
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Azure Landing Zone Design
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Azure Advisor Recommendations
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Azure Subscription and Management Group Design
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Data Residency and Sovereignty Requirements
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Cost Optimization Architecture Patterns
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Azure Well-Architected Framework: Five Pillars
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Azure Architecture Design Principles
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Entra External Identities: B2B vs B2C Design
Objective 1.1 · Identity Governance
Conditional Access Policy Design
Objective 1.1 · Identity Governance
Privileged Identity Management Design
Objective 1.1 · Identity Governance
Key Vault Architecture for Secrets Management
Objective 1.1 · Identity Governance
Monitoring Strategy: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Insights
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Log Analytics Workspace Design
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Azure Managed Grafana for Monitoring
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Azure Dashboards and Workbooks
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Cost-Aware Architecture Design Patterns
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Microsoft Defender for Cloud in Architecture
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Regulatory Compliance by Design
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Azure Security Benchmark in Architecture Reviews
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Threat Modelling for Azure Solutions
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
Azure Cost Management and Budgets in Architecture
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
FinOps Practices for Azure Architects
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Design
Objective 1.3 · Identity Governance
Policy as Code and Compliance Automation
Objective 1.2 · Identity Governance
14 chapters
Designing Azure Storage Solutions
Objective 2.1 · Data Storage
Designing Relational Database Solutions
Objective 2.2 · Data Storage
Designing Non-Relational Database Solutions
Objective 2.3 · Data Storage
Designing Data Integration Solutions
Objective 2.4 · Data Storage
Storage Account Design Decisions
Objective 2.1 · Data Storage
Azure NetApp Files for NFS Workloads
Objective 2.1 · Data Storage
Azure Table Storage vs Cosmos DB Design
Objective 2.3 · Data Storage
Azure AI Search Architecture
Objective 2.4 · Data Storage
Azure Data Factory for Data Integration Design
Objective 2.4 · Data Storage
Azure Synapse Analytics Architecture
Objective 2.4 · Data Storage
Azure Databricks Architecture
Objective 2.4 · Data Storage
Azure Elastic SAN for Storage Architecture
Objective 2.1 · Data Storage
Azure Container Storage
Objective 2.1 · Data Storage
Azure Health Data Services (FHIR)
Objective 2.4 · Data Storage
11 chapters
Designing Backup and Recovery
Objective 3.1 · Business Continuity
Designing Business Continuity Solutions
Objective 3.2 · Business Continuity
Disaster Recovery Patterns: Active-Active vs Active-Passive
Objective 3.2 · Business Continuity
RPO and RTO Requirements for Architecture
Objective 3.1 · Business Continuity
Designing for Availability Zones and Regions
Objective 3.2 · Business Continuity
Multi-Region Active-Active Architecture
Objective 3.2 · Business Continuity
ZRS vs GRS vs GZRS for BCDR
Objective 3.1 · Business Continuity
Azure Backup Vault Design
Objective 3.1 · Business Continuity
Chaos Engineering and Resilience Testing
Objective 3.2 · Business Continuity
Azure Resiliency Patterns and Anti-Patterns
Objective 3.2 · Business Continuity
Azure Site Recovery Design
Objective 3.2 · Business Continuity
49 chapters
Designing Compute Solutions
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
Designing Azure Network Solutions
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Designing Migration Solutions
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Designing Application Architecture
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Hub-Spoke Network Topology
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure Front Door vs Traffic Manager
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Microservices Architecture on Azure
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Event-Driven Architecture with Event Grid and Service Bus
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
API Management Design and Governance
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Serverless Architecture Patterns
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Hybrid Connectivity: VPN Gateway vs ExpressRoute
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure Arc for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Azure Migrate and Migration Strategies
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Private Endpoints and Private Link Design
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure Traffic Manager for Global Load Balancing
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure API Gateway Architecture
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Domain-Driven Design for Cloud Architecture
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
CQRS and Event Sourcing Patterns
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Saga Pattern for Distributed Transactions
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Bulkhead and Circuit Breaker Patterns
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Retry, Throttling, and Backoff Patterns
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Strangler Fig Migration Pattern
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Azure Spring Apps for Java Workloads
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
Azure Service Fabric
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
Azure Batch for Large-Scale Compute
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
High Performance Computing (HPC) on Azure
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
Azure Network Topology Patterns
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure Virtual WAN
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure DNS Private Resolver Design
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
ExpressRoute Circuit Design and Routing
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure NAT Gateway for Outbound Connectivity
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
DDoS Protection Design
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure Firewall Design and FQDN Rules
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Azure Front Door WAF Design
Objective 4.2 · Infrastructure
Cache-Aside Pattern with Azure Cache for Redis
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Azure Service Bus Topology Design
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Azure Event Grid Architecture
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Azure Logic Apps for Integration
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Azure Spot VMs for Cost Reduction
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
Azure Database Migration Service
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Azure DevOps Integration with Architecture
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Platform Engineering on Azure
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
SAP on Azure Design Considerations
Objective 4.1 · Infrastructure
Mainframe Migration to Azure
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Azure Notification Hubs for Push at Scale
Objective 4.4 · Infrastructure
Workload Assessment and Migration Analysis
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Azure VMware Solution Design
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
Azure Stack Hub for Disconnected Environments
Objective 4.3 · Infrastructure
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