AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Design and Implement Azure solutions

What you'll learn
- Configure intersite connectivity solutions like VNet Peering, and virtual network gateways.
- Secure identities with Azure Active Directory and users and groups.
- Implement identity solutions spanning on-premises and cloud-based capabilities
- Apply monitoring solutions for collecting, combining, and analyzing data from different sources.
- Manage subscriptions, accounts, Azure policies, and Role-Based Access Control.
- Administer Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.
- And more…

Requirements
- An understanding of virtualization
- An understanding of TCP/IP networking
- An understanding of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- Prior experience with Azure or have taken the Azure Administrator: AZ-103/AZ-104 course

Description
The AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert course is for students that are becoming subject matter experts in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including compute, network, storage, monitoring, and security.

Responsibilities for this role include advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into designs for secure, scalable, and reliable Azure solutions.

An Azure solutions architect partners with developers, administrators, and other roles responsible for implementing solutions on Azure.

Course topics include:

Planning and Assessments

You will learn about Azure Governance and Planning

Lessons

Landing Zones

Azure Assessments

Governance

Management Groups

Managing Multiple Subscriptions

Resource Groups

Resource Tagging

Resource Tagging and Naming Conventions

Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

You will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Lessons

Select Virtual Machine Size

Configure High Availability

Implement Azure Dedicated Hosts

Deploy and Configure Scale Sets

Configure Azure Disk Encryption

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan for virtual machine implementations.

Create virtual machines.

Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets.

Understand High Availability options for VMs in Azure

Automate Deployment and Configuration of Resources

You will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure.

Lessons

Azure Resource Manager Templates

Save a Template for a VM

Evaluate Location of New Resources

Configure a Virtual Hard Disk Template

Deploy from a Template

Create and Execute an Automation Runbook

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources.

Use ARM Templates to deploy resources.

Create and Execute an Automation Runbook

Deploy an Azure VM from a VHD

Understand Azure encryption technologies

Implement Virtual Networking

You will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.

Lessons

Virtual Network Peering

Implement VNet Peering

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Connect services with Virtual Network Peering

Configure VNet Peering

Modify or delete VNet Peering

Implement Load Balancing and Network Security

You will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager.

Lessons

Implement Azure Load Balancer

Implement an Application Gateway

Understand Web Application Firewall

Implement Azure Firewall

Implementing Azure Traffic Manager

Implement Network Security Groups and Application Security Group

Implement Azure Bastion

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Select a Load Balancer solution

Configure Application Gateway

Implement Azure Firewall

Understand Traffic Manager routing methods

Configure Network Security Groups (NSGs)

Implement Storage Accounts

You will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.

Lessons

Storage Accounts

Blob Storage

Storage Security

Managing Storage

Accessing Blobs

Configure Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand Storage Account services and types

Configure Blob storage, accounts, containers, and access tiers

Implement Shared Access Signatures

Understand Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks

Implement Azure Active Directory

You will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups.

Lessons

Overview of Azure Active Directory

Users and Groups

Domains and Custom Domains

Azure AD Identity Protection

Implement Conditional Access

Configure Fraud Alerts for MFA

Configure Trusted IPs

Configure Guest Users in Azure AD

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Add Guest Users to Azure AD

Configure Location Condition Configuration

Configure Azure MFA settings

Implement Conditional Access Azure MFA

Implement and Manage Azure Governance

You will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.

Lessons

Create Management Groups, Subscriptions, and Resource Groups

Overview of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Roles

Azure AD Access Reviews

Implement and Configure an Azure Policy

Azure Blueprints

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand Resource Groups

Understand how RBAC works

Create an Azure AD access review

Create and manage policies to enforce compliance

Create a Blueprint

Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities

You will learn how to install and configure Azure AD Connect and implement Azure AD Connect Health.

Lessons

Install and Configure Azure AD Connect

Configure Password Sync and Password Writeback

Configure Azure AD Connect Health

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement Azure AD seamless Single Sign-On

Perform an Azure AD Connect installation

Implement Azure AD Connect Health

Manage Workloads in Azure

You will learn how to perform Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.

Lessons

Implement Azure Backup

Azure to Azure Site Recovery

Implement Azure Update Management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand Azure VM backup architecture

Manage updates and patches for Azure VMs

Implement Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

You will learn about Azure Monitor, Azure Workbooks, Azure Alerts, Network Watcher, Azure Service Health, Azure Application Insights.

Lessons

Azure Infrastructure Security Monitoring

Azure Monitor

Azure Workbooks

Azure Alerts

Log Analytics

Network Watcher

Azure Service Health

Monitor Azure Costs

Azure Application Insights

Unified Monitoring in Azure

Manage Security for Applications

You will learn about Azure Key Vault and implementing authentication using Azure Managed Identities.

Lessons

Azure Key Vault

Azure Managed Identity

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain Key Vault uses such as secrets, key, and Certificate management

Use Managed Identities with Azure resources

Implement an Application Infrastructure

You will learn how to create an App Service web App for Containers, create and configure an App Service Plan, and create and manage Deployment Slots.

Lessons

Create and Configure Azure App Service

Create an App Service Web App for Containers

Create and Configure an App Service Plan

Configure Networking for an App Service

Create and Manage Deployment Slots

Implement Logic Apps

Implement Azure Functions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure an Azure App Service

Create an App Service Plan

Create a Workflow using Azure Logic Apps

Create a Function App

Implement Container-Based Applications

You will learn how to run Azure Container instances and how to deploy Kubernetes with AKS.

Lessons

Azure Container Instances

Configure Azure Kubernetes Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Run Azure Container instances

Deploy Kubernetes with AKS

Implement NoSQL Databases

You will learn about Azure CosmsoDB.

Lessons

Configure CosmosDB APIs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand options for Azure Cosmos DB

Understand high availability using CosmosDB

Implement Azure SQL Databases

You will create an Azure SQL Database single database, create an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, and review high-availability and Azure SQL database.

Lessons

Configure Azure SQL Database Settings

Implement Azure SQL Database Managed Instances

High-Availability and Azure SQL Database

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create an Azure SQL Database single database

Create an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Recommend high-availability architectural models used in Azure SQL Database

Plan an Azure Migration

You will review the cloud adoption framework, plan a checklist for Azure migrations.  You will discover the migration tools available and which is best suited for specific migration tasks.

Lessons

Review the cloud adoption framework checklist

Initial decisions checklist

Determining your migration strategy

Determining what to migrate and Migration tools

After completing this module, students will be able to

Use Microsoft tools to assist in Azure migrations

Who this course is for:
- Students with a minimum of 12 months Azure experience
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