Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Candidates for the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification should have subject matter expertise 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.

Skills measured

Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
Design data storage solutions
Design business continuity solutions
Design infrastructure solutions

Course Outline

Design a solution for logging and monitoring

design a log routing solution
recommend an appropriate level of logging
recommend monitoring tools for a solution

Design authentication and authorization solutions

recommend a solution for securing resources with role-based access control
recommend an identity management solution
recommend a solution for securing identities

Design governance

recommend an organizational and hierarchical structure for Azure resources
recommend a solution for enforcing and auditing compliance

Design identities and access for applications

recommend solutions to allow applications to access Azure resources
recommend a solution that securely stores passwords and secrets
recommend a solution for integrating applications into Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
recommend a user consent solution for applications

Design a data storage solution for relational data

recommend database service tier sizing
recommend a solution for database scalability
recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use

Design data integration

recommend a solution for data integration
recommend a solution for data analysis

Recommend a data storage solution

recommend a solution for storing relational data
recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data
recommend a solution for storing non-relational data

Design a compute solution

recommend a virtual machine-based compute solution
recommend an appropriately sized compute solution based on workload requirements
recommend a container-based compute solution
recommend a serverless-based compute solution

Design an application architecture

recommend a caching solution for applications
recommend a messaging architecture
recommend an event-driven architecture
recommend an automated deployment solution for your applications
recommend an application configuration management solution
recommend a solution for API integration

Design network solutions

recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements
recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet
recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to on-premises networks
optimize network performance for applications
recommend a solution to optimize network security
recommend a load balancing and routing solution

About The Exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions; design data storage solutions; design business continuity solutions; and design infrastructure solutions.