AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Live Online 09:30 - 17:00 (UK Time) Nov 17, 2026

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Overview

This course focuses on designing Microsoft Azure infrastructure solutions that meet business, security, and technical requirements. It covers governance, identity, networking, compute, storage, business continuity, and monitoring. Learners develop the architectural skills required to design end-to-end Azure solutions and prepare for the AZ-305 certification exam.

Course Syllabus

1 - Design governance

Design for governance
Design for management groups
Design for subscriptions
Design for resource groups
Design for resource tags
Design for Azure Policy
Design for role-based access control (RBAC)
Design for Azure landing zones

2 - Design an Azure compute solution

Choose an Azure compute service
Design for Azure Virtual Machines solutions
Design for Azure Batch solutions
Design for Azure App Service solutions
Design for Azure Container Instances solutions
Design for Azure Kubernetes Service solutions
Design for Azure Functions solutions
Design for Azure Logic Apps solutions

3 - Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

Design for data storage
Design for Azure storage accounts
Design for data redundancy
Design for Azure Blob Storage
Design for Azure Files
Design for Azure managed disks
Design for storage security

4 - Design a data storage solution for relational data

Design for Azure SQL Database
Design for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Design for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Recommend a solution for database scalability
Recommend a solution for database availability
Design security for data at rest, data in motion, and data in use
Design for Azure SQL Edge
Design for Azure Cosmos DB and Table Storage

5 - Design data integration

Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Factory
Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Lake
Design a data integration and analytic solution with Azure Databricks
Design a data integration and analytic solution with Azure Synapse Analytics
Design strategies for hot, warm, and cold data paths
Design an Azure Stream Analytics solution for data analysis

6 - Design an application architecture

Describe message and event scenarios
Design a messaging solution
Design an Azure Event Hubs messaging solution
Design an event-driven solution
Design a caching solution
Design API integration
Design an automated app deployment solution
Design an app configuration management solution

7 - Design authentication and authorization solutions

Design for identity and access management (IAM)
Design for Microsoft Entra ID
Design for Microsoft Entra business-to-business (B2B)
Design for Azure Active Directory B2C (business-to-customer)
Design for conditional access
Design for identity protection
Design for access reviews
Design service principals for applications
Design managed identities
Design for Azure Key Vault

8 - Design a solution to log and monitor Azure resources

Design for Azure Monitor data sources
Design for Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) workspaces
Design for Azure Workbooks and Azure insights
Design for Azure Data Explorer

9 - Design network solutions

Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements
Design patterns for Azure network connectivity services
Design outbound connectivity and routing
Design for on-premises connectivity to Azure Virtual Network
Choose an application delivery service
Design for application delivery services
Design for application protection services

10 - Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

Design for backup and recovery
Design for Azure Backup
Design for Azure blob backup and recovery
Design for Azure files backup and recovery
Design for Azure virtual machine backup and recovery
Design for Azure SQL backup and recovery
Design for Azure Site Recovery

11 - Design migrations

Evaluate migration with the Cloud Adoption Framework
Describe the Azure migration framework
Assess your on-premises workloads
Select a migration tool
Migrate your structured data in databases
Select an online storage migration tool for unstructured data
Migrate offline data

12 - Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars
Cost optimization
Operational excellence
Performance efficiency
Reliability
Security

13 - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost Optimization

Develop cost-management discipline
Design with a cost-efficiency mindset
Design for usage optimization
Design for rate optimization
Monitor and optimize over time

14 - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Operational excellence

Embrace DevOps culture
Establish development standards
Evolve operations with observability
Deploy with confidence
Automate for efficiency
Adopt safe deployment practices

15 - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Performance efficiency

Negotiate realistic performance targets
Design to meet capacity requirements
Achieve and sustain performance
Improve efficiency through optimization

16 - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Reliability

Design for business requirements
Design for resilience
Design for recovery
Design for operations
Keep it simple

17 - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Security

Plan your security readiness
Design to protect confidentiality
Design to protect integrity
Design to protect availability
Sustain and evolve your security posture

18 - Getting started with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Customer narrative
Common blockers

19 - Prepare for successful cloud adoption with a well-defined strategy

Customer narrative
Capture strategic motivation
Define objectives and key results
Evaluate financial considerations
Understand technical considerations
Create a business case

20 - Prepare for cloud adoption with a data-driven plan

Customer narrative

21 - Choose the best Azure landing zone to support your requirements for cloud operations

Customer narrative
Common operating models
Design areas for Azure landing zones
Design principles for Azure landing zones
Journey to the target architecture
Choose an Azure landing zone option
Deploy the Azure landing zone accelerator
Enhance your landing zone

22 - Migrate to Azure through repeatable processes and common tools

Customer narrative
Migration process
Migration tools
Common tech platforms

23 - Address tangible risks with the Govern methodology of the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Customer narrative
Govern methodology
Corporate policies
Governance disciplines
Deploy a cloud governance foundation
The Cost Management discipline

24 - Ensure stable operations and optimization across all supported workloads deployed to the cloud

Establish business commitments
Deploy an operations baseline
Protect and recover
Enhance an operations baseline
Manage platform and workload specialization

25 - Innovate applications by using Azure cloud technologies

Follow the innovation lifecycle
Azure technologies for the build process
Infuse your applications with AI
Azure technologies for measuring business impact
Azure technologies for the learn process

26 - Prepare for cloud security by using the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Customer narrative
Methodology
Security roles and responsibilities
Simplify compliance and security
Simplify security implementation
Security tools and policies

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, learners will be able to design Azure governance and identity solutions, architect secure networking and connectivity, design compute and storage solutions, plan business continuity and disaster recovery strategies, design monitoring and management solutions, and translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient Azure architectures.

Who Should Attend

Azure administrators, solution architects, infrastructure architects, senior IT professionals, and those preparing for the AZ-305 certification

What's Included

Instructor-led training, hands-on labs, course materials, exam preparation guide

Entry-Level Requirements

Strong knowledge of Azure administration (AZ-104 level) and experience with networking, security, and identity concepts

Exam Information

This course prepares learners for the AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions certification exam. The exam measures the ability to design identity, governance, data storage, business continuity, networking, and monitoring solutions in Azure. It includes scenario-based and case-study questions focused on architectural decision-making. Passing AZ-305, along with AZ-104, leads to the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert credential.

Exam Type

Proctored Exam

Qualifications

AZ-305 Completion Certificate

What's Next

After completing AZ-305, learners can pursue advanced architecture or security roles or complement their skills with certifications such as SC-100 (Cybersecurity Architect Expert) or AZ-500 (Azure Security Engineer).