October 2021

Azure Solutions Architect Learning Pathway (outgoing)

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Role Based Certification
Getting Started Continuing your learning Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator
(consider ahead of AZ-303)
Microsoft Learn Virtual Machines Design Governance Design for Compute Solution AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
• Azure Fundamentals • Introduction to Azure virtual machine • Introduction to Governance • Compute Decision Tree
• Data Fundamentals • Create a Windows virtual machine in Azure • Azure Blueprints • Containers and container orchestrators • Prerequisites for Azure administrators
• AI Fundamentals • Architect Secure Infrastructure Authentication • Microservices Compute Options • Manage identities and governance in Azure
• Build your Tech resilience • Azure Disk Encryption for Windows VMs • What is Conditional Access? • Model an application in Service Fabric
• Implement and manage storage in Azure
• Azure Virtual Networks Overview Automate Deployment & Configuration • How it works: Azure AD Multi- • Why use a microservices approach to • Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
• Intro to data protection and privacy regulations • Build Azure Resource Manager templates Factor Authentication (MFA) building applications
• Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure
• Threat Modeling Security Fundamentals • Deploy and manage resources in Azure by using • What is Azure AD Connect? Design a Network Solution administrators
• Secure your infrastructure with threat ARM templates • Choose the right authentication • Plan virtual networks
• Monitor and back up Azure resources
modelling • Template Syntax method • What is Traffic Manager?
• Support for generation 2 VMs on Azure • B2B Identity Solutions • Virtual Network Name Resolution
• Architect secure infrastructure in Azure • Create an Azure Automation runbook Authorisation • Using Network Security Groups Role Based Certification
• Architect network infrastructure in Azure Storage • Protect your resource hierarchy • VPN Gateways Microsoft Certified: Solutions Architect
• Architect infrastructure operations in Azure • Storage File Active Directory Overview • Identity Protection policies Design for High Availability
• Architect compute infrastructure in Azure • Introduction to Azure Blob storage • How To: Investigate risk • Manage the availability of your Azure VMs AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
• Architect storage infrastructure in Azure • Authorization options for Azure Storage • What is Privileged Identity • Design HA applications to handle disaster • Implement and monitor an Azure infrastructure (50-55%)
• Architect migration, business continuity, and • Control access to Azure Storage with shared Management? recovery • Implement management and security solutions (25-30%)
disaster recovery in Azure access signatures Design for Cost Optimisation • Design a geographically distributed • Implement solutions for apps (10-15%)
• Architect a data platform in Azure • Manage storage account keys with Key Vault and • Optimise cost with the Well- architecture • Implement and manage data platforms (10-15%)
• Architect modern applications in Azure the Azure CLI Architected Framework Design Security for Applications
• Architect API integration in Azure • Design High Availability (HA) applications to • Manage cloud costs • Register an application with the Microsoft >>> Download Exam Skills Outline <<<
• Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework handle disaster recovery • Checklist - Design for cost identity platform
AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
• Course AZ-030T00-A: Microsoft Azure Managing Workloads • Microsoft Assessment Tools • Azure AD-managed identities
• Design monitoring (10-15%)
technologies for AWS Architects • Migrate Application Workloads • Cost Management tools in Azure • What is Azure Key Vault?
• Design identity and security (25-30%)
• What is the Azure Backup service? • Tutorial: Create and manage Azure • Azure Key Vault API
Azure Architecture Centre • Protect your virtual machines by using Azure budgets
• Design data storage (15-20%)
• Design business continuity (10-15%)
• Architecture Centre Home Backup • Design infrastructure (25-30%)
• Browse Azure Architectures • About Site Recovery
• Explore Cloud Best Practices • Keep your virtual machines updated >>> Download Exam Skills Outline <<<
• Load Balancing/Network Security
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Assess, optimise and review your workload
See what’s new • Improve Application Scalability Cloud Adoption Framework • Architect network infrastructure in Azure
• Best Practices and patterns for building • Load Balance with Application Gateway • Architect storage infrastructure in Azure
The Cloud Adoption Framework is a collection of documentation, implementation
applications on Azure • Scalable Web Application Reference Architecture • Architect compute infrastructure in Azure
guidance, best practices, and tools that are proven guidance from Microsoft designed to
• Explore Architectures and guides for different • What is Azure Front Door? • Architect infrastructure operations in Azure
accelerate your cloud adoption journey:
technologies • Distribute load with Azure Traffic Manager • Architect a data platform in Azure
Consider starting with > Prepare for successful cloud adoption with a well-defined strategy
• Manage Windows VMs with Azure Bastion • Architect message brokering and serverless applications in
Azure
• Framework Overview • What’s New • Architect modern applications in Azure
Try the Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge •
Microsoft Official Practice Test • Find Cloud Adoption Tools and Get started with the Cloud • Architect API integration in Azure
30 Days to Learn It Adoption Framework
Templates • Architect migration, business continuity, and disaster
AZ-303 AZ-303 HERE recovery in Azure