Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

The Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) is the premier advanced-level Azure certification validating expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions on Azure. Architects who hold this certification advise stakeholders and translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions. The exam covers identity, governance, data storage, business continuity, and infrastructure design at enterprise scale.

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What is the Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Certification?

Who Should Take This Course?

Senior cloud architects with hands-on Azure experience
IT professionals who hold AZ-104 and want to advance to architect level
Enterprise architects designing hybrid and multi-cloud Azure solutions
Technical leads and solution designers for large Azure projects
Cloud consultants advising clients on Azure architecture decisions

What You Will Learn in the AZ-305 Course

A comprehensive curriculum covering all exam objectives with hands-on labs and real-world practice.

Design Identity, Governance, and Monitoring Solutions

Architect identity and access management, governance, and observability at scale.

Azure AD B2C, external identities, and hybrid identity with AD Connect
Azure RBAC, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Conditional Access
Azure Policy, Management Groups, and governance at scale
Azure Monitor workbooks, dashboards, and cost governance

Design Data Storage Solutions

Select and architect appropriate data storage options for structured and unstructured data.

Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and SQL Server on VMs
Azure Cosmos DB global distribution and multi-region writes
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and data archiving strategies
Storage account types, redundancy, and lifecycle management

Design Business Continuity Solutions

Design resilient architectures with defined RTO and RPO targets.

Azure Backup — vaults, policies, and cross-region restore
Azure Site Recovery for VM and physical server failover
High availability with Availability Zones and Availability Sets
Traffic Manager and Azure Front Door for global resiliency

Design Infrastructure Solutions

Architect compute, networking, and migration solutions for enterprise workloads.

VM Scale Sets, Azure Kubernetes Service, and serverless compute
Hub-and-spoke network topology and Virtual WAN
Azure ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and hybrid connectivity
Azure Migrate, Azure Database Migration Service strategies

Course Prerequisites

Pre-requisites training is free when you purchase the course from ProSupport

Azure Administrator (AZ-104) certification required
Azure Developer (AZ-204) recommended
5+ years of IT experience including 3+ years in Azure
Advanced knowledge of networking, security, storage, and compute
Experience with ARM templates or Bicep for infrastructure as code

Exam Information

Everything you need to know about the AZ-305 certification exam.

Exam Component	Details
Exam Name	Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Exam Code	AZ-305
Exam Type	Multiple Choice, Case Studies, Scenario-based
Total Questions	40–60
Passing Score	700 (out of 1000)
Exam Duration	120 minutes
Language	English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, German, French, Spanish
Exam Provider	Microsoft / Pearson VUE
Exam Focus	Designing identity, governance, storage, business continuity, and infrastructure solutions on Azure
Exam Registration	Register at microsoft.com/en-us/learning. Prerequisite: must hold AZ-104 certification.
Retake Policy	24 hours before first retake; 14 days before subsequent retakes; 5 attempts per year
Certification Validity	1 year — renewable via free online renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn