Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate certification validates the skills required to design and deploy cloud solutions on OCI. It covers compute, storage, networking, database, security, and identity services, making it ideal for cloud architects and engineers building production workloads on Oracle Cloud.

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What is the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate (1Z0-1072)?

Who Should Take This Course?

Cloud architects designing OCI-based solutions
Cloud engineers deploying OCI workloads
Solutions architects evaluating OCI for enterprise
Developers building cloud-native applications on OCI
IT professionals migrating workloads to OCI
System administrators managing OCI environments

What You Will Learn in the 1Z0-1072 Course

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

Compute Architecture

Design scalable and resilient compute solutions on OCI.

Instance configuration, shapes, and custom images
Autoscaling and instance pools
High availability and fault domain design
Bare metal vs virtual machine tradeoffs

Networking Architecture

Design secure and performant network topologies in OCI.

VCN design, subnets, and routing tables
Load balancers and network load balancers
FastConnect, DRG, and peering topologies
DNS, Traffic Management, and Edge services

Storage Architecture

Select and design appropriate storage solutions.

Block Volume architecture and performance tiers
Object Storage tiers (Standard, Infrequent, Archive)
File Storage and NFS design
Backup policies and cross-region replication

Database Architecture

Design database solutions on Oracle Cloud.

Autonomous Database (ATP, ADW) design patterns
Oracle DB System (VM, BM, Exadata)
MySQL HeatWave on OCI
Disaster recovery and data guard configuration

Security and IAM

Implement security controls and identity management on OCI.

IAM policies, groups, and dynamic groups
Vault and Key Management
Cloud Guard and Security Zones
WAF, Bastion, and network security groups

Course Prerequisites

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

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations (1Z0-1085) or equivalent
6+ months hands-on experience with OCI services
Understanding of networking fundamentals
Familiarity with database concepts

Exam Information

Everything you need to know about the 1Z0-1072 certification exam.

Exam Component	Details
Exam Name	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate
Exam Code	1Z0-1072-24
Exam Type	Multiple Choice and Multiple Select
Total Questions	60
Passing Score	70%
Exam Duration	90 minutes
Language	English
Exam Provider	Oracle / Pearson VUE
Exam Focus	Designing and deploying cloud solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Exam Registration	Register at education.oracle.com or via Pearson VUE
Retake Policy	14 days between attempts
Certification Validity	18 months (renewable via recertification)