In this Cloud-driven era, is it enough to just say that you have the knowledge required? Your answer would probably be a No. Of course, there should be some dignified authority to ensure that you’re as good as you think you are. And who else could be a better match than Microsoft in recognizing that? So, in this blog post, we’ll be talking about the [AZ-300] Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification Exam and everything you need to know about it.
Who This Certification Exam is for?
Candidates for this exam are Azure Solution Architects who advise stakeholders and translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Candidates should have advanced experience and knowledge across various aspects of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data management, budgeting, and governance. This role requires managing how decisions in each area affect an overall solution.
Therefore, candidates must be proficient in Azure administration, Azure development, and DevOps, and have expert-level skills in at least one of those domains.
Certification Path
Learning Path
Why Azure Certification?
- Advantage(Unfair): Two CVs with same experience but one with Certification
- Better Job Prospects & Higher Salary
- Stand Out by Displaying Digital Badge on LinkedIn
Exam Structure
- Certification Name: AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
- Questions: 40–60 questions
- Duration: 3.5 hours
- Passing score: 700 (Out of 1000)
- Exam Cost: USD 165.00
- Validity: 2 years
- Exam Languages: English, Korean, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese
Type of questions
Below are the type of questions that you can expect
- Single choice questions (based on a scenario): These questions can neither be skipped nor be recorrected later on as you cannot go back once you’ve answered them.
- Case studies with multiple questions
- Some questions are worth 1 point
- There are different types of questions: single choice, multiple-choice, build a list, hot area, drag & drop, reorder, etc.
- There are also Performance-based questions (labs) to be done in the Azure portal
- Questions are often in the context of Case Studies where you need to gather and understand information across multiple sources
AZ-300 Exam Topics:![AZ300 Domains]()
Deploying and Configuring Infrastructure (40-45%)
In this module, you’ll learn how to manage Azure resources consisting of configuration & deployment of virtual machines, storage accounts, virtual networks, etc. Also, you’ll learn how to grant access to Azure Active Directory (AD) users, services and groups using RBAC.
You’ll understand the working of user and group accounts and many other storage accounts and services such as data replication concepts with this training. Furthermore, you’ll learn about the usage of Azure blog storage and various monitoring capabilities of Azure and many other things.
Implementing Workloads and Security (25-30%)
This module helps you know how to assess, discover, plan and implement the migration of infrastructure and on-premise resources to Azure. Also, you’ll know the ways to deploy serverless computing features like Service Bus, Event Grid, and Azure Functions.
Understanding Cloud Architect Technology Solutions (5-10%)
Here, you’ll learn how Azure operations can be done in parallel and asynchronously. By studying this module, candidates can know the resiliency of enterprise systems with respect to failures. Additionally, you’ll understand the value of telemetry and monitoring to gain insights into the system.
Creating and Deploying Apps (5-10%)
This module helps you to learn how to create Logic App solutions that integrate data, apps, services, etc. across organizations by task automation and workflows.
Implementing Authentication and Secure Data (5-10%)
In this module, you will learn to implement different authentication methods in applications including certificates, tokens, AD connect, etc. Also, this course also helps to implement secure data and manage crypto keys in the Azure Key Vault.
Developing for the Cloud (15-20%)
This module plays an important role in your AZ-300 Exam. After completing this module, you’ll know tasks such as configuring message-based integration architecture, developing for asynchronous processing, Azure cognitive services solutions, and many others.
Exam Retake Policy
- First of all, if a candidate fails in the first attempt, he/she has to wait 24 hours before exam retake.
- Secondly, if he/she fails in the 2nd attempt, then they should wait for 14 days to retake the exam.
- A candidate can take a maximum of 5 retakes in a year.
Next Task For You
Interested in other Microsoft Azure Certifications as well? Check out this blog post to know all about the [AZ-103] Microsoft Azure Certification Exam. Also, check out this blog to know everything about the AZ-400 Certification Exam.
Click on the Join Waitlist now button below to join the waitlist of our much-awaited AZ-300 Certification Training which will help you clear the exam with flying colors.
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