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Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305) Online Training

Prepare for the AZ-305 certification exam by learning to design resilient, scalable enterprise solutions in Microsoft Azure. This course focuses on complex architecture, teaching you to balance cost, performance, and security across the Cloud Adoption Framework. You will explore how to integrate core services (from Compute and Networking to Identity and Governance) and ensure your infrastructure meets modern business requirements for high availability and seamless migration. This AZ-305 training is perfect for cloud engineers and IT pros who want to master the art of building enterprise infrastructures, and earn their Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.

Updated May 2025

12Skills
79Videos
1Practice Exam
11h 8mTotal
79 videos1 exam11h 8m

Who This Course Is For

This AZ-305 training is designed for IT professionals with 3–5 years of Azure experience who are ready to move from administration to high-level strategy. It is the definitive path for those pursuing roles as Azure Solutions Architects or Lead Cloud Engineers responsible for designing complex, enterprise-scale infrastructure.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Designing identity and governance using Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Policy, and Key Vault
  • Selecting data storage solutions for relational and NoSQL workloads to optimize cost and performance
  • Planning business continuity and disaster recovery strategies with Azure Backup and Site Recovery
  • Architecting compute and applications using Virtual Machines, AKS, and Serverless Functions
  • Configuring infrastructure and networking with VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, and Azure Firewall
  • Evaluating monitoring and migrations using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and the Cloud Adoption Framework

Course Curriculum

  • Design an Azure Logging SolutionFree52m
  • Premium skill.Design for Governance, Authentication, and Authorization1h 4m
  • Premium skill.Designing Authentication and Authorization59m
  • Premium skill.Design for Relational Data Resources1h 13m
  • Premium skill.Design Data Ingestion and Integration56m
  • Premium skill.Design Azure Solutions with Non-Relational Databases52m
  • Premium skill.Design for Disaster Recovery56m
  • Premium skill.Design for High Availability51m
  • Premium skill.Recommend Azure Compute Solutions53m
  • Premium skill.Design Azure Application Architectures49m
  • Premium skill.Design for Migrations to Azure51m
  • Premium skill.Recommend a Networking Solution52m

For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Azure architecture decisions affect security, resilience, cost control, and recovery planning across the organization. IT Directors assign this AZ-305 training when cloud administrators need to move beyond day-to-day administration and design Azure infrastructure that supports governance, identity, networking, data, compute, migrations, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements.

This course is a fit for experienced cloud administrators and senior IT Practitioners with roughly 3–5 years of Azure experience who are preparing for Azure Solutions Architect Expert responsibilities or AZ-305 exam readiness. The curriculum runs about 11 hours per learner, making it realistic for phased rollout across a cloud, infrastructure, or platform team without pulling staff away from operations for multiple days.

For change management, Training Managers can assign modules by priority — for example, governance and authentication first, then disaster recovery, networking, and migration design. CBT Nuggets Playlists and Team Reporting help leaders sequence training and track completion across the team.

Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

This training helps cloud teams make better Azure design recommendations before projects move into production. The course connects architecture topics that often get planned separately — identity, networking, data, compute, availability, disaster recovery, and governance — so teams can reduce rework and align designs to business requirements.

  • Improve audit readiness: Teams learn to design for governance, authentication, authorization, and Azure logging so cloud environments are easier to monitor and control.
  • Reduce downtime risk: Disaster recovery and high availability modules help teams plan resilient Azure solutions before outages occur.
  • Support better migration planning: Azure migration design content helps teams evaluate how workloads should move to Azure instead of treating migration as a lift-and-shift exercise only.
  • Strengthen platform decisions: Compute, application architecture, networking, relational data, non-relational data, and ingestion modules help teams recommend Azure services that fit workload requirements.

After completion

Knowledge & ability your team will gain

Knowledge

  • Azure logging design concepts for monitoring and operational visibility
  • Governance, authentication, and authorization design considerations in Azure
  • Relational and non-relational data resource design patterns
  • Data ingestion and integration options for Azure-based solutions
  • Disaster recovery and high availability principles for Azure workloads
  • Azure compute, application architecture, migration, and networking design areas covered by AZ-305

Ability

  • Recommend Azure infrastructure designs that balance security, resilience, data, compute, and networking needs
  • Evaluate authentication and authorization requirements before selecting Azure identity controls
  • Plan data platform approaches for relational databases, non-relational databases, and integration workflows
  • Design for business continuity by incorporating disaster recovery and high availability requirements
  • Recommend compute and application architecture options based on workload needs
  • Prepare more effectively for the Microsoft AZ-305 certification exam through structured coverage of core design domains

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