Modules / Chapter

Course Outline

Design Identity, Governance, and Monitoring Solutions (25-30%)
Design a solution for logging and monitoring

• design a log routing solution
• recommend an appropriate level of logging
• recommend monitoring tools for a solution

Design authentication and authorization solutions

• recommend a solution for securing resources with role-based access control
• recommend an identity management solution
• recommend a solution for securing identities

Design governance

• recommend an organizational and hierarchical structure for Azure resources
• recommend a solution for enforcing and auditing compliance

Design identities and access for applications

• recommend solutions to allow applications to access Azure resources
• recommend a solution that securely stores passwords and secrets
• recommend a solution for integrating applications into Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
• recommend a user consent solution for applications

Design Data Storage Solutions (25-30%)

Design a data storage solution for relational data

• recommend database service tier sizing
• recommend a solution for database scalability
• recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use

Design data integration

• recommend a solution for data integration
• recommend a solution for data analysis 

Recommend a data storage solution

• recommend a solution for storing relational data
• recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data
• recommend a solution for storing non-relational data

Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

• recommend access control solutions to data storage
• recommend a data storage solution to balance features, performance, and cost
• design a data solution for protection and durability

Design Business Continuity Solutions (10-15%)

Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

• recommend a recovery solution for Azure, hybrid, and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives (Recovery Time Objective [RTO], Recovery Level Objective [RLO], Recovery Point Objective [RPO])
• understand the recovery solutions for containers
• recommend a backup and recovery solution for compute
• recommend a backup and recovery solution for databases
• recommend a backup and recovery solution for unstructured data

Design for high availability

• identify the availability requirements of Azure resources
• recommend a high availability solution for compute
• recommend a high availability solution for non-relational data storage
• recommend a high availability solution for relational data storage

Design Infrastructure Solutions (25-30%)

Design a compute solution

• recommend a virtual machine-based compute solution
• recommend an appropriately sized compute solution based on workload requirements
• recommend a container-based compute solution
• recommend a serverless-based compute solution

Design an application architecture

• recommend a caching solution for applications
• recommend a messaging architecture
• recommend an event-driven architecture
• recommend an automated deployment solution for your applications
• recommend an application configuration management solution
• recommend a solution for API integration

Design migrations

• evaluate a migration solution that leverages the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• assess and interpret on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration
• recommend a solution for migrating applications and virtual machines
• recommend a solution for migrating databases
• recommend a solution for migrating unstructured data

Design network solutions

• recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements
• recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet
• recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to on-premises networks
• optimize network performance for applications
• recommend a solution to optimize network security
• recommend a load balancing and routing solution