Skills at a glance

• Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions (25–30%)

• Design data storage solutions (20–25%)

• Design business continuity solutions (15–20%)

• Design infrastructure solutions (30–35%)

Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions (25–30%)

Design data storage solutions (20–25%)

Design business continuity solutions (15–20%)

Design infrastructure solutions (30–35%)

Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions (25–30%)

Design solutions for logging and monitoring

• Recommend a logging solution

• Recommend a solution for routing logs

• Recommend a monitoring solution

Recommend a logging solution

Recommend a solution for routing logs

Recommend a monitoring solution

Design authentication and authorization solutions

• Recommend an authentication solution

• Recommend an identity management solution

• Recommend a solution for authorizing access to Azure resources

• Recommend a solution for authorizing access to on-premises resources

• Recommend a solution to manage secrets, certificates, and keys

Recommend an authentication solution

Recommend an identity management solution

Recommend a solution for authorizing access to Azure resources

Recommend a solution for authorizing access to on-premises resources

Recommend a solution to manage secrets, certificates, and keys

Design governance

• Recommend a structure for management groups, subscriptions, and resource groups, and a strategy for resource tagging

• Recommend a solution for managing compliance

• Recommend a solution for identity governance

Recommend a structure for management groups, subscriptions, and resource groups, and a strategy for resource tagging

Recommend a solution for managing compliance

Recommend a solution for identity governance

Design data storage solutions (20–25%)

Design data storage solutions for relational data

• Recommend a solution for storing relational data

• Recommend a database service tier and compute tier

• Recommend a solution for database scalability

• Recommend a solution for data protection

Recommend a solution for storing relational data

Recommend a database service tier and compute tier

Recommend a solution for database scalability

Recommend a solution for data protection

Design data storage solutions for semi-structured and unstructured data

• Recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data

• Recommend a solution for storing unstructured data

• Recommend a data storage solution to balance features, performance, and costs

• Recommend a data solution for protection and durability

Recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data

Recommend a solution for storing unstructured data

Recommend a data storage solution to balance features, performance, and costs

Recommend a data solution for protection and durability

Design data integration

• Recommend a solution for data integration

• Recommend a solution for data analysis

Recommend a solution for data integration

Recommend a solution for data analysis

Design business continuity solutions (15–20%)

Design solutions for backup and disaster recovery

• Recommend a recovery solution for Azure and hybrid workloads that meets recovery objectives

• 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

Recommend a recovery solution for Azure and hybrid workloads that meets recovery objectives

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

• Recommend a high availability solution for compute

• Recommend a high availability solution for relational data

• Recommend a high availability solution for semi-structured and unstructured data

Recommend a high availability solution for compute

Recommend a high availability solution for relational data

Recommend a high availability solution for semi-structured and unstructured data

Design infrastructure solutions (30–35%)

Design compute solutions

• Specify components of a compute solution based on workload requirements

• Recommend a virtual machine-based solution

• Recommend a container-based solution

• Recommend a serverless-based solution

• Recommend a compute solution for batch processing

Specify components of a compute solution based on workload requirements

Recommend a virtual machine-based solution

Recommend a container-based solution

Recommend a serverless-based solution

Recommend a compute solution for batch processing

Design an application architecture

• Recommend a messaging architecture

• Recommend an event-driven architecture

• Recommend a solution for API integration

• Recommend a caching solution for applications

• Recommend an application configuration management solution

• Recommend an automated deployment solution for applications

Recommend a messaging architecture

Recommend an event-driven architecture

Recommend a solution for API integration

Recommend a caching solution for applications

Recommend an application configuration management solution

Recommend an automated deployment solution for applications

Design migrations

• Evaluate a migration solution that leverages the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Evaluate on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration

• Recommend a solution for migrating workloads to infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS)

• Recommend a solution for migrating databases

• Recommend a solution for migrating unstructured data

Evaluate a migration solution that leverages the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Evaluate on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration

Recommend a solution for migrating workloads to infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS)

Recommend a solution for migrating databases

Recommend a solution for migrating unstructured data

Design network solutions

• Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet

• Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to on-premises networks

• Recommend a solution to optimize network performance

• Recommend a solution to optimize network security

• Recommend a load-balancing and routing solution

Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet

Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to on-premises networks

Recommend a solution to optimize network performance

Recommend a solution to optimize network security

Recommend a load-balancing and routing solution