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AZ-305: Azure architecture and production decisions

Design Azure solutions from access, data, continuity, compute, and migration requirements through production decisions and cases.

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AZ-305 objectives dated April 17, 2026. Weight ranges: identity/governance/monitoring 25–30%, data 20–25%, continuity 15–20%, and infrastructure 30–35%. The Expert credential also requires Azure Administrator Associate. Official passing score is 700 on the 1–1000 scale, not equivalent to 70%. Exact question count and exam-specific duration unconfirmed; generic Microsoft duration depends on labs and was not assigned as a fixed format. Official Portuguese is pt-BR.

Objectives and progression

Eight lessons, 50 regular questions, and eight original cases provide a first pass across the four AZ-305 domains using the April 2026 outline’s weight ranges. Fictional cases focus on architecture responsibilities and transition to RUN. The internal assessment reuses 32 decisions and does not reproduce the official exam. Earning external Azure Solutions Architect Expert also requires Azure Administrator Associate; completing this path does not meet that requirement. This first pass does not provide exhaustive coverage, a cloud lab, or a full mock exam.

Audience: Architects, experienced administrators, and infrastructure and production technical managers.

Prerequisites: Azure administration, networking, data, and application operations. The official Expert credential also requires Azure Administrator Associate.

295 estimated study minutes

  • Design identity, governance, and evidence collection.
  • Choose data and compute around constraints and trade-offs.
  • Evaluate service recovery against RTO and RPO.
  • Plan integration, networking, migration, and operational autonomy.

Modules

  1. Identity and access boundaries
  2. Governance, cost, and observation
  3. Relational data decisions
  4. Storage and data integration
  5. Continuity and demonstrated recovery
  6. Compute and operational responsibility
  7. Integration and change contracts
  8. Networking and complete-service migration

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References and version

AZ-305 objectives 2026-04-17

What you will explore

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Identity and access boundaries

Design daily access and administrative recovery.

25 min02

Governance, cost, and observation

Turn organizational requirements into verifiable controls.

25 min03

Relational data decisions

Balance compatibility, capacity, consistency, and recovery.

25 min04

Storage and data integration

Relate distribution, access, retention, and integration paths.

25 min05

Continuity and demonstrated recovery

Design and measure operational recovery, including dependencies.

30 min06

Compute and operational responsibility

Choose a platform from requirements and team capability.

25 min07

Integration and change contracts

Define delivery, consistency, caching, and controlled deployment.

25 min08

Networking and complete-service migration

Relate protocol, routing, and cutover dependencies.

25 min

Learning is also trying.

Original explained questions, flashcards, and scenarios to apply the concepts.

Practice
This module covers foundations. It is not a complete certification course or a full simulation of the official exam.

Exam domains

Identity, governance, and monitoring—
Data storage—
Business continuity—
Infrastructure—