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Azure Solutions Architect Expert

A route to Azure Solutions Architect Expert: the AZ-104 prerequisite confirmed, AZ-305 design study across identity, data, continuity and infrastructure, case study drills, timed practice, exam day and the yearly renewal.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Reaching Azure Solutions Architect Expert: the AZ-305 design exam on top of the administrator prerequisite, design case studies and the yearly renewal assessment.

  1. Current AZ-305 study guide and skills outline
  2. Azure Administrator prerequisite on your transcript
  3. Certification profile and exam account set-up
  4. Design skills self-assessment against the outline
  5. Cold practice assessment baseline
  6. Dated AZ-305 study calendar
  7. Cost-guarded subscription for design proofs
  8. Architecture reference shelf and reading queue
  9. Design decision record format for study
  10. Exam voucher and study funding decision
  11. Weekly AZ-305 study sessions
  12. Weekly case study drill
  13. Wrong-answer log and Friday review
  14. Monthly timed practice assessment
  15. Azure updates and retirements watch
  16. Service limits and SKU flashcards
  17. Whiteboard design sessions with a peer
  18. Identity and access design with Entra ID
  19. Governance design with management groups and policy
  20. Logging and monitoring solution design
  21. Relational data store design
  22. Non-relational and storage account design
  23. Data integration and analytics design
  24. Backup and disaster recovery design
  25. Composite SLA and availability calculator
  26. Compute platform choice framework
  27. Application architecture and messaging design
  28. Network topology and connectivity design
  29. Migration design for an on-premises estate
  30. Cost estimation and pricing model practice
  31. Choosing practice questions and course material
  32. Readiness gate to book or postpone
  33. Online proctored or test centre decision
  34. Rebuilding a weak skill area
  35. Booking the AZ-305 exam
  36. Final fortnight review plan
  37. AZ-305 exam day plan
  38. Score report analysis and retake plan
  39. Claiming and showing the Expert credential
  40. Yearly Expert renewal assessment
  41. Administrator moving into an architect role
  42. Developer route to AZ-305
  43. Cross-training from AWS or Google Cloud
  44. Partner consultant certification plan
  45. Study plan for a working parent
  46. Sitting AZ-305 in a second language
  47. Published reference architecture write-up
  48. Running an AZ-305 study group
  49. Well-Architected reviews at work
  50. Next Azure credential after Expert

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Current AZ-305 study guide and skills outline

Microsoft revises the AZ-305 skills outline every few months, renames services and retires exams with little notice, so study material from a year ago can teach a product name that no longer exists. Reading the current study guide on Microsoft Learn first, and saving a dated copy, sets the scope for every later project in this area.

First tasks

  • Open the AZ-305 exam page on Microsoft Learn and download the study guide
  • Copy the skill areas and their published ranges into your study notes
  • Highlight every item listed in the guide's change log
  • Check the study guide change log for a new revision @recurring(quarterly)

Azure Administrator prerequisite on your transcript

The Expert credential is only awarded when the Azure Administrator Associate prerequisite sits on the same Microsoft certification profile as a passed AZ-305. Engineers who passed AZ-104 under an old work account, or let it lapse, find out after the design exam that the Expert badge has not appeared. Confirming the prerequisite now, or dating when you will earn it, removes that surprise.

First tasks

  • Read the Expert certification requirements on Microsoft Learn
  • Open your certification transcript and find the Administrator Associate entry
  • Note its expiry date and whether its renewal window is already open
  • Request a profile merge through certification support if it sits on another account

Certification profile and exam account set-up

Exam bookings, score reports, badges and renewals all hang off one Microsoft Learn profile linked to the exam provider, and a legal name that does not match your identity document can stop you at check-in. Setting the profile up correctly before booking anything saves a support ticket in the week of the exam.

First tasks

  • Choose the personal Microsoft account you will keep for certifications
  • Compare the profile's legal name with your identity document letter by letter
  • Link the exam provider account from the certification profile page
  • Send a test email to the profile's contact address

Make it yours.

Install Azure Solutions Architect Expert, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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