MICROSOFT AZURE - AZ-304: MICROSOFT AZURE ARCHITECT - DESIGN
The AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect - Design course is an advanced, architecture-focused professional program designed to equip participants with the skills required to design secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective solutions on Microsoft Azure. The AZ-304 exam is administered by Microsoft and targets professionals operating at solution and enterprise architecture level. This course emphasizes design decisions and trade-offs across identity, governance, networking, compute, storage, data, security, business continuity, and monitoring. The program aligns with the AZ-304 exam objectives and complements implementation-focused skills by developing architectural thinking and design justification, preparing participants to operate effectively as Azure Solution Architects and to sit for the AZ-304 certification exam. Course Objectives By the end of this course, participants will be able to: Design Azure identity, governance, and security solutions Architect resilient compute, storage, and networking solutions Design data platforms for performance, availability, and scale Plan business continuity, disaster recovery, and monitoring Evaluate architectural trade-offs for cost, performance, and reliability Prepare confidently for the AZ-304 certification examination
Course Curriculum
1
- Azure Solution Architect role
- Azure Well-Architected Framework
- Design principles and trade-offs
- Translating business requirements into architecture
2
- Azure Active Directory architecture
- Identity models (cloud-only, hybrid, federated)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Azure Policy, Blueprints, and management groups
3
- Zero Trust principles
- Network security architecture
- Identity and access security
- Data protection and encryption strategies
4
- Virtual machines vs PaaS services
- Containers and orchestration (overview)
- Autoscaling and availability options
- High availability design patterns
5
- Microservices and monolithic architectures
- API design and integration patterns
- Event-driven and serverless architectures
- Resiliency and fault tolerance
6
- Blob, File, Disk, and Queue storage
- Storage performance and scalability
- Data redundancy and replication options
- Secure storage design
7
- Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and NoSQL options
- Data consistency and partitioning
- Analytics and data processing architectures
- Selecting the right data service
8
- Virtual network design
- Hybrid connectivity (VPN and ExpressRoute)
- Load balancing and traffic routing
- Network segmentation and isolation
9
- High availability vs disaster recovery
- Backup and restore architectures
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
- Designing multi-region solutions
10
- Azure Monitor and Log Analytics design
- Alerting and diagnostics architecture
- Operational visibility and observability
- Designing for operational excellence
11
- Cloud adoption and migration planning
- Hybrid and multi-cloud considerations
- Application modernization strategies
- Integration with on-premises systems
12
- Azure pricing models
- Cost management and optimization strategies
- Designing for performance efficiency
- Capacity planning and forecasting
13
- AZ-304 exam objective review
- Scenario-based architecture questions
- Design justification and decision-making
- Exam strategies and readiness guidance
14
- Instructor-led classroom or virtual training
- Architecture design workshops
- Scenario-based discussions and case studies
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- Azure Solution Architects
- Cloud and enterprise architects
- Senior infrastructure and DevOps engineers
- IT professionals designing Azure solutions
- Professionals seeking AZ-304 certification
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- Strong understanding of Azure administration and development
- Experience with Azure infrastructure and services
- Prior exposure to solution design concepts
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- Architecture design exercises
- Scenario-based analysis
- Knowledge checks and quizzes
This course includes
- 17+ Activity Modules
- 40 hours + lessons
- Lifetime access
- Certificate of completion
- Available on desktop and mobile
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