Architect Enterprise Solutions on Azure

The AZ-305 is the expert-level Azure architecture certification. This course teaches you to design complete Azure solutions — not just deploy individual services, but architect how they fit together. You will make design decisions about compute platforms, data storage patterns, networking topologies, identity architecture, and business continuity strategies.

Every module presents architecture scenarios where you evaluate tradeoffs. Should you use Azure SQL or Cosmos DB? When does App Service make more sense than AKS? How do you design a hub-and-spoke network that supports multiple workloads with different security requirements? These are the questions the AZ-305 tests, and this course prepares you to answer them with confidence.

If you hold the AZ-104 and want to move into architecture roles, this is the path. The AZ-305 requires broad Azure knowledge and the ability to make defensible design decisions. This course gives you both the technical depth and the architectural thinking to pass the exam and design solutions in production.

Curriculum

Identity and Governance Design

• Authentication and authorization architecture
• Identity governance and access management patterns
• Monitoring and logging architecture
• Azure landing zone governance design

Data Storage Solutions

• Relational data with Azure SQL and managed instances
• Non-relational data with Cosmos DB and Table Storage
• Data integration and ETL architecture
• Data lake and analytics platform design

Application Architecture

• App Services, Functions, and Logic Apps selection criteria
• Container orchestration with AKS and Container Apps
• Messaging with Service Bus, Event Grid, and Event Hubs
• API Management and microservices patterns

Infrastructure Design

• Compute solution selection and sizing
• Virtual network architecture and connectivity
• High availability and disaster recovery design
• Migration strategies and cost optimization

Who Is This For

This course targets experienced Azure professionals pursuing the AZ-305 expert certification. You should have hands-on experience deploying and managing Azure resources — ideally with the AZ-104 already completed. If you are a cloud architect, senior engineer, or consultant who designs Azure solutions for organizations, this course validates your ability to make architecture decisions that hold up in production.