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Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

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Track at a glance

Exam code
AZ-305
Version
2026-04-17
Level
Expert
Blueprint domains
4
Lessons
12
Original practice questions
108
Flashcards
36
Last reviewed
2026-07-14
Next scheduled review
2026-10-14
Blueprint facts are re-verified against the official exam guide on the review schedule above.
Exam blueprint

Domains & weights

Every lesson and question is mapped to a domain and objective below, and every attempt records the exam version it was answered under.

Domain 1: Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions

28% of exam

Published weight 25-30%. Designing solutions for logging and monitoring, designing authentication and authorization (Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, hybrid access), and designing governance (management group/subscription structure, tagging, compliance, identity governance).

  • Design solutions for logging and monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, routing logs)
  • Design authentication and authorization solutions (Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, hybrid access)
  • Design governance (management groups/subscriptions/resource groups, tagging, compliance, identity governance)

Domain 2: Design data storage solutions

22% of exam

Published weight 20-25%. Designing storage for relational data (service/compute tiers, scalability, protection), semi-structured and unstructured data (balancing features/performance/cost, durability), and data integration and analysis.

  • Design data storage solutions for relational data (service and compute tiers, scalability, protection)
  • Design data storage solutions for semi-structured and unstructured data (cost/performance, durability)
  • Design data integration and analysis solutions

Domain 3: Design business continuity solutions

17% of exam

Published weight 15-20%. Designing backup and disaster recovery for Azure and hybrid workloads (compute, databases, unstructured data, meeting recovery objectives) and designing for high availability across compute and data.

  • Design solutions for backup and disaster recovery (meeting RTO/RPO across compute, databases, data)
  • Design for high availability (compute, relational, semi-structured and unstructured data)

Domain 4: Design infrastructure solutions

33% of exam

Published weight 30-35%. Designing compute solutions (VM, container, serverless, batch), application architecture (messaging, event-driven, API, caching, configuration, automated deployment), migrations (Cloud Adoption Framework, IaaS/PaaS, databases, data), and network solutions (connectivity, performance, security, load balancing).

  • Design compute solutions (VM-based, container-based, serverless, batch processing)
  • Design an application architecture (messaging, event-driven, API, caching, configuration, automated deployment)
  • Design migrations (Cloud Adoption Framework, IaaS/PaaS, databases, unstructured data)
  • Design network solutions (connectivity, performance, security, load balancing and routing)

Source & provenance

  • Study guide for Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions: official source (retrieved 2026-07-14)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert: official source (retrieved 2026-07-14)

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