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How to pass Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

An independent, practice-first guide: the exam objectives, a study approach that targets your weak areas, and a free diagnostic that tells you when you're ready. Independent prep, not affiliated with Microsoft.

A five-step plan to pass AZ-305

1

Find your gaps

Take the free diagnostic. It scores you by domain so you know exactly what to study, before you spend evenings or a cent on the exam.

2

Practice what matters

Work the objectives where practice will move your score most, not the ones you already know. Original questions with explanations that teach.

3

Take mock exams

Test under realistic time and question constraints. Mocks surface pacing problems and weak domains a study guide can't.

4

Do a final review

Tighten your single weakest domain and re-check the never-miss objectives.

5

Schedule when the evidence says so

Use your readiness score and domain results to decide. Walk in prepared, not hopeful.

AZ-305 exam objectives

The published blueprint, with domain weights. Practice weighted the way the exam is weighted.

Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions

28%
  • 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)

Design data storage solutions

22%
  • 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

Design business continuity solutions

17%
  • 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)

Design infrastructure solutions

33%
  • 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)

Common questions

What does the AZ-305 exam cover?

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert covers 4 domains: Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions, Design data storage solutions, Design business continuity solutions, Design infrastructure solutions. Each is weighted, so your practice should be weighted the same way.

How do I know when I'm ready for AZ-305?

Use an evidence-based readiness score (knowledge, blueprint coverage, consistency, and recency), not a completion percentage. When it says you're prepared, you are.

Are these practice questions exam dumps?

No. Every question is original and mapped to the published objectives. We never use dumps or leaked material.

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