Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-303―and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of architecting high-value Microsoft Azure solutions for your organization or customers. Designed for modern IT professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Expert level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
• Implement and monitor an Azure infrastructure
• Implement management and security solutions
• Implement solutions for apps
• Implement and manage data platforms
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
• Assumes you are an IT professional who wants to demonstrate your ability to design modern Microsoft Azure solutions involving compute, network, storage, and security
About the Exam
Exam AZ-303 focuses on knowledge needed to implement cloud infrastructure monitoring, storage accounts, and VMs (Windows and Linux); automate resource deployment and configuration; implement virtual networking and Azure Active Directory; implement and manage hybrid identities; manage Azure workloads; implement Azure Site Recovery; implement application infrastructure; manage application security; implement load balancing and network security; integrate Azure virtual networks with on-premises networks; implement and manage Azure governance solutions; manage Role-Based Access Control; implement application infrastructure and container-based apps; implement NoSQL and Azure SQL databases; and implement Azure SQL database managed instances.
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam and Exam AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert credential, demonstrating your expertise in compute, network, storage, and security for designing and implementing modern cloudbased solutions that run on Microsoft Azure.
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Mike Pfeiffer is a 20-year tech industry veteran who’s worked for some of the largest technology companies in the world, including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS). He’s the founder and chief technologist at CloudSkills.io, a cloud consulting and training firm. Mike is an author for Pluralsight, international conference speaker, Microsoft Azure MVP, and host of the CloudSkills.fm podcast.
Derek Schauland is an IT professional with 20 years’ experience. He currently specializes in cloud technologies. He spent 10 years of his career as a Microsoft MVP, first in file system storage and then in cloud and datacenter management. In addition to writing about cloud technologies, he has co-authored three other books and countless articles and blogs. Outside of the technology space, he enjoys barbecuing with family and friends.
Gurvinder Singh is a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect with 13 years of diversified software development experience. He has a strong programming background and hands-on experience on .NET and C#. Since the past few years, Gurvinder has been guiding large enterprises in the transformation of legacy applications into cloud-native architecture with a focus on migration to Microsoft Azure. He is extremely passionate about technology, especially with the Microsoft Azure platform (PaaS, IaaS, and Serverless).
Nicole Stevens is technical director of an independent software vendor (ISV) in the United Kingdom. Nicole has 20 years’ experience in software development, starting out as an Oracle DBA troubleshooting performance, design, and integration issues for large enterprises across EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). Switching to an ISV start-up brought fresh challenges, with a role spanning IT pro, technical consultancy, and DevOps engineer. Nicole’s current focus is architecting cloud native solutions whilst assisting in the refactor of legacy software solutions for customers in Azure.
