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AZ-305 exam prep

Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Design identity, data storage, business continuity and infrastructure solutions.

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practice questions
381
chapters
33
slide decks
22
practice exams
3
case-study questions
32

The exam at a glance

Passing score
700 / 1000
Certification
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Prerequisite
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification
Renewal
Every 12 months, free online assessment

Source: Microsoft AZ-305 study guide — skills measured as of April 17, 2026

What the exam covers

Every objective in the official study guide has a chapter, a slide deck and practice questions.

  1. Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions

    25–30% of the exam

    1. 1.1 Designing solutions for logging and monitoring
    2. 1.2 Designing solutions for authentication and authorization
    3. 1.3 Design governance

  2. Design data storage solutions

    20–25% of the exam

    1. 2.1 Designing data storage solutions for relational data
    2. 2.2 Designing storage for semi-structured and unstructured data
    3. 2.3 Designing data integration

  3. Design business continuity solutions

    15–20% of the exam

    1. 3.1 Designing solutions for backup and disaster recovery
    2. 3.2 Design for high availability

  4. Design infrastructure solutions

    30–35% of the exam

    1. 4.1 Designing compute solutions
    2. 4.2 Designing an application architecture
    3. 4.3 Designing migrations
    4. 4.4 Designing network solutions

  5. Foundations

    Background, not scored

    1. 0.1 Cloud computing, CapEx vs. OpEx, and service models
    2. 0.2 Azure geography: regions, availability zones, and the edge
    3. 0.3 The resource hierarchy and Azure Resource Manager
    4. 0.4 Identity 101
    5. 0.5 Networking 101
    6. 0.6 Storage 101
    7. 0.7 Databases 101
    8. 0.8 Cost 101
    9. 0.9 The Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework
    10. 0.10 Environment setup and AZ-104 self-assessment

Sample questions

Three original questions from the bank, with their explanations.

Design infrastructure solutions · From chapter 4.1 Designing compute solutions

A media company needs to transcode 50,000 independent video files in parallel, as quickly and cheaply as possible, with no need for the transcoding tasks to communicate with each other. Which compute solution fits best?

Choose an answer

Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions · From chapter 1.1 Designing solutions for logging and monitoring

A security team wants Key Vault access logs both queryable via KQL for investigation and streamed continuously to a non-Microsoft SIEM. How many diagnostic settings are required, and what destinations should they specify?

Choose an answer

Design data storage solutions · From chapter 2.1 Designing data storage solutions for relational data

An organization is migrating an on-premises SQL Server instance that relies heavily on SQL Agent jobs and cross-database queries between several databases on the same instance. Minimizing application changes is the top priority. Which deployment option fits best?

Choose an answer

How you will study

Learn each objective with a chapter and a slide deck, practice with a drill that brings back what you miss, then rehearse with timed exams weighted like the real one.

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  1. 1

    Learn

    Understand it, then remember it

    Chapters with decision tables and exam traps · Slide decks with step-by-step animated diagrams · A study map of the whole exam on one page

  2. 2

    Practice

    Practice what you are about to forget

    Reviews spaced at 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days · Only the chapters you have finished, unless you choose more · An explanation for every option, right or wrong

  3. 3

    Pass

    Rehearse the real thing

    From a 5-question warm-up to a full-length exam · Longer Azure exams end with a complete case study · Mastery per domain against the weights the exam uses

FAQ

AZ-305 FAQ

What does the AZ-305 exam cover?

AZ-305 (Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions) covers Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions (25–30%), Design data storage solutions (20–25%), Design business continuity solutions (15–20%) and Design infrastructure solutions (30–35%). 3jumps teaches each objective in 33 chapters.

How many AZ-305 practice questions are there?

381 original practice questions, including 3 full practice exams. Every option has its own explanation.

How long is the AZ-305 exam and what is the passing score?

Passing score: 700 / 1000. Confirm on the official exam page before you book.

Are these real AZ-305 exam questions?

No. Every question is original, written from the official objectives and checked against Microsoft's documentation. 3jumps never uses exam dumps and is not affiliated with Microsoft.

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