Azure Solution Architect

Azure Solution Architect

Azure Solution Architect :

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Manage Azure AD objects

 Create users and groups

 Manage licenses in Azure AD

 Create administrative units

 Manage user and group properties

 Manage device settings and device identity

 Perform bulk updates

 Manage guest accounts

 Configure self-service password reset

Manage access control

 Create custom role-based access control (RBAC) and Azure AD roles

 Provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes

 Interpret access assignments

Manage Azure subscriptions and governance

 Configure and manage Azure Policy

 Configure resource locks

 Apply and manage tags on resources

 Manage resource groups

 Manage subscriptions

 Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and recommendations

 Configure management groups

Implement and manage storage :

Configure access to storage

 Configure network access to storage accounts

 Create and configure storage accounts

 Generate shared access signature tokens

 Configure stored access policies

 Manage access keys

 Configure Azure AD authentication for a storage account

 Configure storage encryption

Manage data in Azure storage accounts

 Create import and export jobs

 Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy

 Implement Azure Storage redundancy

 Configure object replication

Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

 Create an Azure file share

 Configure Azure Blob Storage

 Configure storage tiers

 Configure blob lifecycle management

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources :

Automate deployment of resources by using templates

 Modify an ARM template

 Deploy a template

 Save a deployment as an ARM template

 Deploy virtual machine (VM) extensions

Create and configure VMs

 Create a VM

 Manage images by using the Azure Compute Gallery

 Configure Azure Disk Encryption

 Move VMs from one resource group to another

 Manage VM sizes

 Add data disks

 Configure VM network settings

 Configure VM availability options

 Deploy and configure VM scale sets

Create and configure containers

 Configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances

 Configure container groups for Azure Container Instances

 Create and configure Azure Container Apps

 Configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

 Configure scaling for AKS

 Configure network connections for AKS

 Upgrade an AKS cluster

Create and configure an Azure App Service

 Create an App Service plan

 Configure scaling settings in an App Service plan

 Create an App Service

 Secure an App Service

 Configure custom domain names

 Configure backup for an App Service

 Configure networking settings

 Configure deployment settings

Configure and manage virtual networking :

Configure virtual networks

 Create and configure virtual networks and subnets

 Create and configure virtual network peering

 Configure private and public IP addresses

 Configure user-defined network routes

 Configure Azure DNS

Configure secure access to virtual networks

 Create and configure network security groups (NSGs) and application security groups (ASGs)

 Evaluate effective security rules

 Implement Azure Bastion

 Configure service endpoints on subnets

 Configure private endpoints

Configure load balancing

 Configure Azure Application Gateway

 Configure an internal or public load balancer

 Troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor virtual networking

 Monitor on-premises connectivity

 Configure and use Azure Monitor for networks

 Use Azure Network Watcher

 Troubleshoot external networking

 Troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

Monitor and maintain Azure resources :

Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor

 Configure and interpret metrics

 Configure Azure Monitor Logs

 Query and analyze logs

 Set up alerts and actions

 Configure monitoring of VMs, storage accounts, and networks by using VM insights

Implement backup and recovery

 Create an Azure Recovery Services vault

 Create an Azure Backup vault

 Create and configure backup policy

 Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup

 Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources

 Perform failover to a secondary region by using Azure Site Recovery

 Configure and review backup reports

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Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions :

Design a solution for logging and monitoring

 Design a log routing solution

 Recommend an appropriate level of logging

 Recommend monitoring tools for a solution

Design authentication and authorization solutions

 Recommend a solution for securing resources with role-based access control

 Recommend an identity management solution

 Recommend a solution for securing identities

Design governance

 Recommend an organizational and hierarchical structure for Azure resources

 Recommend a solution for enforcing and auditing compliance

Design identities and access for applications

 Recommend solutions to allow applications to access Azure resources

 Recommend a solution that securely stores passwords and secrets

 Recommend a solution for integrating applications into Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra

 Recommend a user consent solution for applications

Design data storage solutions :

Design a data storage solution for relational data

 Recommend database service tier sizing

 Recommend a solution for database scalability

 Recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use

Design data integration

? Recommend a solution for data integration

 Recommend a solution for data analysis

Recommend a data storage solution

? Recommend a solution for storing relational data

 Recommend a solution for storing semi-structured data

 Recommend a solution for storing non-relational data

Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

 Recommend access control solutions to data storage

 Recommend a data storage solution to balance features, performance, and cost

 Design a data solution for protection and durability

Design business continuity solutions :

Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

 Recommend a recovery solution for Azure, hybrid, and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives (Recovery Time Objective [RTO], Recovery Level Objective [RLO], Recovery Point Objective [RPO])

 Understand the recovery solutions for containers

 Recommend a backup and recovery solution for compute

 Recommend a backup and recovery solution for databases

 Recommend a backup and recovery solution for unstructured data

Design for high availability

? Identify the availability requirements of Azure resources

 Recommend a high availability solution for compute

 Recommend a high availability solution for non-relational data storage

 Recommend a high availability solution for relational data storage

Design infrastructure solutions :

Design a compute solution

 Recommend a virtual machine–based compute solution

 Recommend an appropriately sized compute solution based on workload requirements

 Recommend a container-based compute solution

 Recommend a serverless-based compute solution

Design an application architecture

 Recommend a caching solution for applications

 Recommend a messaging architecture

 Recommend an event-driven architecture

 Recommend an automated deployment solution for your applications

 Recommend an application configuration management solution

 Recommend a solution for API integration

Design migrations

 Evaluate a migration solution that leverages the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

 Assess and interpret on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration

 Recommend a solution for migrating applications and virtual machines

 Recommend a solution for migrating databases

 Recommend a solution for migrating unstructured data

Design network solutions

 Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements

 Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet

 Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to on-premises networks

 Optimize network performance for applications

 Recommend a solution to optimize network security

 Recommend a load balancing and routing solution