# Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Candidates for the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification should have subject matter expertise in designing and implementing solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including aspects like compute, network, storage, and security. Candidates should have intermediate-level skills for administering Azure and understand Azure development and DevOps processes.

This role's responsibilities includes:
* advising stakeholders 
* translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions

> An Azure Solution Architect partners with cloud administrators, cloud DBAs, and clients to implement solutions.

# Requirements
A candidate for this certification should have advanced IT operations experience and knowledge including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance. An individual in this role will manage how decisions in each area affect the overall solution; so, a candidate should also have expert-level Azure administration skills and experience with Azure development and DevOps processes.

# Skills measured
To fulfill the requirements and needs for this certification, candidates must be able to:
* Implement and monitor an Azure infrastructure
* Implement management and security solutions
* Implement solutions for apps
* Implement and manage data platforms
* Design monitoring
* Design identity and security
* Design data storage
* Design business continuity
* Design infrastructure

# Exam
## 1. Exam AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

This exam tests the following skills:
* How to implement and monitor an Azure infrastructure (50-55%)
* How to implement management and security solutions (25-30%)
* How to implement solutions for apps (10-15%)
* How to implement and manage data platforms (10-15%)

## Schedule

#key# Register for your test: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/exams/az-305/ #key#.

## Practice tests
Practice tests can be found #key# here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/credentials/certifications/practice-assessments-for-microsoft-certifications #key#.

### 2. Exam AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design

This exam tests the following skills:
* Design monitoring (10-15%)
* Design identity and security (25-30%)
* Design data storage (15-20%)
* Design business continuity (10-15%)
* Design infrastructure (25-30%)

## Schedule

Register for your test [here](https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=13&ct=1608486089&rver=7.3.6960.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https%3A%2F%2Fexamregistrationapiappservice.trafficmanager.net%2FPartner%2FPermissions%2FD11A8593-79C6-4FA6-AAAC-0716461C8593%2F%3Fwhr%3Duri%3AMicrosoftAccount%26r%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fexamregistration.microsoft.com%2F%3Fwhr%3Duri%3AMicrosoftAccount%26locale%3Den-us%26examcode%3DAZ-304%26examname%3DExam%252520AZ-304%3A%252520Microsoft%252520Azure%252520Architect%252520Design%26returnToLearningUrl%3Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fdocs.microsoft.com%25252Flearn%25252Fcertifications%25252Fexams%25252Faz-304%26silentauth%3Dmsa&id=297213&aadredir=1).



Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Candidates must possess expertise in Azure architecture, encompassing compute, network, storage, security, and DevOps, with advanced IT operational experience.