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Azure Solutions Architect Expert

AzureAZ-305Expert

⏱ Duration

120 minutes

❓ Questions

40–60 case studies + MCQ

✅ Pass Score

700/1000

💰 Cost

$165 USD

📅 Valid

1 year

📋 Exam Domains & Weightage

Design Identity, Governance & Monitoring

Zero Trust, Entra ID architecture, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics

25–30%

Design Data Storage Solutions

SQL vs NoSQL, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Data Lake, tiering

25–30%

Design Business Continuity Solutions

Backup strategies, Site Recovery, RTO/RPO, geo-redundancy

10–15%

Design Infrastructure Solutions

AKS, App Service, Landing Zones, Hub-Spoke networking, migration

25–30%

🔑Requires AZ-104 as prerequisite

🔑Case study format — read the entire scenario before answering

🔑Focus on trade-off reasoning, not just memorizing services

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After this certification

AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert) — pair with AZ-305 for full architect profile