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| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Microsoft Azure Architect Design |
| Exam Number: | AZ-301 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired |
| Available Languages: | Chinese (Traditional), English, Chinese (Simplified), German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) |
| Exam Format: | Case Study, Drag and Drop, Multiple Response, Multiple Choice, Scenario-based Questions |
| Related Certifications: | Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert |
| Exam Price: | USD 165 |
| Passing Score: | 700/1000 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Exam Duration: | 150 minutes |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Pearson VUE Test Center or Online Proctored Exam |
| Pre Condition: | AZ-301 was one of the exams required for Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert. It was commonly paired with AZ-300 before being retired and replaced by AZ-304/AZ-305 paths. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-solutions-architect/ |
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Design a Data Platform Solution | 15% | - Design data storage solutions
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| Design for Identity and Security | 25% | - Design security for applications and data
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| Design for Business Continuity | 15% | - Design backup and recovery
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| Design an Infrastructure Strategy | 25% | - Design network infrastructure
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| Design for Deployment, Migration, and Integration | 10% | - Design migration strategies
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| Determine Workload Requirements | 10% | - Gather requirements
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Microsoft Azure Architect Design is an official Microsoft exam, catalogued under the code AZ-301. A pass awards you the Microsoft Azure certification at the Expert level. It also supports progress toward Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert. Demand for this credential has stayed strong because it validates skills employers can use from day one.
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Microsoft Azure Architect Design spans 6 official domains. The most heavily weighted include Design for Identity and Security (25%), Design a Data Platform Solution (15%), and Design for Deployment, Migration, and Integration (10%). The full topic list is published above on this page; let the weightings decide where your next study hour goes.
Question 1
You are designing a solution that will host 20 different web applications.
You need to recommend a solution to secure the web applications with a firewall that protects against common web-based attacks including SQL injection, cross-site scripting attacks, and session hijacks. The solution must minimize costs.
Which three Azure features should you recommend ? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. Azure Application Gateway
B. Web Application Firewall (WAF)
C. VPN Gateway
D. Multi-site routing
E. URL-based content routing
F. Azure ExpressRoute
Question 2
You need to recommend a solution for protecting the content of the payment processing system.
What should you include in the recommendation?
A. Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
B. Always Encrypted with deterministic encryption
C. Always Encrypted with randomized encryption
D. Azure Storage Service Encryption
Question 3
Note: This question is part of series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.
You have an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named contoso.com. The tenant contains a group named Group1. Group1 contains all the administrative user accounts.
You discover several login attempts to the Azure portal from countries where administrative users do NOT work.
You need to ensure that all login attempts to the Azure portal from those countries require Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
Solution: Implement Azure AD Identity Protection for Group1.
Does this solution meet the goal?
A. No
B. Yes
Question 4
You manage an Azure environment for a company. The environment has over 25,000 licensed users and 100 mission-critical applications.
You need to recommend a solution that provides advanced endpoint threat detection and remediation strategies.
What should you recommend?
A. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication
B. Azure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
C. Azure Active Directory (AZ AD) Connect
D. Microsoft Identity Manager
E. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Identity Protection
Question 5
You need to recommend a disaster recovery solution for the back-end tier of the payment processing system.
What should you include in the recommendation?
A. an auto-failover group
B. Always On Failover Cluster Instances
C. active geo-replication
D. Azure Site Recovery
Solutions:
| Question 1 Answer: A,B,F | Question 2 Answer: B | Question 3 Answer: A | Question 4 Answer: E | Question 5 Answer: A |
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