Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure Architect Design – AZ304
AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design Training in Coimbatore
Course Overview
The AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design certification course is tailored for IT professionals and solution architects who want to master the skills required to design secure, scalable, and reliable solutions on Microsoft Azure. This course emphasizes advanced decision-making in areas like compute, networking, storage, monitoring, and security based on business requirements.
At Linux Training Center in Coimbatore, this expert-level training empowers learners to develop real-world architecture strategies using Microsoft’s best practices and enterprise design patterns.
Why Choose AZ-304?
As cloud adoption continues to grow, organizations need skilled professionals who can design Azure-based solutions that are not only functional but also cost-effective and aligned with long-term goals. The AZ-304 certification validates your ability to define architecture strategies and translate them into practical solutions.
This course is essential for earning the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert credential and is often paired with AZ-303/AZ-305 depending on certification track updates.
Who Should Enroll?
This course is ideal for cloud architects, infrastructure professionals, IT consultants, and senior developers who are responsible for translating business requirements into secure and scalable cloud solutions.
It’s recommended that learners have prior experience with Azure administration, Azure development, and DevOps processes before enrolling.
What You Will Learn
Design identity, governance, and security strategies
Plan and design Azure compute, storage, and networking solutions
Design business continuity strategies, including disaster recovery and high availability
Recommend workload deployments and cost optimization strategies
Design data integration and monitoring solutions
Evaluate solutions for performance, scalability, and reliability
The training includes scenario-based assignments and real-world architecture challenges to prepare learners for enterprise-level responsibilities.
Course Highlights
Comprehensive coverage of AZ-304 exam domains
Hands-on labs and architectural design case studies
Guidance from certified cloud experts with industry experience
Interactive training with performance monitoring and security design
Weekday and weekend learning options available
Career Opportunities
Completing AZ-304 opens up senior roles such as Azure Solutions Architect, Cloud Consultant, Cloud Infrastructure Manager, or Enterprise Architect. Professionals certified in Azure solution design are in high demand across finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and tech sectors.
Why Linux Training Center?
Linux Training Center in Coimbatore delivers expert-led, practical training that aligns with the latest Azure exam objectives. Our focus on design strategy, real-world labs, and personalized mentorship ensures every learner becomes confident in building cloud-native architecture with Azure.
Microsoft Azure Architect Design - AZ304 Syllabus
Modules
Design Monitoring (10-15%)
Design for cost optimization
- recommend a solution for cost management and cost reporting
- recommend solutions to minimize costs
Design a solution for logging and monitoring
- determine levels and storage locations for logs
- plan for integration with monitoring tools including Azure Monitor and Azure Sentinel
- recommend appropriate monitoring tool(s) for a solution
- choose a mechanism for event routing and escalation
- recommend a logging solution for compliance requirements
Design Identity and Security (25-30%)
Design authentication
- recommend a solution for single-sign-on
- recommend a solution for authentication
- recommend a solution for Conditional Access, including multi-factor authentication
- recommend a solution for network access authentication
- recommend a solution for a hybrid identity including Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Connect cloud sync, and Azure AD Connect Health
- recommend a solution for user self-service
- recommend and implement a solution for B2B integration
Design authorization
- choose an authorization approach
- recommend a hierarchical structure that includes management groups, subscriptions, and resource groups
- ecommend an access management solution including RBAC policies, access reviews, role assignments, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Azure AD Identity Protection, Just In Time (JIT) access
Design governance
- recommend a strategy for tagging
- recommend a solution for using Azure Policy
- recommend a solution for using Azure Blueprintsy
- recommend a solution that leverages Azure Resource Graph
Design security for applications
- recommend a solution that includes Key Vault
- recommend a solution that includes managed identities
- recommend a solution for integrating applications into Azure AD
Design Data Storage (15-20%)
- Design a solution for databases
- select an appropriate data platform based on requirements
- 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 data flow to meet business requirements
- implement Azure Backup for Azure workloads
- recommend a solution for data integration, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics
Select an appropriate storage account
- choose between storage tiers
- recommend a storage access solution
- recommend storage management tools
Design Business Continuity (10-15%)
Design a solution for backup and recovery
- recommend a recovery solution for Azure hybrid and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives (RTO, RLO, RPO)
- design and Azure Site Recovery solution
- recommend a solution for recovery in different regions
- recommend a solution for geo-redundancy of workloads
- recommend a solution for Azure Backup management
- design a solution for data archiving and retention
Design for high availability
- recommend a solution for application and workload redundancy, including compute, database, and storage
- recommend a solution for autoscaling
- identify resources that require high availability
- identify storage types for high availability
Design Infrastructure (25-30%)
Design a compute solution
- recommend a solution for compute provisioning
- determine appropriate compute technologies, including virtual machines, App Services, Service Fabric, Azure Functions, Azure Virtual Desktop, Batch, HPC and containers - recommend a solution for containers
- recommend a solution for automating compute management
Design a network solution
- recommend a network architecture (hub and spoke, Virtual WAN)
- recommend a solution for network addressing and name resolution
- recommend a solution for network provisioning
- recommend a solution for network security including private Link, firewalls, gateways, network segmentation (perimeter networks/DMZs/NVAs)
- recommend a solution for network connectivity to the Internet, on-premises networks, and other Azure virtual networks
- recommend a solution for automating network management
- recommend a solution for load balancing and traffic routing
Design an application architecture
- ecommend a microservices architecture including Event Grid, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Azure Queue Storage, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Service Fabric, AKS, Azure App Configuration and webhooks
- recommend an orchestration solution for deployment and maintenance of applications including ARM templates, Azure Automation, Azure Pipelines, Logic Apps, or Azure Functions
- recommend a solution for API integration
Design migrations
- assess and interpret on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration
- recommend a solution for migrating applications and VMs
- recommend a solution for migration of databases
- determine migration scope, including redundant, related, trivial, and outdated data
- recommend a solution for migrating data (Storage Migration Service, Azure Data Box, Azure File Sync-based migration to hybrid file server)
To ensure success in Microsoft MCE Azure Solutions Architect certification exam, we recommend authorized training course, practice test and hands-on experience to prepare for Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-304) exam.
