Use this handy guide to prepare for the Microsoft AZ-300 exam: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies with Pluralsight courses. This article maps each exam objective to a Pluralsight course. It will take you about 60 hours to go through all these courses.
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The exam is divided in the following high-level domains:
This domain carries a weight of 25-30% and is divided in the following objectives. It will take you about 19 hours to go through these courses.
| Id | Exam Objective | Pluralsight Course | Course length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Analyze resource utilization and consumption | Monitoring Microsoft Azure Resources and Workloads | 2h 7m |
| 1.2 | Create and configure storage accounts | Creating and Configuring Microsoft Azure Storage Accounts | 3h 20m |
| 1.3 | Create and configure a Virtual Machine (VM) for Windows and Linux | Deploying a Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure | 1h 16m |
| 1.4 | Automate deployment of Virtual Machines (VMs) | Deploying Multiple Virtual Machines in Microsoft Azure | 1h 20m |
| 1.5 | Implement solutions that use virtual machines (VM) | Provisioning Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines | 3h 10m |
| 1.6 | Create connectivity between virtual networks | Connecting Microsoft Azure Virtual Networks | 1h 2m |
| 1.7 | Implement and manage virtual networking | Managing Microsoft Azure Virtual Networks | 1h 39m |
| 1.8 | Manage Azure Active Directory (AD) | Managing Identities in Microsoft Azure Active Directory | 2h 7m |
| 1.9 | Implement and manage hybrid identities | Microsoft Hybrid Identity - Overview | 2h 56m |
This domain carries a weight of 20-25% and is divided in the following objectives. It will take you about 14 hours to go through these courses.
| Id | Exam Objective | Pluralsight Course | Course length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Migrate servers to Azure | Migrating Physical and Virtual Servers to Microsoft Azure | 1h 51m |
| 2.2 | Configure serverless computing | Configuring Serverless Computing in Microsoft Azure | 2h 0m |
| 2.3 | Implement application load balancing | Managing Network Load Balancing in Microsoft Azure | 1h 2m |
| 2.4 | Integrate on premises network with Azure virtual network | Connecting On-premises Networks with Azure Virtual Networks | 0h 53m |
| 2.5 | Manage role-based access control (RBAC) | Managing Microsoft Azure Role Based Access Control | 1h 39m |
| 2.6 | Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) | Implementing and Managing Azure Multi-factor Authentication | 5h 47m |
This domain carries a weight of 5-10% and is divided in the following objectives. It will take you about 10 hours to go through these courses.
| Id | Exam Objective | Pluralsight Course | Course length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Create web apps by using PaaS | Implement Web and Mobile Services on Microsoft Azure | 6h 30m |
| 3.2 | Design and develop apps that run in containers | Microsoft Azure Developer: Deploying and Managing Containers | 3h 12m |
This domain carries a weight of 5-10% and is divided in the following objectives. It will take you about 5 hours to go through these courses.
| Id | Exam Objective | Pluralsight Course | Course length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Implement authentication | Microsoft Azure Authentication Scenarios for Developers | 2h 52m |
| 4.2 | Implement secure data solutions | Microsoft Azure Developer: Securing Data | 2h 8m |
This domain carries a weight of 20-25% and is divided in the following objectives. It will take you about 11 hours to go through these courses.
| Id | Exam Objective | Pluralsight Course | Course length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage | Learning Azure Cosmos DB | 6h 6m |
| 5.2 | Develop solutions that use a relational database | Microsoft Azure Developer: Managing Azure SQL Database | 2h 6m |
| 5.3 | Configure a message-based integration architecture | Microsoft Azure Developer: Identifying an Appropriate Integration Solution | 1h 43m |
| 5.4 | Develop for autoscaling | Microsoft Azure Developer: Developing for Autoscaling | 1h 44m |
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