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Microsoft AZ-304 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
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| Design Infrastructure | 25-30% | - Design compute solutions
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| Design Data Storage | 15-20% | - Design database solutions
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| Design Business Continuity | 10-15% | - Design high availability
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| Design Monitoring | 10-15% | - Design for logging and monitoring
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| Design Identity and Security | 25-30% | - Design security solutions
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The Microsoft Azure Architect Design exam contains 40-60 to complete within 150 minutes. Knowing your pacing beforehand is exactly what the ValidVCE Desktop Test Engine's timed simulations are for.
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The official Microsoft Azure Architect Design outline defines 5 domains. The leading three are Design Infrastructure (25-30%), Design Business Continuity (10-15%), and Design Data Storage (15-20%). The full list is in the topics section above, and ValidVCE's 288 practice questions cover each one.
Recommended: AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate certification or equivalent experience; retired as of March 31, 2022 Since requirements change over time, confirm the latest on the official Microsoft exam page before scheduling.
The AZ-304 exam is a Microsoft certification exam validating the Microsoft Azure Architect Design syllabus shown above. It belongs to these credential paths: AZ-303 (retired), AZ-305 (replacement). Candidates in 2026 prepare for it with ValidVCE's 288 practice questions, available as a printable PDF, a Windows Desktop Test Engine, and an Online Test Engine — three versions of the same materials.
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Microsoft Azure Architect Design Sample Questions:
Note: This question is part of a 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.
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You are designing an Azure solution for a company that has four departments. Each department will deploy several Azure app services and Azure SQL databases.
You need to recommend a solution to report the costs for each department to deploy the app services and the databases. The solution must provide a consolidated view for cost reporting that displays cost broken down by department.
Solution: Create a resource group for each resource type. Assign tags to each resource group.
Does the solution meet the goal?
- A. No
- B. Yes
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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You have an Azure App Service Web App that includes Azure Blob storage and an Azure SQL Database instance. The application is instrumented by using the Application Insights SDK.
You need to design a monitoring solution for the web app.
Which Azure monitoring services should you use? To answer, select the appropriate Azure monitoring services in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Correct Answer:
You plan to archive 10 TB of on-premises data files to Azure.
You need to recommend a data archival solution. The solution must minimize the cost of storing the data files.
Which Azure Storage account type should you include in the recommendation?
- A. Premium Storage (general purpose v1)
- B. Standard Storage (general purpose v1)
- C. Standard StorageV2 (general purpose v2)
- D. Premium StorageV2 (general purpose v2)
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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You are designing a solution that will include containerized applications running in an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.
You need to recommend a load balancing solution for HTTPS traffic. The solution must meet the following requirements:
Automatically configure load balancing rules as the applications are deployed to the cluster.
Support Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF).
Support cookie-based affinity.
Support URL routing.
What should you include the recommendation?
- A. an NGINX ingress controller
- B. Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC)
- C. the Kubernetes load balancer service
- D. an HTTP application routing ingress controller
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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You have five .NET Core applications that run on 10 Azure virtual machines in the same subscription.
You need to recommend a solution to ensure that the applications can authenticate by using the same Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) identity. The solution must meet the following requirements:
Ensure that the applications can authenticate only when running on the 10 virtual machines.
Minimize administrative effort.
What should you include in the recommendation? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Correct Answer:
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