Microsoft AZ-303: Exam Details

The Microsoft AZ-303 exam evaluates your skills in implementing security and management solutions as well as monitoring and implementing Azure infrastructures, among others. The applicants can take it in English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, or Japanese. The number of questions administered in this test is between 40 and 60. The types of questions are multiple choice, case studies, drag and drop, active screen, build list, best answer, short answer, and others. The passing score is 700 points on a scale of 100-1000. To schedule it, you must go through the official exam administrator’s website, which is Pearson VUE. You also have to pay the fee of $165.

What Objectives Are Covered in Microsoft AZ-303 Exam?

There are 4 topics included in this test, which are the following:

• Implementing Solutions targeting Applications;
• Manage Data Platforms;
• Implementing Solutions for Management and Security;
• Monitor an Azure Infrastructure.

Each domain closes in on a number of technical issues concerning architecting solutions on Azure. To dive deeper, the first one involves maintaining workloads, implementing load balancing and security for networks, and administering solutions regarding Azure governance. Included as well is maintaining solutions regarding security. So, within this tested area, you will find issues such as migrating workloads, implementing Azure backup for VMs, disaster recovery, and management for Azure update. Also considered within this domain are aspects like creating and managing hierarchical structures, implementing firewall for Web Apps, executing traffic manager for Azure, executing Bastion, setting up and performing access review, implementing and configuring KeyVault, and registering and managing apps in Azure AD.

The second objective concerns implementation of platforms for apps and executing container-based apps. You will master abilities such as creating and configuring services for Azure App, creating and managing deployment slots, implementing logic apps and Azure functions, designing container images, and configuring services for Azure Kubernetes. Involved here also are aspects like publishing and automating image deployment targeting container registry and publishing solutions on the Azure container instance.

For the third exam topic, the aspects considered include implementing databases concerning NoSQL and those for Azure SQL. This encompasses issues like configuring account tables for storage, selecting the right APIs for CosmosDB, and setting up replicas in CosmosDB. It also concerns implementing managed instances for Azure SQL database and configuring settings for Azure SQL. Further, configuring HA for Azure SQL and publishing Azure SQL databases will be included here.

The fourth and final assessed area focuses on executing and monitoring infrastructure for Azure and is a bit expansive. It includes implementing monitoring for cloud architecture, implementing accounts targeting storage, implementing VMs meant for Linux and Windows, implementing storage accounts, executing virtual networking, executing Active Directory for Azure, automating resources designed for deployment in addition to configuration, executing virtual networking, Azure Active Directory, and executing and managing hybrid identities. This is where you will be establishing technical abilities in monitoring security, performance, and health in addition to availability and cost. This domain is also about mastering the configuration of advanced logging and logging targeting workloads and configuring and maintaining advanced alerts. Still, for the fourth domain under VMs for Linux and Windows, the focal point is on configuring high availability, storage, selecting sizes for virtual machines, executing dedicated hosts for Azure, administering scale sets, and configuring encryption for Azure disk. Among others, there are also issues about virtual networking such as implementing connections for VNet to VNet and executing VNet peering.

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-303