The average annual Salary of an Azure Architect in the United States is $149,029. Microsoft Azure Solutions Architects must have expertise in computing, network, storage, and security so that they can design solutions that run on Azure.
Attaining a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification validates your understanding of the following concepts:
Analyze resource utilization and consumption • configure diagnostic settings on resources • create a baseline for resources • create and rest alerts • analyze alerts across subscription • analyze metrics across subscription • create action groups • monitor for unused resources • monitor spend • report on spend • utilize Log Search query functions • view alerts in Azure Monitor logs
Create and configure storage accounts • configure network access to the storage account • create and configure the storage account • generate shared access signature • install and use Azure Storage Explorer • manage access keys • monitor activity log by using Azure Monitor logs • implement Azure storage replication
Create and configure a Virtual Machine (VM) for Windows and Linux • configure high availability • configure monitoring, networking, storage, and virtual machine size • deploy and configure scale sets
Automate deployment of Virtual Machines (VMs) • Modify Azure Resource Manager template • configure the location of new VMs • configure VHD template • deploy from template • save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template • deploy Windows and Linux VMs
Implement solutions that use virtual machines (VM) • provision VMs • create Azure Resource Manager templates • configure Azure Disk Encryption for VMs
Create connectivity between virtual networks • create and configure VNET peering • create and configure VNET to VNET • verify virtual network connectivity • create a virtual network gateway
Implement and manage virtual networking • configure private and public IP addresses, network routes, network interface, subnets, and virtual network
Manage Azure Active Directory (AD) • add custom domains • configure Azure AD Identity Protection, Azure AD Join, and Enterprise State Roaming • configure self-service password reset • implement conditional access policies • manage multiple directories • perform an access review
Implement and manage hybrid identities • install and configure Azure AD Connect • configure federation and single sign-on • manage Azure AD Connect • manage password sync and writeback
Exam details
Required exams: Exam AZ-300 and Exam AZ-301, or Transition Exam AZ-302. More details from Microsoft:
1.Exam AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies. This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks:
deploy and configure infrastructure
implement workloads and security
create and deploy apps
implement authentication and secure data
develop for the cloud and Azure storage
2. Exam AZ-301: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
Exam update: Effective May 22, 2019
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks:
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