Retirement of Exam AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies and AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design, effective March 31, 2022. New exam – AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions – Reimagining the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification

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Details :

• Beta version of the new Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions will be released on November 16, 2021
• AZ-305 exam will be required to earn the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
• Skills required for AZ-305 : https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RWLFRU
• Candidates for this certification will also be required to earn the Azure Administrator Associate certification
• Exam AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies and Exam AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design, will be retiring effective March 31, 2022
• Paths to earning the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
  • Earn or have a current Azure Administrator Associate certification and pass Exam AZ-305 after it’s available.
  • Pass Exam AZ-303 before it retires and pass Exam AZ-305 after it’s available.
  • Pass both Exam AZ-303 and Exam AZ-304 before they retire.

Preparing for beta exam – AZ-305 – Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions :

• Study guide by Thomas Maurer – https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/10/az-305-study-guide-azure-solutions-architect
• Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure and the Azure Well-Architected Framework learning path

References :

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/reimagining-the-azure-solutions-architect-expert-certification/ba-p/2813695

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