Free AZ-305 practice exams are available here, covering all four domains of the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert exam. Whether you are preparing for your first attempt or reviewing before sitting the exam again, these questions are designed to reflect the depth and style of the real exam.
What AZ-305 covers
The AZ-305 exam tests your ability to design secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure. The four exam domains are:
- Design Infrastructure Solutions (40%) covers compute architecture including virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes (AKS), as well as networking design, application architecture patterns, and migration strategies.
- Design Identity, Governance, and Monitoring Solutions (27%) tests Azure Active Directory, role-based access control (RBAC), Azure Policy, management groups, and Azure Monitor including Log Analytics and alerts.
- Design Data Storage Solutions (20%) covers relational databases (Azure SQL, SQL Managed Instance), non-relational databases (Cosmos DB), storage accounts, data integration, and data lakehouse patterns.
- Design Business Continuity Solutions (13%) focuses on backup strategies, Azure Site Recovery, high availability patterns, disaster recovery planning, and geo-redundancy.
The exam consists of 40 to 60 questions including multiple choice, multiple select, drag-and-drop, and case studies, with a 180-minute time limit. A scaled score of 700 out of 1000 is required to pass.
What's in these practice exams
Three sets of 20 scenario-based questions give you 60 unique AZ-305 practice questions in total. Each question includes a detailed explanation covering why the correct answer is right and why the other options fall short.
Topics covered across the sets include:
- Applying Azure Policy at the management group level for organisation-wide governance
- Designing identity solutions with Azure AD, managed identities, and federated access
- Choosing between Azure SQL, SQL Managed Instance, and Cosmos DB for different workloads
- Selecting the right storage redundancy options (LRS, ZRS, GRS, GZRS) for durability requirements
- Designing hub-and-spoke network topologies and peering strategies
- Configuring Azure Site Recovery and backup vaults for business continuity
- Building scalable compute architectures with AKS, App Service, and Azure Functions
- Using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for observability
The first set is completely free, with no account required.
How to use these questions effectively
AZ-305 is a design exam, not a recall exam. Every question presents a scenario and asks you to reason about trade-offs between services. Do not aim to memorise answers. Focus on understanding why one architecture decision is better than another in a given context.
When you get a question wrong, read the full explanation and trace back to the underlying design principle. The exam heavily tests scenarios involving governance at scale, identity federation, and data storage trade-offs, so prioritise those areas if you are scoring below 70% in the early sets.
Pair these practice questions with hands-on labs in Microsoft Learn and review the official AZ-305 study guide for the domain weightings. Candidates who have hands-on Azure experience consistently perform better on scenario-based questions than those who have only read documentation.