How to Get Your Microsoft 70-534 Exam Easily
Microsoft only offered the Microsoft 70-533 exam Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam. I decided not to go for this initially as my day job is architecture rather than implementation, although on occasion I do get my hands dirty.
Towards the end of last year, Microsoft released the 70-534 exam Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions certificate that measures the following skills:
Design Microsoft Azure infrastructure and networking
Secure resources
Design an application storage and data access strategy
Design an advanced application
Design websites
Design a management, monitoring and business continuity strategy
The purpose of these was to get my head around the IaaS parts of Azure and to understand the benefits in using each service area. For example when would you use Active Directory Federation Services with Azure Active Directory rather than using Active Directory with Azure Active Directory Connect.
Once I understood these areas, I then focused on the exam objectives, which I knew would present the greatest challenge, which where:
Design an advanced application
Design websites
Design a management, monitoring and business continuity strategy
The Microsoft 70-533 exam
I decided to take the Microsoft Online Proctored exam with Pearson Vue. For some reason my Surface Book didn’t like the Pearson Vue application, so I used my daughters laptop. I have to say that the security requirements where far higher than attending a Pearson Vue site, I literally had to empty my pockets and show the invigilator every part of the room I was sitting in twice.
A few things you should note about taking a proctored exam:
If you have an external monitor, they will make you turn it around
If you have a cup of coffee they will ask you to remove it from the room
They expect your desk to be completely clear, so no pen or paper for making notes
The exam itself was broken down into forty seven questions, which consisted of three case studies, each of which had at least six questions. The rest of the questions where normal multiple choice or drag and drop.
The 70-533 exam expects you to know the blueprint and the material contained within it. You also need to be able to understand business requirements and map these to an Azure solution as well as the usual PowerShell commands.
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