Recently I passed the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam. I was thinking about stopping with the Azure exams but I couldn’t resist it to pass this exam as well. Today I passed the 70-534 - Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions exam with 857 points. I think that the 70-534 exam is a lot easier than the 70-533 exam. Most of the questions where questions where you had to select the Azure features that you could use in a specific situation. This blogpost is written with the knowledge needed for the 70-533 exam in mind.

Study Resources

1. Pluralsight courses These courses of Orin Thomas are really helpful for getting an overview of the exam objectives.
   • Architecting Azure Solutions (70-534): Infrastructure and Networking
   • Architecting Azure Solutions (70-534): Design an Advanced Application
   • Architecting Azure Solutions (70-534): Secure Resources
   • Architecting Azure Solutions (70-534): Application Storage and Data Access Strategy
2. Microsoft Press books This book, written by Haishi Bai, Steve Maier and Dan Stolts is a good book to get an overview of the exam objectives. Tip: write down the objectives that you don’t remember anymore or objectives that you don’t understand.
   • Exam Ref 70-534 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
3. Channel 9 Sidney Andrews walks you through all the exam objectives and gives you a nice overview. I didn’t watch the full video but I’ve only watched content that was relevant to me.
   • 70-534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
4. Other resources StorSimple on Channel 9 Early Experts Study Guide - take your time for this study guide MeasureUp Practice Exams Check the notes of your 70-533 exam!

Good luck on passing this exam! Let me know what you think of the exam in the comments section.