Design and operate Azure networks

Optional foundation

Check your starting knowledge

Use AZ-900 to review the basics. You do not need to take this foundation exam to follow our route. If you already know the material, move on.

Recommended skills · optional exam

Build relevant experience

These topics help with your target role. The exam below is a way to check your understanding, not a mandatory certification prerequisite.

Core learning · AZ-700

Learn the role, one area at a time

Work through the official guide and its learning resources. Use these three study blocks to organize your notes; the official skills outline remains your complete coverage checklist.

1. 1.Addressing, routing, DNS and core networking
2. 2.Hybrid connections, private access and application delivery
3. 3.Network security and troubleshooting

Hands-on consolidation

Put it into practice

Draw a hub-and-spoke network and trace a request through DNS, routes and security rules. Reproduce a small version only in an isolated lab.

Use a dedicated lab and synthetic data, never an employer's production environment. Check licensing and costs before provisioning; budget alerts do not stop spending. Remove resources when finished.

Review & exam planning

Find gaps with our AZ-700 test

Try the test, explain each missed answer and return to the corresponding learning topic. Repeat the practical task where needed. A practice score is feedback, not proof of certification readiness.

Before booking, check the official page for current exam availability, any retirement or beta notice, and the credential's full requirements. This guide does not track completion or award a certificate.