AZ-700 study plan

Week 1chapters 1–6 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 1. Virtual networks and IP addressing
  • 2. Name resolution with Azure DNS
  • 3. Connecting virtual networks: peering, gateway transit and Virtual Network Manager
  • 4. Routing and outbound connectivity: UDRs, Route Server and NAT gateway
  • 5. Site-to-site VPN
  • 6. Point-to-site VPN
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Azure subnet sizing: the five reserved addresses and the smallest subnet, Hybrid DNS with Azure DNS Private Resolver: inbound endpoints, outbound endpoints and rulesets, Gateway transit in hub-and-spoke networks: Allow gateway transit and Use remote gateways, How Azure selects routes: longest prefix match, UDRs and forced tunnelling.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement core networking infrastructure · 25–30%Design, implement, and manage connectivity services · 20–25%Design and implement private access to Azure services · 10–15%Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 2chapters 7–11 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 7. Azure ExpressRoute
  • 8. Azure Virtual WAN
  • 9. Load balancing with Azure Load Balancer and Traffic Manager
  • 10. Azure Application Gateway
  • 11. Azure Front Door
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: ExpressRoute Global Reach, FastPath and ExpressRoute Direct compared, Choosing an Azure load-balancing service: Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Front Door or Traffic Manager.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement core networking infrastructure · 25–30%Design, implement, and manage connectivity services · 20–25%Design and implement application delivery services · 15–20%Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 3chapters 12–16 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 12. Private access: Private Link, private endpoints and service endpoints
  • 13. Network security groups, application security groups and Azure Bastion
  • 14. Azure Firewall and Firewall Manager
  • 15. Web Application Firewall
  • 16. Monitoring, DDoS protection and network security posture
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Private endpoint DNS: how privatelink zones resolve a service to its private IP, How NSG rules are evaluated: priorities, default rules and stateful flows.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement core networking infrastructure · 25–30%Design, implement, and manage connectivity services · 20–25%Design and implement private access to Azure services · 10–15%Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 4review Done

• Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
• Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
• Check the exam coverage map against Microsoft’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
• Take Microsoft’s free practice assessment, if your exam has one, from the official AZ-700 study guide page. Revisit the chapters behind any weak area.
• Try the exam sandbox to get used to the exam’s screens and question formats.
• Get the free exam-day checklist and work through it a few days before your exam.

Week 1chapters 1–3 · about 2 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 1. Virtual networks and IP addressing
  • 2. Name resolution with Azure DNS
  • 3. Connecting virtual networks: peering, gateway transit and Virtual Network Manager
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Azure subnet sizing: the five reserved addresses and the smallest subnet, Hybrid DNS with Azure DNS Private Resolver: inbound endpoints, outbound endpoints and rulesets, Gateway transit in hub-and-spoke networks: Allow gateway transit and Use remote gateways.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement core networking infrastructure · 25–30%Design, implement, and manage connectivity services · 20–25%Design and implement private access to Azure services · 10–15%Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 2chapters 4–5 · about 2 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 4. Routing and outbound connectivity: UDRs, Route Server and NAT gateway
  • 5. Site-to-site VPN
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: How Azure selects routes: longest prefix match, UDRs and forced tunnelling.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement core networking infrastructure · 25–30%Design, implement, and manage connectivity services · 20–25%Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 3chapters 6–8 · about 2 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 6. Point-to-site VPN
  • 7. Azure ExpressRoute
  • 8. Azure Virtual WAN
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: ExpressRoute Global Reach, FastPath and ExpressRoute Direct compared.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design, implement, and manage connectivity services · 20–25%Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 4chapters 9–10 · about 2 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 9. Load balancing with Azure Load Balancer and Traffic Manager
  • 10. Azure Application Gateway
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Choosing an Azure load-balancing service: Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Front Door or Traffic Manager.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement core networking infrastructure · 25–30%Design and implement application delivery services · 15–20%

Week 5chapters 11–12 · about 2 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 11. Azure Front Door
  • 12. Private access: Private Link, private endpoints and service endpoints
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Private endpoint DNS: how privatelink zones resolve a service to its private IP.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement application delivery services · 15–20%Design and implement private access to Azure services · 10–15%

Week 6chapters 13–14 · about 1 hour Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 13. Network security groups, application security groups and Azure Bastion
  • 14. Azure Firewall and Firewall Manager
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: How NSG rules are evaluated: priorities, default rules and stateful flows.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 7chapters 15–16 · about 2 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 15. Web Application Firewall
  • 16. Monitoring, DDoS protection and network security posture
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the AZ-700 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Design and implement core networking infrastructure · 25–30%Design, implement, and manage connectivity services · 20–25%Design and implement Azure network security services · 15–20%

Week 8review Done

• Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
• Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
• Check the exam coverage map against Microsoft’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
• Take Microsoft’s free practice assessment, if your exam has one, from the official AZ-700 study guide page. Revisit the chapters behind any weak area.
• Try the exam sandbox to get used to the exam’s screens and question formats.
• Get the free exam-day checklist and work through it a few days before your exam.