14-Day Study Plan

A day-by-day checklist that uses every tool on this site.

Built for a 14-day runway. Fewer days: merge Days 2–3, 5–6 and 10–11. More days: add a second mock and a weak-topic day. Tick items as you finish; progress is saved in this browser.

Day 1 · Orient + Infrastructure (compute)

• Read the Exam Guide
• Read How to Answer Questions
• VMs & Scale Sets
• App Service & Functions
• Containers
• Batch
• Quiz each of those topics (about 10 questions each)
• Flashcards: 40 new Infrastructure cards

Day 2 · Infrastructure (application architecture)

• Messaging & Events
• API Management
• Caching & CDN
• Configuration & Deployment
• Migrations
• Quiz the five topics
• Flashcards: due + 40 new

Day 3 · Infrastructure (networking)

• Network Topology
• Hybrid Connectivity
• Load Balancing
• Network Security
• Skim the Decision Guides (compute, messaging, load balancing)
• Practice: Infrastructure domain, 40 questions
• Review every wrong answer's trap line

Day 4 · Identity and monitoring

• Monitor & Agents
• Log Analytics
• Log Routing
• Alerts
• Defender & Sentinel
• Quiz those topics
• Flashcards: due + 40 new Identity cards

Day 5 · Identity (authentication)

• Entra Licensing
• Hybrid Identity
• Conditional Access
• External Identities
• Managed Identities
• On-Prem Access
• Quiz those topics

Day 6 · Identity (authorization and governance)

• RBAC & ABAC
• PIM
• Key Vault
• Hierarchy, Tags & Locks
• Azure Policy
• Identity Governance
• Practice: Identity domain, 40 questions
• Flashcards: due only

Day 7 · Data (relational)

• SQL Platform
• SQL Tiers & Compute
• SQL Scalability
• PostgreSQL & MySQL
• Database Security
• Quiz those topics

Day 8 · Data (NoSQL and storage accounts)

• Cosmos Capacity
• Cosmos Consistency
• Table Storage
• Storage Redundancy
• Blob Tiers
• Blob Protection
• Quiz those topics

Day 9 · Data (files, disks, analytics) + first mock

• Azure Files
• Managed Disks
• Data Integration
• Data Analytics
• Mock exam #1: 40 questions, timed, treat it as the real thing
• Write down every domain below 80%

Day 10 · Business continuity (backup and recovery)

• RPO/RTO Strategy
• Backup Vaults
• VM Backup
• Site Recovery
• Quiz those topics
• Flashcards: due + new Business Continuity cards

Day 11 · Business continuity (databases, storage, HA)

• Database BC/DR
• Storage Protection
• HA for Compute
• Regions & Multi-Region
• Practice: Business Continuity domain, 40 questions

Day 12 · Consolidate + mock #2

• Decision Guides (all of them)
• Numbers to Memorize
• Retirement Timeline
• Flashcards: the Numbers deck and due cards
• Mock exam #2: 50 questions, timed (100 minutes)
• Use Study Next on the practice page for your weakest topics

Day 13 · Weak spots + mock #3

• Commonly Confused Pairs
• Re-read the study pages for your three weakest topics, then quiz them again
• Practice: 'Previously wrong' filter
• Mock exam #3: 60 questions, timed
• Review every miss
• Practise Learn lookups: find five limits on Microsoft Learn in under two minutes each (the exam may give you a Learn panel; see the Exam Guide)

Day 14 · Light review and logistics

• Exam-Day Cram Sheet
• Flashcards: due only, no new cards
• Confirm ID name matches your booking, run the Pearson VUE system test, plan your route or room
• Sleep. No new topics today

Readiness gates

• Mock exams around 80% or higher in every domain on this site's deliberately hard bank, with no domain below 70%.
• Every topic's practice accuracy above 70% (check Study Next).
• You can recite the numbers deck and the retirement timeline without notes.
• Not there yet? Move the exam date rather than sitting it unprepared; Microsoft's rescheduling policy applies, so read it first.