Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate
The AZ-700 exam is designed for professionals who implement and configure Azure. It validates your ability to design and implement core networking infrastructure, design, implement, and manage connectivity services, design and implement application delivery services, design and implement private access to Azure services, and design and implement Azure network security services.
Exam details
- Certification
- Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate
- Exam code
- AZ-700
- Level
- Associate
- Duration
- Approximately 100 minutes
- Questions
- Typically 40–60 questions
- Passing score
- 700 out of 1000
- Cost
- USD $165 — typical price; the exact fee varies by country/region and currency, and local taxes may apply.
- Prerequisites
- None required
- Languages
- English (also available in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified) and Chinese (Traditional))
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
- Renewal
- Free online assessment, every 12 months
Skills measured
Design and implement core networking infrastructure (25–30%)
- Plan IP addressing, VNets, subnets, public IP prefixes, and custom IP prefixes.
- Design name resolution with public and private DNS and Azure DNS Private Resolver.
- Implement peering, routing, NAT Gateway, Route Server, and Network Watcher monitoring.
Design, implement, and manage connectivity services (20–25%)
- Design and manage site-to-site and point-to-site VPN connections and authentication.
- Design ExpressRoute SKUs, peering, gateways, encryption, and troubleshooting.
- Design Azure Virtual WAN hubs, gateways, and routing.
Design and implement application delivery services (15–20%)
- Design Azure Load Balancer and Traffic Manager, including SKUs, NAT, and SNAT rules.
- Configure Application Gateway listeners, routing, TLS, and health probes.
- Configure Azure Front Door routing, caching, TLS, rules, and Private Link origins.
Design and implement private access to Azure services (10–15%)
- Plan and create private endpoints and Private Link services, including DNS integration.
- Create service endpoints and service endpoint policies.
Design and implement Azure network security services (15–20%)
- Implement NSGs, application security groups, flow logs, and Virtual Network Manager.
- Design Azure Firewall, Firewall Manager, and secure Virtual WAN hubs.
- Design Web Application Firewall policies for Front Door and Application Gateway.
Study resources & practice tests
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Frequently asked questions
Who should take AZ-700?
AZ-700 is for Azure network engineers, cloud network engineers, and network architects. Most work in enterprise networking teams, in telecoms and financial services, or at Microsoft partners.
What is the average salary for an Azure Network Engineer?
Azure network engineers work in cloud and network engineering. As of 2026, US mid-level network and cloud network roles commonly pay about $90,000 to $150,000 depending on seniority. In the United Kingdom, Azure networking and cloud engineer advertised medians are typically around £65,000 to £72,500. Western European network and cloud engineers often earn about €65,000 to €95,000 in Germany. There is no single published EMEA average.
Where do I find exam questions to practice?
You will find websites selling exam dumps or brain dumps that claim to be real AZ-700 questions. Those materials are not official. Microsoft treats using brain dumps as cheating. It can invalidate your score, revoke certifications you already hold, and ban you from future exams. Microsoft publishes a free Practice Assessment for AZ-700 on Microsoft Learn. Those questions are examples only, not the live exam. MeasureUp also sells the official practice test linked in the study resources on this page. You can try the Microsoft exam sandbox to see the question types and timer, but it does not use real exam questions. Practise the skills measured in a real product environment rather than memorising leaked items.
Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?
Microsoft does not publish a stable list of which certification exams include labs, and a lab can be dropped for a candidate if the live environment is unavailable. Role-based Azure and security exams such as AZ-700 may include performance-based labs in a live cloud environment. You only find out at the start of your sitting. For practice, Microsoft Learn modules for this exam often include a free Azure sandbox, and official instructor-led AZ-700T00 training delivered by a Microsoft Learning Partner includes labs. Those labs are for the course, not a copy of the exam. Applied Skills assessment labs are a separate Microsoft credential, not AZ-700 exam labs. The Microsoft exam sandbox shows traditional question types only. It does not give you the lab virtual machine.