A Relaxed 15-week study plan for Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) covers roughly 100 hours at ~7 hours per week across the published 5 exam domains. A comfortable pace with buffer. Best if you are new to Azure, want hands-on lab time on every service, or are stacking this cert behind a busy job.
Visual preview of how exclam.ai distributes 15 weeks across the 5 AZ-204 domains, plus review and mock phases. Adjust the start date and review week to match your exam timeline.
A 15-week AZ-204 plan walks the 5 domains in syllabus order. Heavier domains get more time; lighter ones may pair with adjacent material on intensive paces. Review and mock phases follow the coverage modules.
Cover Develop Azure compute solutions end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Develop for Azure storage end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Implement Azure security end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Weak-topic drilling. exclam.ai surfaces topics where you underperformed during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all 5 topics to prevent decay. Start doing timed question batches focused on the heaviest-weight sections.
Full-length AZ-204 practice exams under timed conditions. Target one mock every 3–5 days. Same-day error review: for every question you miss, re-derive the solution from scratch. Taper in the final 3 days — light flashcards only.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate has 5 domains. This plan allocates time across all of them, weighted by the published exam weights from the AZ-204 exam guide.
Source: official AZ-204 exam guide published by Microsoft Azure.
Upload the free Azure AZ-204 exam guide and exclam.ai builds the plan for you. Free to start.