1Z0-1072-25

The Oracle 1Z0-1072-25 exam, "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022 Architect Associate," focuses on demonstrating your ability to design and implement solutions on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The main points covered broadly fall under these categories:

I. Core Infrastructure:

• Compute: Understanding different compute services like virtual machines (VMs), bare metal instances, and containers (OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes - OKE). This includes instance shapes, networking, storage options, and lifecycle management.
• Networking: Designing and implementing virtual cloud networks (VCNs), subnets, route tables, security lists, internet gateways, and other networking constructs to achieve security and connectivity. Understanding concepts like IP addressing, DNS, and load balancing.
• Storage: Knowing the different storage services available (Block Volume, Object Storage, Archive Storage, File Storage) and choosing the appropriate option for different use cases based on performance, cost, and availability requirements.
• Database: Understanding how to deploy and manage databases in OCI (Autonomous Database, Exadata Cloud Service). While not deeply focused on database administration, you need to know the architectural considerations.

II. Security:

• Identity and Access Management (IAM): Understanding the OCI IAM service to control access to resources, using policies, compartments, and groups effectively. This is a crucial area.
• Security Lists and Network Security Groups (NSGs): Configuring security rules to control traffic flow within the VCN.
• Other Security Services: Familiarity with other OCI security services like Key Management, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Cloud Guard.

III. Management and Governance:

• Monitoring and Logging: Understanding how to monitor and log OCI resources using Logging Analytics and other monitoring tools.
• Cost Management: Being aware of cost optimization techniques and tools available within OCI.
• Lifecycle Management: Understanding best practices for managing and updating OCI resources.

IV. Specific Services (with varying levels of depth):

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Functions: Serverless computing.
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming: Processing real-time data streams.
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Integration: Connecting OCI to on-premises systems.

V. Architectural Design Principles:

• High Availability (HA): Designing solutions that remain operational even with failures.
• Disaster Recovery (DR): Creating plans to recover from disasters.
• Scalability: Building solutions that can handle increasing workloads.
• Cost Optimization: Designing cost-effective solutions.

Key Exam Focus: The exam is heavily focused on designing solutions , not necessarily on performing intricate hands-on configuration tasks. You should be able to choose appropriate services and design architectures to meet given requirements, considering factors like performance, cost, security, and scalability. Practical experience using the OCI console or CLI is beneficial but not directly tested in the same way as hands-on configuration exams. Understanding the "why" behind architectural choices is critical.

It's crucial to consult the official Oracle documentation and practice exams to get a complete and up-to-date understanding of the exam's scope. The specific weighting of each topic might vary slightly over time.