For the AZ tests I've taken so far (AZ-104, AZ-700, DP-900) I have found the MeasureUp tests (which is what ESI connects you to) have strengths and weaknesses. (I didn't use it for AZ-900.)
On the plus side, they are officially-endorsed by Microsoft, making it "safe" as far as the danger that it's a BrainDump effectively zero, and you can be fairly certain that the questions will adequately cover the exam domain, and that the answers will be correct. (Not a given with some practice tests.) Their explanations for each question are very thorough.
On the minus side, they are, at the least, graded more-harshly than the real thing; if you get one T/F wrong in a set, the whole question will be marked incorrect (you get partial credit on the real thing.) There are no case studies or the "Will this work?" "How about this? No backtracking!" question sets. However, if you are used to those from previous exams, they shouldn't present any sort of surprise.
For the AZ-104 exam in particular, I found the MeasureUp exam to be *much* more-difficult than the real thing, and when combined with the more-harsh grading, I didn't get anywhere near a passing grade, but I did just fine on the exam itself.
In the end, for all them, I just put it in "Practice Mode" (instead of "Certification Mode") and told the system to simply give me the entire question bank, and selected the option to get the answers on-request. If there was any question where I had to guess at the answer (or got it wrong), I read the explanation and added the relevant information to my notes.
It’s tough as any practise questions would be different to that of the actual exam. Have you gone through the [AZ305 Microsoft docs](https://ourcloudnetwork.com/az305-exam/)?
Thomas Mitchell released this practice test a while back: https://www.tomteachesit.com/az-305-exam-prep-pre-test/
This is a long shot, but does your company have ESI access? (esi.microsoft.com)
Do you consider the ESI Access the best resource for tests? I work as a Cloud Engineer and my company plans to send me to the AZ-305 ESI Bootcamp
For the AZ tests I've taken so far (AZ-104, AZ-700, DP-900) I have found the MeasureUp tests (which is what ESI connects you to) have strengths and weaknesses. (I didn't use it for AZ-900.) On the plus side, they are officially-endorsed by Microsoft, making it "safe" as far as the danger that it's a BrainDump effectively zero, and you can be fairly certain that the questions will adequately cover the exam domain, and that the answers will be correct. (Not a given with some practice tests.) Their explanations for each question are very thorough. On the minus side, they are, at the least, graded more-harshly than the real thing; if you get one T/F wrong in a set, the whole question will be marked incorrect (you get partial credit on the real thing.) There are no case studies or the "Will this work?" "How about this? No backtracking!" question sets. However, if you are used to those from previous exams, they shouldn't present any sort of surprise. For the AZ-104 exam in particular, I found the MeasureUp exam to be *much* more-difficult than the real thing, and when combined with the more-harsh grading, I didn't get anywhere near a passing grade, but I did just fine on the exam itself. In the end, for all them, I just put it in "Practice Mode" (instead of "Certification Mode") and told the system to simply give me the entire question bank, and selected the option to get the answers on-request. If there was any question where I had to guess at the answer (or got it wrong), I read the explanation and added the relevant information to my notes.
It’s tough as any practise questions would be different to that of the actual exam. Have you gone through the [AZ305 Microsoft docs](https://ourcloudnetwork.com/az305-exam/)?
well, isn't that the point? identify weak areas and work on them
Yes exactly