AZ 400: Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Certification Training

About Course

The AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Certification Training equips learners with skills to design, implement, and manage DevOps practices using Azure tools. Covering areas like continuous integration, delivery, and deployment, this course imparts hands-on expertise in automating workflows and optimizing software development lifecycles. Participants gain proficiency in leveraging Azure services to enhance collaboration, code quality, and deployment efficiency. With practical insights into monitoring and feedback mechanisms, this certification course enables individuals to become competent DevOps engineers, capable of driving agile development and streamlining application delivery for organizational success.

Course Content

Module 1: Get started on a DevOps transformation journey

Introduction to DevOps
Choose the right project
Describe team structures
Choose the DevOps tools
Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards
Introduction to source control
Describe types of source control systems
Work with Azure Repos and GitHub
Lab : Agile planning and portfolio management with Azure Boards
Lab : Version controlling with Git in Azure Repos

Module 2: Development for enterprise DevOps

Module 3: Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions

Module 4: Design and implement a release strategy

Module 5: Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines

Module 6: Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC

Module 7: Implement security and validate code bases for compliance

Module 8: Design and implement a dependency management strategy

Module 9: Implement continuous feedback

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Module 1: Get started on a DevOps transformation journey

Introduction to DevOps

Choose the right project

Describe team structures

Choose the DevOps tools

Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards

Introduction to source control

Describe types of source control systems

Work with Azure Repos and GitHub

Lab : Agile planning and portfolio management with Azure Boards

Lab : Version controlling with Git in Azure Repos

Module 2: Development for enterprise DevOps

Structure your Git Repo

Manage Git branches and workflows

Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos

Explore Git hooks

Plan foster inner source

Manage Git repositories

Identify technical debt

Lab : Version controlling with Git in Azure Repos

Module 3: Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions

Explore Azure Pipelines

Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools

Describe pipelines and concurrency

Explore Continuous integration

Implement a pipeline strategy

Integrate with Azure Pipelines

Introduction to GitHub Actions

Learn continuous integration with GitHub Actions

Design a container build strategy

Lab : Configuring agent pools and understanding pipeline styles

Lab : Enabling continuous integration with Azure Pipelines

Lab : Integrating external source control with Azure Pipelines

Lab : Implementing GitHub Actions by using DevOps Starter

Lab : Deploying Docker Containers to Azure App Service web apps

Module 4: Design and implement a release strategy

Introduction to continuous delivery

Explore release strategy recommendations

Build a high-quality release pipeline

Introduction to deployment patterns

Implement blue-green deployment and feature toggles

Implement canary releases and dark launching

Implement A/B testing and progressive exposure deployment

Lab : Creating a release dashboard

Lab : Controlling deployments using Release Gates

Module 5: Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines

Create a release pipeline

Provision and test environments

Manage and modularize tasks and templates

Automate inspection of health

Manage application configuration data

Integrate with identity management systems

Implement application configuration

Lab : Configuring pipelines as code with YAML

Lab : Setting up and running functional tests

Lab : Integrating Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps

Module 6: Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC

Explore infrastructure as code and configuration management

Create Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager templates

Create Azure resources by using Azure CLI

Explore Azure Automation with DevOps

Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Implement Bicep

Lab : Azure deployments using Azure Resource Manager templates

Module 7: Implement security and validate code bases for compliance

Introduction to Secure DevOps

Implement open-source software

Software Composition Analysis

Static analyzers

OWASP and Dynamic Analyzers

Security Monitoring and Governance

Lab : Implement security and compliance in Azure Pipelines

Lab : Managing technical debt with SonarQube and Azure DevOps

Module 8: Design and implement a dependency management strategy

Explore package dependencies

Understand package management

Migrate, consolidate, and secure artifacts