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Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions Training (AZ-400)
Level: Advanced
This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms.
Key Features of this Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions Training:
- Prepare for Microsoft AZ-400 certification exam
- Microsoft Official Course content
- After-course instructor coaching benefit
You Will Learn How To:
- Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines
- Select a project and identify project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
- Create a team and agile organizational structure
- Design a tool integration strategy
- Design a license management strategy (e.g. Azure DevOps and GitHub users)
- Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software
- Design an authentication and access strategy
- Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources
- Describe the benefits of using Source Control
- Describe Azure Repos and GitHub
- Migrate from TFVC to Git
- Manage code quality including technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions
- Build organizational knowledge on code quality
- Explain how to structure Git repos
- Describe Git branching workflows
- Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews
- Leverage Git hooks for automation
- Use Git to foster inner source across the organization
- Explain the role of Azure Pipelines and its components
- Configure Agents for use in Azure Pipelines
- Explain why continuous integration matters
- Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines
- Define Site Reliability Engineering
- Design processes to measure end-user satisfaction and analyze user feedback
- Design processes to automate application analytics
- Manage alerts and reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts
- Carry out blameless retrospectives and create a just culture
- Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure
- Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure
- Describe the potential challenges with integrating open-source software
- Inspect open-source software packages for security and license compliance
- Manage organizational security and compliance policies
- Integrate license and vulnerability scans into build and deployment pipelines
- Configure build pipelines to access package security and license ratings
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Prequisites
Successful learners will have prior knowledge and understanding of:
- Cloud computing concepts, including an understanding of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations.
- Both Azure administration and Azure development with proven expertise in at least one of these areas.
- Version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organization that delivers software.
If you are new to Azure Administration, consider taking: 8542: Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
If you are new to Azure Developer, consider taking: 8538: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Training (AZ-204)
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Who Should Attend
Students in this course are interested in designing and implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam.
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Microsoft Exam Information
This course can help you prepare for the following Microsoft role-based certification exam — AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions Training Outline
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Module 1: Planning for DevOps
Lessons- Transformation Planning
- Project Selection
- Team Structures
- Migrating to Azure DevOps
Lab : Agile Planning and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines
- Select a project and identify project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
- Create a team and agile organizational structure
- Design a tool integration strategy
- Design a license management strategy (e.g. Azure DevOps and GitHub users)
- Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software
- Design an authentication and access strategy
- Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources
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Module 2: Getting Started with Source Control
Lessons- What is Source Control
- Benefits of Source Control
- Types of Source Control Systems
- Introduction to Azure Repos
- Introduction to GitHub
- Migrating from Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) to Git in Azure Repos
Lab : Version Controlling with Git in Azure Repos
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the benefits of using Source Control
- Describe Azure Repos and GitHub
- Migrate from TFVC to Git
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Module 3: Managing Technical Debt
Lessons- Identifying Technical Debt
- Knowledge Sharing within Teams
- Modernizing Development Environments with Codespaces
Lab : Sharing Team Knowledge using Azure Project Wikis
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage code quality including technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions
- Build organizational knowledge on code quality
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Module 4: Working with Git for Enterprise DevOps
Lessons- How to Structure Your Git Repo
- Git Branching Workflows
- Collaborating with Pull Requests in Azure Repos
- Why Care About Git Hooks
- Fostering Inner Source
- Managing Git Repositories
Lab : Version Controlling with Git in Azure Repos
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain how to structure Git repos
- Describe Git branching workflows
- Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews
- Leverage Git hooks for automation
- Use Git to foster inner source across the organization
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Module 5: Configuring Azure Pipelines
Lessons- The Concept of Pipelines in DevOps
- Azure Pipelines
- Evaluate use of Hosted versus Self-Hosted Agents
- Agent Pools
- Pipelines and Concurrency
- Azure DevOps and Open-Source Projects (Public Projects)
- Azure Pipelines YAML versus Visual Designer
Lab : Configuring Agent Pools and Understanding Pipeline Styles
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the role of Azure Pipelines and its components
- Configure Agents for use in Azure Pipelines
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Module 6: Implementing Continuous Integration using Azure Pipelines
Lessons- Continuous Integration Overview
- Implementing a Build Strategy
- Integration with Azure Pipelines
- Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines
- Set Up Self-Hosted Agents
Lab : Enabling Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines
Lab : Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain why continuous integration matters
- Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines
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Module 7: Managing Application Configuration and Secrets
Lessons- Introduction to Security
- Implement a Secure Development Process
- Rethinking Application Configuration Data
- Manage Secrets, Tokens, and Certificates
- Integrating with Identity Management Systems
- Implementing Application Configuration
Lab : Integrating Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage application configuration and secrets
- Integrate Azure Key Vault with a pipeline
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Module 8: Implementing Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
Lessons- GitHub Actions
- Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
- Securing Secrets for GitHub Actions
Lab : GitHub Actions Continuous Integration
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create and work with GitHub Actions and Workflows
- Implement Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
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Module 9: Designing and Implementing a Dependency Management Strategy
Lessons- Packaging Dependencies
- Package Management
- Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts
- Package Security
- Implementing a Versioning Strategy
Lab : Package Management with Azure Artifacts
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Recommend artifact management tools and practices
- Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse
- Migrate and consolidate artifacts
- Migrate and integrate source control measures
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Module 10: Designing a Release Strategy
Lessons- Introduction to Continuous Delivery
- Release Strategy Recommendations
- Building a High-Quality Release pipeline
- Choosing the Right Release Management Tool
Lab : Controlling Deployments using Release Gates
Lab : Creating a Release Dashboard
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Differentiate between a release and a deployment
- Define the components of a release pipeline
- Explain things to consider when designing your release strategy
- Classify a release versus a release process, and outline how to control the quality of both
- Describe the principle of release gates and how to deal with release notes and documentation
- Choose a release management tool
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Module 11: Implementing Continuous Deployment using Azure Pipelines
Lessons- Create a Release Pipeline
- Provision and Configure Environments
- Manage and Modularize Tasks and Templates
- Configure Automated Integration and Functional Test Automation
- Automate Inspection of Health
Lab : Configuring Pipelines as Code with YAML
Lab : Setting up and Running Functional Tests
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the terminology used in Azure DevOps and other Release Management Tooling
- Describe what a Build and Release task is, what it can do, and some available deployment tasks
- Explain why you sometimes need multiple release jobs in one release pipeline
- Differentiate between multi-agent and multi-configuration release job
- Use release variables and stage variables in your release pipeline
- Deploy to an environment securely using a service connection
- List the different ways to inspect the health of your pipeline and release by using alerts, service hooks, and reports
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Module 12: Implementing an Appropriate Deployment Pattern
Lessons- Introduction to Deployment Patterns
- Implement Blue Green Deployment
- Feature Toggles
- Canary Releases
- Dark Launching
- AB Testing
- Progressive Exposure Deployment
Lab : Feature Flag Management with LaunchDarkly and Azure DevOps
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe deployment patterns
- Implement Blue Green Deployment
- Implement Canary Release
- Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment
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Module 13: Managing Infrastructure and Configuration using Azure Tools
Lessons- Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
- Create Azure Resources using ARM Templates
- Create Azure Resources using Azure CLI
- Azure Automation with DevOps
- Desired State Configuration (DSC)
Lab : Azure Deployments using Resource Manager Templates
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Apply infrastructure and configuration as code principles.
- Deploy and manage infrastructure using Microsoft automation technologies such as ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI
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Module 14: Third Party Infrastructure as Code Tools Available with Azure
Lessons- Chef
- Puppet
- Ansible
- Terraform
Lab : Automating Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines
Lab : Deploying Apps with Chef on Azure
Lab : Deploy App with Puppet on Azure
Lab : Ansible with Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Deploy and configure infrastructure using 3rd party tools and services with Azure, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and Terraform
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Module 15: Managing Containers using Docker
Lessons- Implementing a Container Build Strategy
- Implementing Docker Multi-Stage Builds
Lab : Modernizing Existing ASP.NET Apps with Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers
- Implement containers using Docker
- Implement Docker multi-stage builds
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Module 16: Creating and Managing Kubernetes Service Infrastructure
Lessons- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Kubernetes Tooling
- Integrating AKS with Pipelines
Lab : Deploying a Multi-Container Application to Azure Kubernetes Service
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Deploy and configure a Managed Kubernetes cluster
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Module 17: Implementing Feedback for Development Teams
Lessons- Implement Tools to Track System Usage, Feature Usage, and Flow
- Implement Routing for Mobile Application Crash Report Data
- Develop Monitoring and Status Dashboards
- Integrate and Configure Ticketing Systems
Lab : Monitoring Application Performance with Application Insights
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement tools to track system usage, feature usage, and flow
- Configure crash report integration for client applications
- Implement routing for client application crash report data
- Develop monitoring and status dashboards
- Integrate and configure ticketing systems with development team's work management
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Module 18: Implementing System Feedback Mechanisms
Lessons- Site Reliability Engineering
- Design Practices to Measure End-User Satisfaction
- Design Processes to Capture and Analyze User Feedback
- Design Processes to Automate Application Analytics
- Managing Alerts
- Blameless Retrospectives and a Just Culture
Lab : Integration between Azure DevOps and Teams
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Define Site Reliability Engineering
- Design processes to measure end-user satisfaction and analyze user feedback
- Design processes to automate application analytics
- Manage alerts and reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts
- Carry out blameless retrospectives and create a just culture
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Module 19: Implementing Security in DevOps Projects
Lessons- Security in the Pipeline
- Azure Security Center
Lab : Implement Security and Compliance in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure
- Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure
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Module 20: Validating Code Bases for Compliance
Lessons- Open-Source Software
- Managing Security and Compliance Policies
- Integrating License and Vulnerability Scans
Lab : Managing Technical Debt with SonarQube and Azure DevOps
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the potential challenges with integrating open-source software
- Inspect open-source software packages for security and license compliance
- Manage organizational security and compliance policies
- Integrate license and vulnerability scans into build and deployment pipelines
- Configure build pipelines to access package security and license ratings
Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions FAQs
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What is required to achieve the Microsoft Certified: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
To achieve the role-based certification, you must:- Pass Exam AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
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