AZ-400T00-A - Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps solutions (Exam AZ-400)
Course Description
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.
Duration: 5 days
Audience profile
Students in this course are interested in implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam.
Prerequisites
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.
Get started on a DevOps transformation journey
Introduction to DevOps Choose the right project Describe team structures Migrate to DevOps 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
Work with Git for enterprise DevOps
Structure your Git Repo Manage Git branches and workflows Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos Explore Git hooks Plan fostering inner source Manage Git repositories Lab : Version controlling with Git in Azure Repos
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 Lab : Configuring agent pools and understanding pipeline styles
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 : Controlling deployments using Release Gates Lab : Creating a release dashboard Lab : Feature flag management with LaunchDarkly and Azure DevOps
Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines
Create a release pipeline Configure and provision environments Manage and modularize tasks and templates Automate inspection of health Introduction to security development process Manage application configuration data Integrate with identity management systems Implement application configuration Lab : Integrating Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps Lab : Setting up and running functional tests Lab : Configuring pipelines as code with YAML
Manage infrastructure as code using Azure, DSC, and third-party tools
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) Introduction to Chef and Puppet Implement Ansible Implement Terraform Lab : Deployments using Azure Resource Manager templates Lab : Ansible with Azure Lab : Automating infrastructure deployments in the cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines
Design and implement a dependency management strategy
Explore package dependencies Understand package management Migrate, consolidating and secure artifacts Implement a versioning strategy Lab : Package management with Azure Artifacts
Create and manage containers using Docker and Kubernetes
Design a container build strategy Implement Docker multi-stage builds Implement Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Explore Kubernetes tooling Integrate AKS with Pipelines Lab : Deploying Docker Containers to Azure App Service web apps Lab : Deploying a multi-container application to Azure Kubernetes Services
Implement continuous feedback
Implement tools to track usage and flow Implement route for mobile application crash report data Develop monitor and status dashboards Share knowledge within teams Explore SRE and design practices to measure end-user satisfaction Design processes to capture and analyze user feedback Design processes to automate application analytics Manage alerts, Blameless retrospectives and a just culture Lab : Integration between Azure DevOps and Microsoft Teams Lab : Monitoring application performance with Application Insights
Implement security and validate code bases for compliance
Understand security in the Pipeline Introduction to Azure Security Center Implement open-source software Manage anti-malware and anti-spam policies Integrate license and vulnerability scans Identify technical debt Lab : Implement security and compliance in Azure DevOps Pipelines Lab : Managing technical debt with SonarQube and Azure DevOps