Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400)

4 DAYS / 8 PEOPLE MAX * (1 DAY FORMAT VARIATION POSSIBLE)

Target audience

• People interested in designing and implementing DevOps processes
• DevSecOps Engineer looking to become certified in Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions..

1 day format: global overview mode with presentation of the Azure DevOps interface and explanation of the basics and concepts related to the generation of CI/CD pipelines

Course outline *

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

Development for enterprise DevOps

• Structure your GitRepo
• Manage Git branches and workflows
• Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos
• Identify technical debt
• Explore Git hooks Module 6: Plan foster inner source
• Manage Git repositories

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

Design and implement a release strategy

• Introduction to continuous delivery
• Create a release pipeline
• Explore release recommendations
• Provision and test environments
• Manage and modularize tasks and templates
• Automate inspection of health

Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines

• 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
• Integrate with identity management systems
• Manage application configuration data

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

Implement security and validate code bases for compliance

• Introduction to Secure DevOps
• Implement open- source software
• Software Composition Analysis
• Static analyzers Module 5: OWASP and DynamicAnalyzers
• Security Monitoring and Governance

Design and implement a dependency management strategy

• Explore package dependencies
• Understand package management
• Migrate consolidating and secure artifacts
• Implement a versioning strategy
• Introduction to GitHub Packages

Implement continuous feedback

• Implement tools to track usage and flow
• Develop monitor and status dashboards
• Share knowledge within teams
• Design processes to automate application analytics
• Manage alerts, blameless retrospectives and a just culture

* Standard modalities – Modular according to your configuration and your objectives

Prerequisites

Have completed the Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or have equivalent knowledge

Knowledge and understanding of:

• Cloud computing concepts, including an understanding of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations.
• Azure administration and Azure development with proven expertise in at least one of these areas.
• Version control, Agile software development and software development fundamentals.