Target group
Students in this course are interested in implementing DevOps processes or in passing the AZ-400 exam.
Course structure
Module 1: Planning for DevOps
- Transformation Planning
- Project Selection
- Team Structures
- Migrating to Azure DevOps
Lab : Agile Planning and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards
Module 2: Getting Started with Source Control
- 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
Module 3: Managing Technical Debt
- Identifying Technical Debt
- Knowledge Sharing within Teams
- Modernizing Development Environments with Codespaces
Lab : Sharing Team Knowledge using Azure Project Wikis
Module 4: Working with Git for Enterprise DevOps
- 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
Module 5: Configuring Azure Pipelines
- 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
Module 6: Implementing Continuous Integration using Azure Pipelines
- 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, Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines
Module 7: Managing Application Configuration and Secrets
- 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
Module 8: Implementing Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
- GitHub Actions
- Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
- Securing Secrets for GitHub Actions
Lab : GitHub Actions Continuous Integration
Module 9: Designing and Implementing a Dependency Management Strategy
- Packaging Dependencies
- Package Management
- Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts
- Package Security
- Implementing a Versioning Strategy
Lab : Package Management with Azure Artifacts
Module 10: Designing a Release Strategy
- 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, Creating a Release Dashboard
Module 11: Implementing Continuous Deployment using Azure Pipelines
- 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, Setting up and Running Functional Tests
Module 12: Implementing an Appropriate Deployment Pattern
- 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
Module 13: Managing Infrastructure and Configuration using Azure Tools
- 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
Module 14: Third Party Infrastructure as Code Tools Available with Azure
- Chef
- Puppet
- Ansible
- Terraform
Lab : Automating Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines, Deploying Apps with Chef on Azure, Deploy App with Puppet on Azure, Ansible with Azure
Module 15: Managing Containers using Docker
- Implementing a Container Build Strategy
- Implementing Docker Multi-Stage Builds
Lab : Modernizing Existing ASP.NET Apps with Azure
Module 16: Creating and Managing Kubernetes Service Infrastructure
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Kubernetes Tooling
- Integrating AKS with Pipelines
Lab : Deploying a Multi-Container Application to Azure Kubernetes Service
Module 17: Implementing Feedback for Development Teams
- 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
Module 18: Implementing System Feedback Mechanisms
- 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
Module 19: Implementing Security in DevOps Projects
- Security in the Pipeline
- Azure Security Center
Lab : Implement Security and Compliance in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
Module 20: Validating Code Bases for Compliance
- Open-Source Software
- Managing Security and Compliance Policies
- Integrating License and Vulnerability Scans
Lab : Managing Technical Debt with SonarQube and Azure DevOps
