AZ-400 Exam Prep: Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions

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DifficultyIntermediate

AVG Duration19h

Students2900

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Description

This Learning Path is designed to help you and your team prepare for the AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions exam. Even if you don't plan to take the exam, these courses and hands-on labs will help you get started on your way to becoming an Azure DevOps specialist.

The AZ-400 exam is part of Microsoft’s new role-based certification program. Candidates who already possess either the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification or the Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification will earn the Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification by passing the AZ-400 exam.

The AZ-400 exam tests your knowledge of seven key subject areas, and that’s how we’ve structured this Learning Path as well. We’ll start with the skills needed for designing a DevOps strategy. Next, we’ll get into implementing DevOps development processes. We'll also get into continuous integration and continuous delivery. As you move through the learning path, you'll learn about dependency management, application infrastructure, and implementing continuous feedback.

Learning Objectives

Design a DevOps strategy
Implement DevOps development processes
Implement continuous integration
Implement continuous delivery
Implement dependency management
Implement application infrastructure
Implement continuous feedback

Intended Audience

IT professionals who want to become Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
IT professionals preparing for Microsoft’s AZ-400 exam

Prerequisites

General knowledge of DevOps concepts.

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Certificate

Your certificate for this learning path

Training Content

1

Course - Beginner - 3m

AZ-400 Exam Preparation - Introduction

This introduction to the learning path gives an overview of the requirements for the Microsoft AZ-400 exam and how they will be covered.

2

Course - Intermediate - 21m

Designing and Implementing an Agile Work Management Approach

This course provides the foundational knowledge that is required to effectively design and implement an Agile work management approach in Azure DevOps.

3

Course - Intermediate - 30m

Designing for Quality and Security With Azure DevOps

This course covers topics to help you learn how to design a quality strategy in Azure DevOps.

4

Course - Intermediate - 38m

Implementing Version Control on Azure Repos

This course explores how to implement version control on Azure repos.

5

Course - Intermediate - 57m

Implementing and Managing Azure Build Infrastructure

This course focuses on implementing and managing your build infrastructure in Azure.

6

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 2h

Azure Key Vault and Disk Encryption

Learn about Azure Key Vault to store keys/secrets used for encrypting an Azure Virtual Machine in a hands-on Lab environment

Go to hands-on lab

7

Course - Intermediate - 1h 6m

Adding Mobile Devices to Your Azure DevOps Strategy

This course dives into creating a DevOps Strategy for mobile applications using the Visual Studio App Center.

8

Course - Intermediate - 1h 14m

Managing Application Configuration and Secrets in Azure

This course looks at how to protect sensitive information while an app is being developed and when it is in production in Azure.

9

Course - Intermediate - 29m

Building Containers with Azure DevOps

This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of containers and how they are used in Azure DevOps.

10

Course - Intermediate - 34m

Designing an Infrastructure and Configuration Management Strategy

This course provides you with the foundational knowledge required to design an infrastructure and configuration management strategy.

11

Course - Intermediate - 38m

Implementing a Build Strategy for Continuous Integration With Azure DevOps

This course focuses on the most important parts of Azure Pipelines in implementing an end-to-end continuous integration strategy.

12

Course - Intermediate - 1h 2m

Implementing Continuous Delivery on Azure

This course deals with how to implement continuous delivery with the Azure DevOps solution.

13

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h 30m

Managing Workstreams Using Projects in Azure DevOps

Learn how to create a logical repository for source code and a place for users to plan, track progress, and collaborate on building software solutions to support different business units and manage multiple workstreams.

Go to hands-on lab

14

Course - Intermediate - 33m

Managing Code Quality and Security Policies with Azure DevOps

This course explores how to manage code quality and security policies with Azure DevOps, and will help those preparing for Microsoft's AZ-400 exam.

15

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 1h 45m

Deploying And Monitoring Azure App Service Web Apps

Deploy an app to Azure App Service Web Apps in this Lab and use a variety of services to monitor the app and send alerts when certain conditions are met.

Go to hands-on lab

16

Course - Intermediate - 36m

Implementing Dependency Management With Azure DevOps

This course explains how to implement dependency management with Azure DevOps.

17

Course - Intermediate - 52m

Introduction to Azure Resource Manager

This course introduces you to Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and how to use it for processing templates that specify resource deployments.

18

Course - Intermediate - 1h 21m

Implementing Azure Infrastructure Compliance and Security

This course explores the compliance and cloud security features of Microsoft Azure.

19

Hands-on Lab - Advanced - 1h

Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database

Demonstrate the three capabilities of Azure Defender (AD): data discovery & classification, vulnerability assessment, and advanced threat protection to see how AD provides security as a service for your Azure SQL Databases.

Go to hands-on lab

20

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 1h 20m

Using PowerShell DSC on Windows

Using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) on Windows, configure a DSC pull server and a DSC target node to pull its configuration from the pull server

Go to hands-on lab

21

Course - Intermediate - 49m

Implementing Continuous Feedback with Azure DevOps

This course looks at how to implement continuous feedback with Azure DevOps.

22

Course - Intermediate - 41m

Implementing Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management

This course explains what Azure AD Privileged Identity Management is and what it offers and works through the deployment of PIM and how it works with multi-factor authentication.

23

Resource - Beginner - 1h

Practice Effective DevOps with Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps is a suite of services that collaborate on software development following DevOps principles.

24

Course - Beginner - 1m

AZ-400 Exam Preparation - Additional Resources

This course provides a list of resources for some additional topics you should make sure you understand before taking the AZ-400 exam.

25

Resource - Beginner - 1h

Recommended Reading for Microsoft AZ-400 Exam

26

Exam - 1h 30m

Preview Exam: Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400)

Preview Exam: Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400)

About the Author

Thomas Mitchell

Students45648

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Tom is a 25+ year veteran of the IT industry, having worked in environments as large as 40k seats and as small as 50 seats. Throughout the course of a long an interesting career, he has built an in-depth skillset that spans numerous IT disciplines. Tom has designed and architected small, large, and global IT solutions.

In addition to the Cloud Platform and Infrastructure MCSE certification, Tom also carries several other Microsoft certifications. His ability to see things from a strategic perspective allows Tom to architect solutions that closely align with business needs.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys camping, fishing, and playing poker.