Microsoft Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

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 artefacts, 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. For Microsoft Partners, passing the associated exam (AZ-400 Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions) and getting the certification accrues points for the Digital & App Innovation Skilling category. Being able to create implement DevOps processes and practices, and leverage functionalities such as boards, repos and pipelines supports both the Digital & App Innovation Customer Success and Digital & App Innovation Performance categories which focus on deployment, usage as well as attracting new business. This course prepares delegates to sit the AZ-400 exam as part of a wider scheme of learning (E.g., MS Learn)

Contents

• Introduction to DevOps
• Choose the DevOps tools
• Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards
• Work with Azure Repos and GitHub
• Structure your Git Repo
• Explore Azure Pipelines
• Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools
• Design a container build strategy
• Introduction to continuous delivery
• Create a release pipeline
• Create Azure resources by using Azure CLI
• Explore Azure Automation with DevOps
• Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Implement Bicep
• Introduction to Secure DevOps
• Introduction to GitHub Packages
• Implement tools to track usage and flow
• Develop monitor and status dashboards

Prerequisites

To achieve the best possible training success, the knowledge described below is a prerequisite for a successful training course: 

• A modern laptop/desktop
• A modern browser (Edge/Chrome)
• A good internet connection (wired recommended)
• Microsoft Teams Installed
• 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
• To become a Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, you must either earn the Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Developer Associate as a prerequisite