AZ 400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions

Module 1: Planning for DevOps

• Transformation Planning
• Project Selection
• Team Structures
• Migrating to Azure DevOps

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

Module 3: Managing Technical Debt

• Identifying Technical Debt
• Knowledge Sharing within Teams
• Modernizing Development Environments with Codespaces

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

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

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

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

Module 8: Implementing Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions

• GitHub Actions
• Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
• Securing Secrets for GitHub Actions

Module 9: Designing and Implementing a Dependency Management Strategy

• Packaging Dependencies
• Package Management
• Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts
• Package Security
• Implementing a Versioning Strategy

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

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

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

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)

Module 14: Third Party Infrastructure as Code Tools Available with Azure

• Chef
• Puppet
• Ansible
• Terraform

Module 15: Managing Containers using Docker

• Implementing a Container Build Strategy
• Implementing Docker Multi-Stage Builds

Module 16: Creating and Managing Kubernetes Service Infrastructure

• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Kubernetes Tooling
• Integrating AKS with Pipelines

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

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

Module 19: Implementing Security in DevOps Projects

• Security in the Pipeline
• Azure Security Center

Module 20: Validating Code Bases for Compliance

• Open-Source Software
• Managing Security and Compliance Policies
• Integrating License and Vulnerability Scans