Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

1 – AZ-400: Get started on a DevOps transformation journey

• Module 1: Introduction to DevOps
• Module 2: Choose the right project
• Module 3: Describe team structures
• Module 4: Choose the DevOps tools
• Module 5: Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards
• Module 6: Introduction to source control
• Module 7: Describe types of source control systems
• Module 8: Work with Azure Repos and GitHub

2 – Development for enterprise DevOps

• Module 1: Structure your Git Repo
• Module 2: Manage Git branches and workflows
• Module 3: Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos
• Module 4: Identify technical debt
• Module 5: Explore Git hooks
• Module 6: Plan foster inner source
• Module 7: Manage Git repositories

3 – Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions

• Module 1: Explore Azure Pipelines
• Module 2: Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools
• Module 3: Describe pipelines and concurrency
• Module 4: Explore continuous integration
• Module 5: Implement a pipeline strategy
• Module 6: Integrate with Azure Pipelines
• Module 7: Introduction to GitHub Actions
• Module 8: Learn continuous integration with GitHub Actions
• Module 9: Design a container build strategy

4 – Design and implement a release strategy

• Module 1: Introduction to continuous delivery
• Module 2: Create a release pipeline
• Module 3: Explore release recommendations
• Module 4: Provision and test environments
• Module 5: Manage and modularize tasks and templates
• Module 6: Automate inspection of health

5 – Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines

• Module 1: Introduction to deployment patterns
• Module 2: Implement blue-green deployment and feature toggles
• Module 3: Implement canary releases and dark launching
• Module 4: Implement A/B testing and progressive exposure deployment
• Module 5: Integrate with identity management systems
• Module 6: Manage application configuration data

6 – Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC

• Module 1: Explore infrastructure as code and configuration management
• Module 2: Create Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager templates
• Module 3: Create Azure resources by using Azure CLI
• Module 4: Explore Azure Automation with DevOps
• Module 5: Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Module 6: Implement Bicep

7 – Implement security and validate code bases for compliance

• Module 1: Introduction to Secure DevOps
• Module 2: Implement open-source software
• Module 3: Software Composition Analysis
• Module 4: Static analyzers
• Module 5: OWASP and Dynamic Analyzers
• Module 6: Security Monitoring and Governance

8 – Design and implement a dependency management strategy

• Module 1: Explore package dependencies
• Module 2: Understand package management
• Module 3: Migrate consolidating and secure artifacts
• Module 4: Implement a versioning strategy
• Module 5: Introduction to GitHub Packages

9 – Implement continuous feedback

• Module 1: Implement tools to track usage and flow
• Module 2: Develop monitor and status dashboards
• Module 3: Share knowledge within teams
• Module 4: Design processes to automate application analytics
• Module 5: Manage alerts, blameless retrospectives and a just culture