AZ-400T00-A: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps solutions Training Course

Module 1: Planning for DevOps

Lessons

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

Lab : Agile Planning and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Develop a transformation plan with shared goals and timelines for government
• Select a project and identify key metrics and performance indicators (KPIs) for government
• Establish a team and agile organizational structure for government
• Create a tool integration strategy for government
• Design a license management strategy, including users of Azure DevOps and GitHub, for government
• Create a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to functional software for government
• Develop an authentication and access strategy for government
• Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources for government

Module 2: Getting Started with Source Control

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the benefits of using source control for government
• Describe Azure Repos and GitHub for government
• Migrate from TFVC to Git for government

Module 3: Managing Technical Debt

Lessons

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

Lab : Sharing Team Knowledge using Azure Project Wikis

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage code quality and technical debt using tools like SonarCloud for government
• Build organizational knowledge on code quality for government

Module 4: Working with Git for Enterprise DevOps

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain how to structure Git repositories for government
• Describe Git branching workflows for government
• Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews in government
• Use Git hooks for automation in government
• Promote inner source practices across the organization for government

Module 5: Configuring Azure Pipelines

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the role of Azure Pipelines and its components for government
• Configure agents for use in Azure Pipelines for government

Module 6: Implementing Continuous Integration using Azure Pipelines

Lessons

• 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

Lab : Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the importance of continuous integration for government
• Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines for government

Module 7: Managing Application Configuration and Secrets

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage application configuration and secrets for government
• Integrate Azure Key Vault with a pipeline for government

Module 8: Implementing Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions

Lessons

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

Lab : GitHub Actions Continuous Integration

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and work with GitHub Actions and workflows for government
• Implement continuous integration using GitHub Actions for government

Module 9: Designing and Implementing a Dependency Management Strategy

Lessons

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

Lab : Package Management with Azure Artifacts

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Recommend artifact management tools and practices for government
• Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse for government
• Migrate and consolidate artifacts for government
• Migrate and integrate source control measures for government

Module 10: Designing a Release Strategy

Lessons

• 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

Lab : Creating a Release Dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Differentiate between a release and a deployment for government
• Define the components of a release pipeline for government
• Explain considerations when designing a release strategy for government
• Classify a release versus a release process, and outline how to control the quality of both for government
• Describe the principle of release gates and how to manage release notes and documentation for government
• Choose an appropriate release management tool for government

Module 11: Implementing Continuous Deployment using Azure Pipelines

Lessons

• 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

Lab : Setting up and Running Functional Tests

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the terminology used in Azure DevOps and other release management tools for government
• Describe build and release tasks, their capabilities, and available deployment tasks for government
• Explain why multiple release jobs may be needed in one release pipeline for government
• Differentiate between multi-agent and multi-configuration release jobs for government
• Use release variables and stage variables in a release pipeline for government
• Deploy to an environment securely using a service connection for government
• List methods to inspect the health of a pipeline and release using alerts, service hooks, and reports for government

Module 12: Implementing an Appropriate Deployment Pattern

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe deployment patterns for government
• Implement Blue Green Deployment for government
• Implement Canary Release for government
• Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment for government

Module 13: Managing Infrastructure and Configuration using Azure Tools

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Apply infrastructure and configuration as code principles for government
• Deploy and manage infrastructure using Microsoft automation technologies such as ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI for government

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

Lessons

• Chef
• Puppet
• Ansible
• Terraform

Lab : Automating Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines

Lab : Deploying Apps with Chef on Azure

Lab : Deploy App with Puppet on Azure

Lab : Ansible with Azure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Deploy and configure infrastructure using third-party tools and services with Azure, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and Terraform for government

Module 15: Managing Containers using Docker

Lessons

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

Lab : Modernizing Existing ASP.NET Apps with Azure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Develop a container strategy, including the differences between containers and virtual machines, and how microservices use containers for government
• Implement containers using Docker for government
• Implement Docker multi-stage builds for government

Module 16: Creating and Managing Kubernetes Service Infrastructure

Lessons

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

Lab : Deploying a Multi-Container Application to Azure Kubernetes Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Deploy and configure a managed Kubernetes cluster for government

Module 17: Implementing Feedback for Development Teams

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Implement tools to track system usage, feature usage, and flow for government
• Configure crash report integration for client applications for government
• Implement routing for client application crash report data for government
• Develop monitoring and status dashboards for government
• Integrate and configure ticketing systems with development team's work management for government

Module 18: Implementing System Feedback Mechanisms

Lessons

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Define Site Reliability Engineering for government
• Design processes to measure end-user satisfaction and analyze user feedback for government
• Design processes to automate application analytics for government
• Manage alerts and reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts for government
• Conduct blameless retrospectives and create a just culture for government

Module 19: Implementing Security in DevOps Projects

Lessons

• Security in the Pipeline
• Azure Security Center

Lab : Implement Security and Compliance in an Azure DevOps Pipeline

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure for government
• Implement compliance and security measures in your application infrastructure for government

Module 20: Validating Code Bases for Compliance

Lessons

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

Lab : Managing Technical Debt with SonarQube and Azure DevOps

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the potential challenges associated with integrating open-source software for government
• Inspect open-source software packages for security and license compliance for government
• Manage organizational security and compliance policies for government
• Integrate license and vulnerability scans into build and deployment pipelines for government
• Configure build pipelines to access package security and license ratings for government