Course Description
In the AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions Microsoft Official instructor-led course, learn how to use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, implement and manage build infrastructure, implement continuous integration in an Azure DevOps pipeline, how to manage code quality and security principles, how to implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement an appropriate deployment pattern, design a dependency management strategy and manage security and compliance, how to implement infrastructure as code and configuration management, how to provision Azure infrastructure using common automation tools, and how to deploy an application infrastructure using various Azure services and deployment methodologies. You will also learn how to integrate 3rd party deployment tools with Azure, such as Chef and Puppet to incorporate compliance and security into the release pipeline, recommend and design system feedback mechanisms, implement a process for routing system feedback to development teams, optimize feedback mechanisms, plan for transformation, select a project, and create team structures. Gain the skills to develop quality and security strategies. Planning for migrating and consolidating artifacts and source control will also be covered.
Objectives
· Describe the benefits of using source control · Migrate from TFVC to Git · Scale Git for Enterprise DevOps · Implement and manage build infrastructure · Manage application config & secrets · Implement a mobile DevOps strategy · Explain why continuous integration matters · Implement continuous integration using Azure DevOps · Configure builds and the options available · Create an automated build workflow · Integrate other build tooling with Azure DevOps · Create hybrid build processes · Describe what is meant by code quality and how it is measured · Detect code smells · Integrate automated tests for code quality · Report on code coverage during testing · Add tooling to measure technical debt · Detect open source and other licensing issues · Implement a container build strategy · Differentiate between a release and a deployment · Define the components of a release pipeline · Explain things to consider when designing your release strategy · Classify a release versus a release process, and outline how to control the quality of both · Describe the principle of release gates and how to deal with release notes and documentation · Explain deployment patterns, both in the traditional sense and in the modern sense · Choose a release management tool · Explain the terminology used in Azure DevOps and other Release Management Tooling · Describe what a Build and Release task is, what it can do, and some available deployment tasks · Classify an Agent, Agent Queue and Agent Pool · Explain why you sometimes need multiple release jobs in one release pipeline · Differentiate between multi-agent and multi-configuration release job · Use release variables and stage variables in your release pipeline · Deploy to an environment securely, using a service connection · Embed testing in the pipeline · List the different ways to inspect the health of your pipeline and release by using, alerts, service hooks and reports · Create a release gate · Describe deployment patterns · Implement Blue Green Deployment · Implement Canary Release · Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment · Recommend artifact management tools and practices · Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse · Inspect codebase to identify code dependencies that can be converted to packages · Identify and recommend standardized package types and versions across the solution · Refactor existing build pipelines to implement version strategy that publishes packages · Manage security and compliance · Inspect open source software packages for security and license compliance to align with corporate standards · Configure build pipeline to access package security and license rating · Configure secure access to package feeds · Apply infrastructure and configuration as code principles · Deploy and manage infrastructure using Microsoft automation technologies such as ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI · Describe deployment models and services that are available with Azure · Deploy and configure a Managed Kubernetes cluster · Deploy and configure infrastructure using 3rd party tools and services with Azure, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, and Terraform · Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure · Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure · Design practices to measure end-user satisfaction · Design processes to capture and analyze user feedback from external sources · Design routing for client application crash report data · Recommend monitoring tools and technologies · Recommend system and feature usage tracking tools · Configure crash report integration for client applications · Develop monitoring and status dashboards · Implement routing for client application crash report data · Implement tools to track system usage, feature usage, and flow · Integrate and configure ticketing systems with development team's work management system · Analyze alerts to establish a baseline · Analyze telemetry to establish a baseline · Perform live site reviews and capture feedback for system outages · Perform ongoing tuning to reduce meaningless or non-actionable alerts · Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines. · Select a project and identify project metrics and KPIs. · Create a team and agile organizational structure. · Develop a project quality strategy. · Plan for secure development practices and compliance rules. · Migrate and consolidate artifacts. · Migrate and integrate source control measures.
Agenda
Implementing DevOps Development Processes – AZ-400T01 Module 1: Getting started with Source Control Lessons · What is Source Control? · Benefits of Source Control · Types of source control systems · Introduction to Azure Repos · Migrating from TFVC to Git · Authenticating to your Git Repos After completing this module, students will be able to: · Describe the benefits of using source control · Migrate from TFVC to Git Module 2: Scaling git for enterprise DevOps Lessons · How to structure your git repo · Git Branching workflows · Collaborating with Pull Requests · Why care about GitHooks? · Fostering Internal Open Source · Git Version · Public projects · Files in Git After completing this module, students will be able to: · Scale Git for Enterprise DevOps Module 3: Implement & Manage Build Infrastructure Lessons · The concept of pipelines in DevOps · Azure Pipelines · Evaluate use of Hosted vs Private Agents · Agent pools · Pipelines & Concurrency · Azure DevOps and Open Source projects · Azure Pipelines YAML vs Visual Designer · Setup private agents · Integrate Jenkins with Azure Pipelines · Integration external source control with Azure Pipelines · Analyze & Integrate Docker multi-stage builds After completing this module, students will be able to: · Implement and manage build infrastructure Module 4: Managing application config & secrets Lessons · Introduction to Security · Implement secure & compliant development process · Rethinking application config data · Manage secrets, tokens & certificates · Implement tools for managing security and compliance in a pipeline After completing this module, students will be able to: · Manage application config & secrets Module 5: Implement a mobile DevOps strategy Lessons · Introduction to Mobile DevOps · Introduction to Visual Studio App Center · Manage mobile target device sets and distribution groups · Manage target UI test device sets · Provision tester devices for deployment · Create public and private distribution groups After completing this module, students will be able to: · Implement a mobile DevOps strategy Implementing Continuous Integration – AZ-400T02 Module 1: Implementing Continuous Integration in an Azure DevOps Pipeline In this module, you’ll be introduced to continuous integration principles including: benefits, challenges, build best practices, and implementation steps. You will also learn about implementing a build strategy with workflows, triggers, agents, and tools. Lessons · Continuous Integration Overview · Implementing a Build Strategy After completing this module, students will: · Explain why continuous integration matters · Implement continuous integration using Azure DevOps Module 2: Managing Code Quality and Security Policies In this module, you will be learn how to manage code quality including: technical debt, SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions. You will also learn how to manage security policies with open source, OWASP, and WhiteSource Bolt. Lessons · Managing Code Quality · Managing Security Policies After completing this module, students will be able to: · Manage code quality including: technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions. · Manage security policies with open source, OWASP, and WhiteSource Bolt. · Manage code quality including: technical debt, SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions. Module 3: Implementing a Container Build Strategy In this module, you will learn how to implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers. You will also learn how to implement containers using Docker. Lessons · Implementing a Container Build Strategy After completing this module, students will be able to: · Implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers. · Implement containers using Docker. Implementing Continuous Delivery – AZ-400T03 Module 1: Design a Release Strategy Lessons · Introduction to Continuous Delivery · Release strategy recommendations · Building a High Quality Release pipeline · Choosing a deployment pattern · Choosing the right release management tool After completing this module, students will be able to: · Differentiate between a release and a deployment · Define the components of a release pipeline · Explain things to consider when designing your release strategy · Classify a release versus a release process, and outline how to control the quality of both · Describe the principle of release gates and how to deal with release notes and documentation · Explain deployment patterns, both in the traditional sense and in the modern sense · Choose a release management tool Module 2: Set up a Release Management Workflow Lessons · Create a Release Pipeline · Provision and Configure Environments · Manage And Modularize Tasks and Templates · Integrate Secrets with the release pipeline · Configure Automated Integration and Functional Test Automation · Automate Inspection of Health After completing this module, students will be able to: · Explain the terminology used in Azure DevOps and other Release Management Tooling · Describe what a Build and Release task is, what it can do, and some available deployment tasks · Classify an Agent, Agent Queue and Agent Pool · Explain why you sometimes need multiple release jobs in one release pipeline · Differentiate between multi-agent and multi-configuration release job · Use release variables and stage variables in your release pipeline · Deploy to an environment securely, using a service connection · Embed testing in the pipeline · List the different ways to inspect the health of your pipeline and release by using, alerts, service hooks and reports · Create a release gate Module 3: Implement an appropriate deployment pattern Lessons · Introduction into Deployment Patterns · Implement Blue Green Deployment · Feature Toggles · Canary Releases · Dark Launching · AB Testing · Progressive Exposure Deployment After completing this module, students will be able to: · Describe deployment patterns · Implement Blue Green Deployment · Implement Canary Release · Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment Implementing Dependency Management – AZ-400T04 Module 1: Designing a Dependency Management Strategy Lessons · Introduction · Packaging dependencies · Package management · Implement a versioning strategy After completing this module, students will be able to: · Recommend artifact management tools and practices · Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse · Inspect codebase to identify code dependencies that can be converted to packages · Identify and recommend standardized package types and versions across the solution · Refactor existing build pipelines to implement version strategy that publishes packages · Manage security and compliance Module 2: Manage security and compliance Lessons · Introduction · Package security · Open source software · Integrating license and vulnerability scans After completing this module, students will be able to: · Inspect open source software packages for security and license compliance to align with corporate standards · Configure build pipeline to access package security and license rating · Configure secure access to package feeds Implementing Application Infrastructure – AZ-400T05 Module 1: Infrastructure and Configuration Azure Tools Lessons · Learning Objectives · Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management · Create Azure Resources using ARM Templates · Create Azure Resources using Azure CLI · Create Azure Resources by using Azure PowerShell · Additional Automation Tools · Version Control · Lab Deploy to Azure using ARM templates · Module Review Questions After completing this module, students will be able to: · Apply infrastructure and configuration as code principles · Deploy and manage infrastructure using Microsoft automation technologies such as ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI Module 2: Azure Deployment Models and Services Lessons · Learning Objectives · Deployment Models and Options · Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Services · Azure Automation with DevOps · Desired State Configuration (DSC) · Azure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) services · Azure Service Fabric · Lab Azure Automation - IaaS or PaaS deployment · Module Review Questions After completing this module, students will be able to: · Describe deployment models and services that are available with Azure Module 3: Create and Manage Kubernetes Service Infrastructure Lessons · Learning Objectives · Azure Kubernetes Service · Lab Deploy and Scale AKS Cluster · Module Review Questions After completing this module, students will be able to: · Deploy and configure a Managed Kubernetes cluster Module 4: Third Party and Open Source Tools available with Azure Lessons · Learning Objectives · Chef · Puppet · Ansible · Cloud-Init · Terraform · Lab Provision and configure an App in Azure Using X · Module Review Questions After completing this module, students will be able to: · Deploy and configure infrastructure using 3rd party tools and services with Azure, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, and Terraform Module 5: Implement Compliance and Security in your Infrastructure Lessons · Security and Compliance Principles with DevOps · Azure Security Center · Lab Integrate a scanning extension or tool in an AZ DevOps pipeline/security center · Module Review Questions 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 · Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure Module 6: Course Completion Lessons · Final Exam Implementing Continuous Feedback – AZ-400T06 Module 1: Recommend and design system feedback mechanisms Lessons · The inner loop · Continuous Experimentation mindset · Design practices to measure end-user satisfaction · Design processes to capture and analyze user feedback · Design process to automate application analytics After completing this module, students will be able to: · Design practices to measure end-user satisfaction · Design processes to capture and analyze user feedback from external sources · Design routing for client application crash report data · Recommend monitoring tools and technologies · Recommend system and feature usage tracking tools Module 2: Implement process for routing system feedback to 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 After completing this module, students will be able to: · Configure crash report integration for client applications · Develop monitoring and status dashboards · Implement routing for client application crash report data · Implement tools to track system usage, feature usage, and flow · Integrate and configure ticketing systems with development team's work management Module 3: Optimize feedback mechanisms Lessons · Site Reliability Engineering · Analyze telemetry to establish a baseline · Perform ongoing tuning to reduce meaningless or non-actionable alerts · Analyze alerts to establish a baseline · Blameless Postmortems and a Just Culture After completing this module, students will be able to: · Analyze alerts to establish a baseline · Analyze telemetry to establish a baseline · Perform live site reviews and capture feedback for system outages · Perform ongoing tuning to reduce meaningless or non-actionable alerts Designing a DevOps Strategy – AZ-400T07 Module 1: Planning for DevOps In this module, students will learn about transformation planning, project selection, and team structures. Lessons · Transformation Planning · Project Selection · Team Structures After completing this module students will be able to: · Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines · Select a project and identify project metrics and KPIs · Create a team and agile organizational structure Module 2: Planning for Quality and Security In this module, students will learn about developing a quality strategy and planning for secure development. Lessons · Planning a Quality Strategy · Planning Secure Development After completing the module, students will be able to: · Develop a project quality strategy · Plan for secure development practices and compliance rules. Module 3: Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts and Tools In this module, students will learn about migrating and consolidating artifacts, and migrating and integrating source control measures. Lessons · Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts · Migrating and Integrating Source Control After completing this module, students will be able to: · Migrate and consolidate artifacts Migrate and integrate source control measures
Comments
In fairness to all participants, anyone arriving more than 30 minutes late will be rescheduled for another class date.
Cancellation Policy:
No Shows:
If you are registered for a class and do not attend and fail to contact our office to cancel or reschedule, a fee equivalent to your daily rate will be applied.
Productivity Point reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any training course.Should we reschedule a course, a full credit will be applied to the rescheduled course. Productivity Point cannot assume responsibility for any other costs to the student. Class credits are redeemable for up to 1 years. There is no charge for cancellations that are made Ten (10) or more business days prior to the scheduled training date. Cancellations that are made nine (9) business days or less of the scheduled training date are considered “late cancellations” and the full price of the class will be charged. All training cancelled within 10 or more business days' notice will have a credit on account in the full amount of purchase. This credit can be applied to any Productivity Point products or services for up to 1 year from the date of original transaction. There are no refunds.