Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

On your 4-day accelerated Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification course, you'll get the skills you need to be successful as an Azure DevOps Engineer. You'll learn to combine people, process and technology to deliver products and services that meet business and end user needs.

Your expert Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) will immerse you in the curriculum with Firebrand's unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique, helping you to build and retain information faster. You'll also have 24/7 lab access at the training centre, so you can test your skills and make the most of your stay.

During your 4 day accelerated DevOps Engineer course you'll learn how to:

• Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines
• Select a project and identify project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
• Create a team and agile organizational structure
• Design a tool integration strategy
• Design a license management strategy (e.g., Azure DevOps and GitHub users)
• Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software
• Design an authentication and access strategy
• Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources
• Describe the benefits of using Source Control
• Describe Azure Repos and GitHub
• Migrate from TFVC to Git
• Manage code quality including technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions
• Build organizational knowledge on code quality
• Explain how to structure Git repos
• Describe Git branching workflows
• Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews
• Leverage Git hooks for automation
• Use Git to foster inner source across the organization
• Explain the role of Azure Pipelines and its components
• Configure Agents for use in Azure Pipelines
• Explain why continuous integration matters
• Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines
• Define Site Reliability Engineering
• Design processes to measure end-user satisfaction and analyze user feedback
• Design processes to automate application analytics
• Manage alerts and reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts
• Carry out blameless retrospectives and create a just culture
• Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure
• Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure
• Describe the potential challenges with integrating open-source software
• Inspect open-source software packages for security and license compliance
• Manage organizational security and compliance policies
• Integrate license and vulnerability scans into build and deployment pipelines
• Configure build pipelines to access package security and license ratings

Courseware: AZ-400T00-AC

Module 1: Get started on a DevOps transformation journey

Module 2: Development for enterprise DevOps

Module 3: Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions

Module 4: Design and implement a release strategy

Module 5: Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines

Module 6: Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC

Module 7: Implement security and validate code bases for compliance

Module 8: Design and implement a dependency management strategy

Module 9: Implement continuous feedback

On this course, you'll take the following exams, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

Exam AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

You will be tested on the following skills and knowledge areas:

• Develop an instrumentation strategy (5-10%)
• Develop a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) strategy (5-10%)
• Develop a security and compliance plan (10-15%)
• Manage source control (10-15%)
• Facilitate communication and collaboration (10-15%)
• Define and implement continuous integration (20-25%)
• Define and implement a continuous delivery and release management strategy (10-15%)

Is the Microsoft AZ-400 exam difficult?

This exam is considered moderately to highly challenging, especially for learners without hands-on experience in Azure DevOps and Azure Administration. The exam focuses on implementing DevOps practices using Microsoft Azure services, so it requires a solid understanding of DevOps methodologies, Azure services, and hands-on experience with automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), and monitoring.

At Firebrand, our time-tested Lecture | Lab | Review method helps you retain essential information faster, leaving no questions unanswered; we also offer ample exam prep and 24-hour lab access. In the unlikely event that you need to retake the exam, you can take the course again for free within a year of your first attendance through the Firebrand Certification Guarantee. Why train with anyone else?

Before attending this course you must hold one of the following certifications:

• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate

You should also have the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• Be proficient with Agile practices
• Have experience in both Azure administration and Azure development - with expertise in at lease one of these areas
• Have the ability to design and implement DevOps practices for:
• version control
• compliance
• infrastructure as code
• configuration management
• build, release and testing using Azure technologies

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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