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

Become a senior Microsoft professional and achieve your AZ-400 certification in just 4 days with Firebrand.

What you’ll learn

This accelerated Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) course helps you develop the skills you need to be a successful Azure DevOps Engineer.


In just 4 days, you'll learn to combine people, process and technology to deliver products and services that meet business and end user needs.


At Firebrand, we are proud to be one of the few companies in the world designated a Microsoft Cloud Partner. By studying with us, you access official Microsoft courseware and practice papers, learn from expert Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs), and retain information faster through our time-tested Lecture | Lab | Review method.


At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the official AZ-400 exam and achieve your Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification.


In just 4 days, you will learn how to:

  • Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines

  • Select a project and identify project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • 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 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

Curriculum

You'll train across 9 modules

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

Prerequisites

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

Exam info

This course includes a voucher for the official Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) exam.

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%)

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FAQs

Yes, we do provide courses suitable for beginners. However, Firebrand's accelerated courses aren't easy and it's essential that you are interested and actively pursuing a career in IT.

Traditional training providers usually run their courses from 9am to 5pm. At Firebrand Training we maximise the number of learning hours to minimise the number of training days, so you’ll be back to your job as quickly as possible.

Firebrand's accelerated courses are constantly reviewed. We ask our delegates for feedback after every course. We are official partners with leading vendors and therefore, we're provided with certification changes and updates, which we can then implement in our course delivery at a very early stage. This feedback is then analysed in view of changes or discrepancies. We will then address the topics mentioned and have a panel of subject matter experts provide us with valuable suggestions for improvement and solutions.

If you need to learn new skills and you want to be able to put them into practice quickly, then Firebrand is the right training company for you.

Our unique accelerated training method means that we are your fastest way to learn.

•DevOps Engineers: Professionals managing automation, infrastructure, and cloud services

•Software Developers & Engineers: Those integrating CI/CD, source control, and automated workflows

•System Administrators & IT Operations Professionals: Individuals handling deployments and infrastructure automation

•Cloud Architects: Experts designing and maintaining Azure-based DevOps solutions

•Site Reliability Engineers (SREs): Professionals ensuring system reliability and automation

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