Learning Path Microsoft AZ-400
Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise working with people, processes, and technologies to continuously deliver business value.
Responsibilities for this role include designing and implementing strategies for collaboration, code, infrastructure, source control, security, compliance, continuous integration, testing, delivery, monitoring, and feedback.
A candidate for this exam must be familiar with both Azure administration and development and must be expert in at least one of these areas.
Exam details on the Microsoft website can be found HERE.
Skills measured:
- 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%)
Develop an instrumentation strategy (5-10%)
Suggested training materials
Course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- Link to entire course
- Link to Module 1 Planning for DevOps
- Link to Module 2 Getting Started with Source Control
Video course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Develop a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) strategy (5-10%)
Suggested training materials
Course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Video course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- Link to entire course
- Link to Module 3 Managing technical debt
- Link to Module 4 Working with Git for Enterprise DevOps
- Link to Module 5 Configuring Azure Pipelines
- Link to Module 6 Implementing Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines
Develop a security and compliance plan (10-15%)
Suggested training materials
Course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Video course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- Link to entire course
- Link to Module 7 Managing Application Configuration and Secrets
- Link to Module 8 Implementing Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
- Link to Module 9 Designing and Implementing a Dependency Management Strategy
- Link to Module 10 Designing a Release Strategy
Manage source control (10-15%)
Suggested training materials
Course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Video course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- Link to entire course
- Link to Module 11 Implementing Continuous Deployment using Azure Pipelines
- Link to Module 12 Implementing an Appropriate Deployment Pattern
- Link to Module 13 Managing Infrastructure and Configuration using Azure Tools
- Link to Module 14 Using Third Party Infrastructure as Code Tools Available with Azure
Facilitate communication and collaboration (10-15%)
Suggested training materials
Course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Video course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- Link to entire course
- Link to Module 15 Managing Containers using Docker
- Link to Module 16 Creating and Managing Kubernetes Service Infrastructure
Define and implement continuous integration (20-25%)
Suggested training materials
Course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Video course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- Link to entire course
- Link to Module 17 Implementing Feedback for Development Teams
- Link to Module 18 Implementing System Feedback Mechanisms
Define and implement a continuous delivery and release management strategy (10-15%)
Suggested training materials
Course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Video course: Microsoft AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- Link to entire course
- Link to Module 19 Implementing Security in DevOps Projects
- Link to Module 20 Validating Code Bases for Compliance
Practice Exams Microsoft AZ-400