Azure DevOps Engineer

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:

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 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:

Describe the benefits of using Source Control Describe Azure Repos and GitHub Migrate from TFVC to Git 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 including technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions Build organizational knowledge on code quality 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 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 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 Configure Agents for use in Azure Pipelines 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 why continuous integration matters Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines 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 Integrate Azure Key Vault with a pipeline 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 Implement Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions 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 Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse Migrate and consolidate artifacts Migrate and integrate source control measures 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 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 Choose a release management tool 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 Tooling Describe what a Build and Release task is, what it can do, and some available deployment tasks 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 List the different ways to inspect the health of your pipeline and release by using alerts, service hooks, and reports 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 Implement Blue Green Deployment Implement Canary Release Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment 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. Deploy and manage infrastructure using Microsoft automation technologies such as ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI 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 3rd party tools and services with Azure, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and Terraform 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:

Implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers Implement containers using Docker Implement Docker multi-stage builds 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 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 Configure crash report integration for client applications Implement routing for client application crash report data Develop monitoring and status dashboards Integrate and configure ticketing systems with development team's work management 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 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 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 Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure 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 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