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Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

This expert Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert training covers the objectives in the AZ-400 exam, which is required to earn the Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification. This Azure DevOps course teaches the skills needed to design and implement a DevOps strategy.

Updated February 2023

31Skills
206Videos
29h 47mTotal
206 videos29h 47m

Who This Course Is For

This Azure DevOps Engineer Expert training is considered expert-level Microsoft training, which means it was designed for DevOps engineers. This Azure course will validate the extensive experience most DevOps engineers have with Azure CD/SI services.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Evolving your DevOps practices to implement continuous integration
  • Building applications with Azure DevOps that implement continuous delivery
  • Deploying applications with Azure DevOps
  • Managing dependency management in development
  • Automating your deployments through a robust infrastructure
  • Implementing continuous feedback and improvement

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Introducing DevOps Core Principles55m
  • Premium skill.Getting Started with Git59m
  • Premium skill.Introducing DevOps Tools1h 3m
  • Premium skill.Manage Source Control Repos and Releases54m
  • Premium skill.Design a Branch Strategy53m
  • Premium skill.Avoid Technical Debt with Repo Design and Code Quality1h 8m
  • Premium skill.Understand Azure Pipelines Fundamentals51m
  • Premium skill.Deploy Agent Pools and Agents52m
  • Premium skill.Create a CI Pipeline57m
  • Premium skill.Create a Continuous Deployment Release1h
  • Premium skill.Create a Release for On-Premises Targets1h 5m
  • Premium skill.Create a YAML CICD Pipeline57m
  • Premium skill.Understand GitHub Actions Fundamentals1h 3m
  • Premium skill.Integrate GitHub with Azure DevOps56m
  • Premium skill.Understand Docker and Prep for CICD57m
  • Premium skill.Understand the Basics of Azure ARM Templates1h 7m
  • Premium skill.Create a CICD Pipeline for Containers54m
  • Premium skill.Create a Pipeline that Uses ARM Templates56m
  • Premium skill.Create a CICD Pipeline with GitHub Actions1h 7m
  • Premium skill.Control CICD Releases with Gates57m
  • Premium skill.Manage Security Aspects of Pipeline Automation56m
  • Premium skill.Understand Pipeline Testing and Monitoring Options54m
  • Premium skill.Create a Discord Bot to Automate Azure DevOps Tasks59m
  • Premium skill.Understand Testing in Production Strategies52m
  • Premium skill.Implement a Blue-Green Deployment Pipeline54m
  • Premium skill.Implement a Canary Deployment56m
  • Premium skill.Implement the Ring Deployment Pattern54m
  • Premium skill.Explore Infrastructure as Code55m
  • Premium skill.Build and Push Docker Images in Github Actions49m
  • Premium skill.Implement Compliance Controls in Azure DevOps1h 13m
  • Premium skill.Use Templates in Azure DevOps Pipelines56m

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

Runs on assessments.cbtnuggets.com — sign in with an Adept account so results roll up into team readiness reporting. Need one? Create an Adept account.

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