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Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

Official MOC AZ-400 course. Covers DevOps strategies, CI/CD with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions, IaC with Bicep/Terraform, configuration management, security, and feedback loops.

Duration
40h
Modality
Online live
Exam code
AZ-400
Certification
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
Class confirmed
Next class
Oct 12, 2026

Audience

DevOps engineers in the Microsoft ecosystem (Azure DevOps + GitHub).

Learning objectives

  • Implement CI/CD with Azure DevOps and GitHub
  • Apply IaC and configuration management
  • Operate security, compliance, and observability

Prerequisites

To get the most from this course, we recommend prior mastery of the fundamentals covered in AZ-104 (Microsoft Azure Administrator), AZ-204 (Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure) or equivalent knowledge acquired through professional experience or self-study. Holding the previous certification is not required — what matters is mastering the topics below:

  • Manage identities with Microsoft Entra ID
  • Deploy and manage Azure resources
  • Configure virtual networking and connectivity
  • Monitor and back up workloads
  • Develop applications on App Service, Functions, and containers
  • Implement storage (Blob, Cosmos DB)
  • Apply security (Entra ID, Key Vault) and monitoring

Syllabus

01

Design & Implement Processes

In this module of AZ-400 — Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions, you deepen design & implement processes within the Microsoft ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official AZ-400 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Source control, Git workflows, Trunk-based.

Topics covered

  • Source control
  • Git workflows
  • Trunk-based
02

CI/CD

In this module of AZ-400 — Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions, you deepen ci/cd within the Microsoft ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official AZ-400 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Release strategies.

Topics covered

  • Azure Pipelines
  • GitHub Actions
  • Release strategies
03

Dependency Management

In this module of AZ-400 — Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions, you deepen dependency management within the Microsoft ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official AZ-400 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Artifacts, Packages.

Topics covered

  • Artifacts
  • Packages
04

Infrastructure & Configuration

In this module of AZ-400 — Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions, you deepen infrastructure & configuration within the Microsoft ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official AZ-400 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Bicep, Terraform, Ansible, Chef/Puppet.

Topics covered

  • Bicep
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Chef/Puppet
05

Security & Compliance

In this module of AZ-400 — Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions, you deepen security & compliance within the Microsoft ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official AZ-400 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Secret management, Dependency scanning, Defender for DevOps.

Topics covered

  • Secret management
  • Dependency scanning
  • Defender for DevOps

Upcoming classes

StatusDateModalityHoursContact
ConfirmedOct 12, 2026 Online live40h
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