Azure Devops Certification Training (AZ-400)
Learn DevOps and build your skills with UpTaught. Are you completely new to DevOps or do you want to upskill your DevOps knowledge to get a better understanding, then you are at the right place! Our DevOps Online Training program is designed by industry experts, which will provide in-depth knowledge on various DevOps Concepts & tools in a way to help you master and prepare you for a career in DevOps.
In 35 Hours of Instructor-led Live Online Training, you will master the key trending DevOps tools like Ansible, Docker, Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Nagios & Puppet, which is in line with the industry expectations. Our unique blended online training is completely hands-on with interactive lab sessions, giving you job-ready skills.
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Module 1 – Designing for DevOps
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1. Transformation Planning
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2. Project Selection
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3. Team Structures
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4. Migrating to Azure DevOps
Module 2 – Getting Started with Source Control
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1. What is Source Control
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2. Advantages of Source Control
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3. Kinds of Source Control Systems
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4. Introduction to Azure Repos
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5. Introduction to GitHub
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6. Migrating from Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) to Git in Azure Repos
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7. Authenticating to Git in Azure Repos
Module 3 – Handling Technical Debt
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1. Finding Technical Debt
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2. Knowledge Sharing within Teams
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3. Modernizing Development Environments with Codespaces
Module 4 – Operating with Git for Enterprise DevOps
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1. How to Structure Your Git Repo
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2. Git Branching Workflows
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3. Collaborating with Pull Requests in Azure Repos
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4. Why Care About Git Hooks
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5. Fostering Inner Source
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6. Handling Git Repositories
Module 5 – Setting up Azure Pipelines
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1. The Concept of Pipelines in DevOps
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2. Azure Pipelines
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3. Valuate use of Hosted versus Self-Hosted Agents
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4. Agent Pools
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5. Pipelines and Concurrency
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6. Azure DevOps and Open-Source Projects (Public Projects)
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7. Azure Pipelines YAML versus Visual Designer
Module 6 – Executing Continuous Integration utilizing Azure Pipelines
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1. Continuous Integration Overview
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2. Executing a Build Strategy
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3. Integration with Azure Pipelines
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4. Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines
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5. Configure Self-Hosted Agents
Module 7 – Handling Application Configuration and Secrets
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1. Introduction to Security
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2. Execute a Secure Development Process
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3. Rethinking Application Configuration Data
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4. Handle Secrets, Tokens, and Certificates
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5. Integrating with Identity Management Systems
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6. Executing Application Configuration
Module 8 – Executing Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
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1. GitHub Actions
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2. Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
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3. Attaining Secrets for GitHub Actions
Module 9 – Planning and Executing a Dependency Management Strategy
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1. Packaging Dependencies
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2. Package Management
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3. Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts
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4. Package Security
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5. Executing a Versioning Strategy
Module 10 – Planning a Release Strategy
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1. Introduction to Continuous Delivery
Azure Devops Certification Training (AZ-400)
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The AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam tests and validates a candidate’s expertise as a DevOps Professional around the use of Microsoft Azure technologies for designing and implementing DevOps practices.
Yes! You can take AZ-400 before AZ-104 or AZ-204.
Once you are certified and achieve AZ-400 certification, it remains valid for years.
The AZ-400 exam is worth taking because studying for this certification will help build confidence by strengthening knowledge and skills.
The Microsoft AZ-400 exam is much more challenging and harder than the regular exams. Therefore, you need to put in a lot of extra effort, hard work, and dedication for your preparation.
The average salary for Azure skills is $96,000 as per compensation data firm PayScale.
Here are some of the jobs you could expect to get after passing the Azure DevOps certification exam.
- Azure DevOps Engineer
- Cloud DevOps Engineer
- Cloud Engineer
- Senior DevOps Engineer
The certification exam costs $165 USD.
Microsoft is the second-biggest cloud provider in the market. It was launched in 2012 and has been emerging at an unprecedented rate since then. According to a study by Forbes, Microsoft Azure revenue developed 50% year-over-year in fiscal Q2, 2021. Cloud technology has taken the IT world by storm. More than 70% of the IT companies utilize the Cloud in one form or another, and this is going to enhance in the upcoming years. Hence, there is going to be a crucial shortage for Cloud professionals in the coming years. So gear up, and be ready!
You are allowed to take Azure cloud certification exam only for 5 times in a year. After exceeding the limit of 5 attempts, you can retake only after the completion of 12 months from the date of exhaustion of 5th attempt.
Microsoft certifications are structured into four levels:
- Fundamentals
- Associate
- Expert
- Specialty
If you want to ace Azure Certification and to develop applications in Azure, you require knowledge of:
- Open-source frameworks like ASP.NET
- Programming languages like SQL Server, HTML5 and JavaScript
Also, you must possess knowledge of handling Microsoft tools like Office 365 and PowerShell that will assists you comprehend how these services integrate with Azure.
Upon clearing your AZ-400 examination, Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert certification will be valid for two years. After the validity period of two years, your certification will not be valid anymore, but it will be still displayed under a various section with Exam code and year mentioned along with it.
The average Azure DevOps engineer salary in the USA is $136,500 per year or $70 per hour.
Azure DevOps has a similar construction to Jira.