Azure for DevOps: Designing a Strategy

Course details

As DevOps practices continue to increase in popularity, organizations are ramping up their search for professionals who can implement them. Earning the Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification can set you apart from other professionals vying for such roles. In this course, join DevOps architect Paul Hacker as he prepares you to ace the Design a DevOps strategy domain in Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions (AZ-400), the required exam for this certification. Throughout this course, Paul covers how to prepare for DevOps by identifying the types of metrics and KPIs to track; define a DevOps-friendly team and organizational structure; design an agile work management approach; improve the security of your software with smart development practices; and more.

Learning objectives
Setting realistic timelines and goals
Identifying and defining metrics and KPIs
Team collaboration and mentoring strategies
Designing an agile work management approach
Defining a performance testing strategy
Designing secure development strategies
Managing your licenses
Working with popular testing tools

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Designing a strategy - Azure for DevOps
02 - What you should know

1. Preparing for DevOps

03 - Setting timelines and goals
04 - Selecting a project to use
05 - Identify and define metrics and KPIs

2. Working with Teams and Organizations

06 - Defining an organization structure
07 - Define team structure
08 - Define team collaboration strategy
09 - Team mentoring strategies

3. Design an Agile Work Management Approach

10 - Review agile development practices
11 - Select a process for agile practices

4. Design a Quality Strategy for Development

12 - Understand and implement feature flags
13 - Understand and manage technical debt
14 - Performing code reviews
15 - Define a performance testing strategy

5. Design Secure Development Practices

16 - Define a code compliance strategy
17 - Define an infrastructure compliance strategy
18 - Define a code security strategy
19 - Define an infrastructure security strategy

6. Design a Tool and Migration Strategy

20 - Create a license management strategy
21 - Integrating and migrating work item tools
22 - Integrating and migrating test management tools
23 - Define authorization and access policies

Conclusion

24 - Course review and next steps