AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
The full AZ-400 blueprint — source control, pipelines, artifacts, IaC, security and monitoring.
Course: AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions (A Cloud Guru) Level: Advanced (AZ-104 or AZ-204 prerequisite recommended) Total course duration: ~18 hours
The AZ-400: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification is one of the most advanced in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. It validates the skills required to design and implement comprehensive DevOps strategies on Azure, covering CI/CD, source control, security, compliance, and instrumentation.
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26 sections- 1 AZ-400 Certification Overview
- 2 Exam Information
- 3 Module 2 – Analyzing Metrics (SRE and Monitoring)
- 4 Module 3 – Source Control Strategy (Azure Repos)
- 5 Module 4 – Branching Strategies
- 6 Module 5 – Configuring Repositories
- 7 Module 6 – Designing and Implementing Pipelines
- 8 Module 7 – Package Management (Azure Artifacts)
- 9 Modules 11–12 – Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- 10 Modules 13–14 – Orchestration and Deployment
- 11 Module 15 – Sensitive Information Management
- 12 Module 16 – Security and Compliance Scanning
- 13 Modules 17–20 – Monitoring, Communication, Documentation
- 14 Key Points for the Exam
- 15 Module 6 – Azure Pipelines YAML: Complete Guide
- 16 Module 7 – Azure Artifacts: Complete Guide
- 17 Module 8 – IaC: ARM, Bicep, and Terraform
- 18 Module 9 – Release Strategies: Detailed Implementation
- 19 Module 10 – Security and Compliance Advanced
- 20 Module 11 – Monitoring and Instrumentation
- 21 Module 12 – Communication and DevOps Documentation
- 22 Module 13 – Advanced Source Control Strategy
- 23 Module 14 – Feature Flags and Azure App Configuration
- 24 AZ-400 Review Questions
- 25 AZ-400 Quick Reference Table
- 26 AZ-400 Glossary
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