Module 1: Basics of Azure

• Azure Overview
• What is Resource Group?
• What is Region?
• How to create Virtual Machine?

Module 2: YAML Scripting

• YAML – BASICS
  • Rules for Creating YAML file
  • Basic Components of YAML File
  • Synopsis of YAML Basic Elements
• YAML– INDENTATION AND SEPARATION
  • Indentation of YAML
  • Separation of Strings
  • YAML – COMMENTS
  • Features of Comments
• YAML – FULL LENGTH EXAMPLE

Module 3: GIT Concepts

• Git Overview
• Installing Git
• Git Concepts
• Git in Practice
  • Setting Up Your Profile
  • Getting a Git Repository
  • Stashing
• Git by Example
  • Creating a Git repository on a shared server (git init)
  • Cloning a remote repository (git clone)
  • Adding files to a local Git repository (git add)
  • Checking for status of files in a local Git repository (git status)
  • Committing files to a local Git repository (git commit)
  • Pushing changes in a local git repository to a remote Git repository (git push)
  • Pulling files from a remote Git repository (git pull)
  • Merging files and dealing with conflicts (on git pull)

Module 4: Docker Concepts

• Start DevOps with Docker
  • DevOps, Docker and Containerization
  • Docker and DevOps - Installation and Introduction
  • First DevOps Use case with Docker
• Important Docker Concepts
  • Docker Images
  • Docker - Detached Mode and Logs
  • Docker Images and Containers
  • Learning Docker Images - Commands
  • Learning Docker Containers - Commands
  • Building Docker Images for Python Application
  • Pushing Python App Docker Image to Docker Hub

Module 5: Planning for DevOps

Lab : Agile Planning and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Select a project and identify project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
• Create a team and agile organizational structure
• Design a tool integration strategy
• Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software
• Design an authentication and access strategy

Module 6: Getting Started with Source Control

Lessons

• Introduction to Azure Repos
• Introduction to GitHub

Lab : Version Controlling with Git in Azure Repos

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of using Source Control
• Describe Azure Repos and GitHub

Module 7: Managing Technical Debt

Lessons

• Identifying Technical Debt
• Knowledge Sharing within Teams
• Modernizing Development Environments with Codespaces

Lab : Sharing Team Knowledge using Azure Project Wikis

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage code quality including technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions
• Build organizational knowledge on code quality

Module 8: Working with Git for Enterprise DevOps

Lessons

• How to Structure Your Git Repo
• Git Branching Workflows
• Collaborating with Pull Requests in Azure Repos
• Managing Git Repositories

Lab : Version Controlling with Git in Azure Repos

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe Git branching workflows
• Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews

Module 9: Configuring Azure Pipelines

Lessons

• The Concept of Pipelines in DevOps
• Azure Pipelines
• Evaluate use of Hosted versus Self-Hosted Agents
• Agent Pools
• Pipelines and Concurrency
• Azure DevOps and Open-Source Projects (Public Projects)
• Azure Pipelines YAML versus Visual Designer

Lab : Configuring Agent Pools and Understanding Pipeline Styles

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the role of Azure Pipelines and its components
• Configure Agents for use in Azure Pipelines

Module 10: Implementing Continuous Integration using Azure Pipelines

Lessons

• Continuous Integration Overview
• Implementing a Build Strategy
• Integration with Azure Pipelines
• Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines
• Set Up Self-Hosted Agents

Lab : Enabling Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines

Lab : Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain why continuous integration matters
• Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines

Module 11: Managing Application Configuration and Secrets

Lessons

• Introduction to Security
• Implement a Secure Development Process
• Rethinking Application Configuration Data
• Manage Secrets, Tokens, and Certificates
• Integrating with Identity Management Systems
• Implementing Application Configuration

Lab : Integrating Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage application configuration and secrets
• Integrate Azure Key Vault with a pipeline

Module 12: Implementing Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions

Lessons

• GitHub Actions
• Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
• Securing Secrets for GitHub Actions

Lab : GitHub Actions Continuous Integration

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and work with GitHub Actions and Workflows
• Implement Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions

Module 13: Designing and Implementing a Dependency Management Strategy

Lessons

• Packaging Dependencies
• Package Management
• Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts
• Implementing a Versioning Strategy

Lab : Package Management with Azure Artifacts

Module 14: Designing a Release Strategy

Lessons

• Introduction to Continuous Delivery
• Release Strategy Recommendations
• Building a High-Quality Release pipeline
• Choosing the Right Release Management Tool

Lab : Controlling Deployments using Release Gates

Module 15: Implementing Continuous Deployment using Azure Pipelines

Lessons

• Create a Release Pipeline
• Provision and Configure Environments
• Manage and Modularize Tasks and Templates
• Configure Automated Integration and Functional Test Automation
• Automate Inspection of Health

Lab : Configuring Pipelines as Code with YAML

Lab : Setting up and Running Functional Tests

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the terminology used in Azure DevOps and other Release Management Tooling
• Describe what a Build and Release task is, what it can do, and some available deployment tasks
• Explain why you sometimes need multiple release jobs in one release pipeline
• Differentiate between multi-agent and multi-configuration release job
• Use release variables and stage variables in your release pipeline
• Deploy to an environment securely using a service connection
• List the different ways to inspect the health of your pipeline and release by using alerts, service hooks, and reports

Module 16: Implementing an Appropriate Deployment Pattern

Lessons

• Introduction to Deployment Patterns
• Implement Blue Green Deployment
• Canary Releases
• Dark Launching

Module 17: Managing Infrastructure and Configuration using Azure Tools

Lessons

• Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
• Create Azure Resources using ARM Templates

Lab : Azure Deployments using Resource Manager Templates

Module 18: Third Party Infrastructure as Code Tools Available with Azure

Lessons

• Ansible
• Terraform

Lab : Automating Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines

Lab : Ansible with Azure

Module 19: Managing Containers using Docker

Lessons

• Implementing a Container Build Strategy
• Implementing Docker Multi-Stage Builds

Lab : Modernizing Existing ASP.NET Apps with Azure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers
• Implement containers using Docker
• Implement Docker multi-stage builds

Module 20: Implementing Feedback for Development Teams

Lessons

• Implement Tools to Track System Usage, Feature Usage, and Flow
• Develop Monitoring and Status Dashboards
• Integrate and Configure Ticketing Systems

Module 21: Implementing System Feedback Mechanisms

Lessons

• Design Processes to Capture and Analyze User Feedback
• Managing Alerts

Lab : Integration between Azure DevOps and Teams

Module 22: Implementing Security in DevOps Projects

Lessons

• Security in the Pipeline

Lab : Implement Security and Compliance in an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Module 23: Validating Code Bases for Compliance

Lessons

• Open-Source Software
• Managing Security and Compliance Policies
• Integrating License and Vulnerability Scans

Lab : Managing Technical Debt with SonarQube and Azure DevOps

Module 24: Azure AI