AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

20 Jun 2020

Why DevOps?

As a professional in software development industry, only experts in one particular technology or language is not enough. We have to understand the whole SDLC to be able to deliver the end to end solutions. DevOps is one of the key parts in the life cycle, it can improve the productivity of both development and operational teams, it’s easier to adopt Agile methodology.

Nowadays, those popular topics e.g. DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, Docker, Kubernetes are also included in Azure DevOps, it becomes the one stop portal that can manage the source repositories, projects (epic, user story, task and bug), CI / CD pipelines, artifacts and test plans.

Free Certification from Microsoft Build 2020

Thanks for COVID-19, Microsoft Build 2020 was held 48 hours continuously online, therefore I could simply register and attend the global event from home. If you finish one of the challenges, you will get a free chance for one of the Microsoft certificates.

Useful resources to prepare the exam

• Microsoft Learn https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/browse/?products=azure-devops, I finished all the courses of Azure DevOps
• Isaac Levin’s Blog - https://www.isaaclevin.com/post/az-400-study-guide/
• AZ-400: Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YBmBxE7ZMA
• Web App DevOps Lab - https://github.com/gidavies/WebAppDevOpsLab
• AzureMentor - https://azurementor.wordpress.com/2018/11/18/how-to-pass-the-az-400-microsoft-azure-devops-solutions-beta-exam/

Other useful resources

• https://www.azuredevopslabs.com/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/checklist/dev-ops
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/learn/devops-at-microsoft/

NOTE: I passed the exam before 15 of June 2020, now the content has been updated, please download the up to date skills outline.