Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Certification (AZ-400) – Full Course to PASS the Exam

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Prepare for the Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Certification and pass! Learn to deliver Microsoft DevOps solutions that provide continuous security, integration, testing, delivery, deployment, monitoring, & feedback.

Course developed by Andrew Brown of ExamPro. @ExamProChannel

00:00:00 Introduction
Introduction
Exam Guide Breakdown

00:09:59 Introduction to DevOps
What is DevOps
DevOps vs Traditional IT
Agile
Scrum and Kanban
Flow Metrics
Azure Boards
Traceability

00:26:08 Azure Boards
Getting Started
Create users
Create work items
Create a sprint
Connect Azure Boards to GitHub

00:36:37 Collaboration and communication
Custom Azure Boards Dashboards
Wikis for Documentation
Process Diagrams for Documentation
Configure release documentation
API documentation
Automate Git History Documentation
What are Webhooks
Configure notifications with Webhooks

00:51:43 GitHub
Version Control Systems
Git
Version Control Services
GitHub
Create GitHub Account
Multiple GitHub Accounts
Setup GitHub Organization
Git vs GitHub
GitHub Repo
GitHub Repo Tour
Git Commit
Git Branch
Git Remote
Git Remote Upstream and Downstream
GitHub Flow

01:40:57 GitHub Development
GitHub CLI
GitHub CLI Follow Along
SSH Keys
SSH Keys Follow Along
Deploy Keys
Personal Account Access Tokens
Personal Access Tokens

02:17:28 Understanding GitHub Repos
README Files
Basic Repo Navigation
Create a GitHub Repo
Create a Github Repo Follow Along
Maintaining a repo
Maintaining a repo Follow Along
Repo Templates
Repo Templates Follow Along
Cloning a Repo
Adding files to a repo
Creating branches
Creating branches Follow Along
GitHub Releases
GitHub Releases Follow Along
Github Packages
Github Packages Follow Along

02:59:37 GitHub Pull Requests
Pull Requests
Creating Pull Requests
Base and Compare
Draft Pull Requests
Draft Pull Requests Follow Along
Linked Activity within a pull request
Pull Requests Statuses
Codeowners file
Pull Request Options
Required Reviewers
Reviewing Pull Requests
Merge options Pull Requests
Pull Request Templates

03:29:57 Source Control Strategy
Authentication methods
Git LFS
Git fat
Git Scalar
Git submodule
Git subtree
Workflow Hooks

03:42:40 Implement source code branching
Branch Strategy
Branch Policies
Branch Protections

03:49:16 Configure and manage repositories
Azure Pipelines
GitHub repos with Azure Pipelines
Configure permissions in source control repo
Tags in source control repo
Recover data using Git commands
Purge data from source control

04:01:35 Pipeline automation
Dependency scanning
Security scanning
Code coverage
Quality gates
Security and governance gates
What are pipelines
Automated tests into pipelines
Testing strategies
UI Testing

04:16:30 GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions Follow Along

04:34:00 Package Management
What is Package Management
Package feeds
Dependency management
Azure Artifacts
NuGet
Types of versioning

04:45:10 Implement Pipelines
Implement an Agency infrastructure
Pipeline Trigger Rules
Classic and YAML pipelines
Monitoring pipeline health

04:52:19 Containerization
Introduction to ACI
Container Restart Policies
Container Environment Variables
Container Troubleshooting
Create an Azure Container Instances
Self hosted agents

05:01:59 Deployment
Blue green deployment
Canary release
Ring deployment
Progressive exposure
Feature flags
A B Testing
Azure Traffic Manager

05:08:25 Azure App Service
Introduction to Azure App Service
Runtimes
Custom Containers
Deployment Slots
App Service Environment
Deployment
Azure App Service Plan
Configure and Deploy App Service
Trigger a Deploy via Github Actions
Create Deployment Slots
Scaling Azure App Service

05:53:17 Infrastructure as Code
What is Infrastructure as Code
Azure Automation State Configuration
Introduction to Azure Resource Manager
Introduction to ARM Templates
ARM Templates Follow Along
Azure Bicep Follow Along

06:49:49 Manage Sensitive Information
Introduction to Azure Key Vault
Azure Key Vault Vault
Azure Key Vault Pricing
Azure Key Vault Double Encryption
Azure Key Vault Keys
Azure Key Vault Secrets
Azure Key Vault Basics
Azure Key Vault Keys
Azure Key Vault Backup and Restore Key
Encrypted Secrets
GITHUB_TOKEN Secret

07:15:35 Monitoring solutions
Introduction to Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor Sources
Azure Monitor Data Stores
Azure Monitor Logs
Azure Log Analytics
Log Analytics agent
Application Insights
Application Insights Instrumentation
Azure Sentinel
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