Module 1: Planning for DevOps
Lessons:
- Transformation Planning.
- Project Selection.
- Team Structures.
- Migrating to Azure DevOps.
Lab: Agile Planning and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines.
- 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 license management strategy (e.g. Azure DevOps and GitHub users).
- Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software.
- Design an authentication and access strategy.
- Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources.
Module 2: Getting Started with Source Control
Lessons:
- What is Source Control.
- Benefits of Source Control.
- Types of Source Control Systems.
- Introduction to Azure Repos.
- Introduction to GitHub.
- Migrating from Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) to Git in Azure Repos.
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.
- Migrate from TFVC to Git.
Module 3: 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 4: Working with Git for Enterprise DevOps
Lessons:
- How to Structure Your Git Repo.
- Git Branching Workflows.
- Collaborating with Pull Requests in Azure Repos.
- Why Care About Git Hooks.
- Fostering Inner Source.
- Managing Git Repositories.
Lab: Version Controlling with Git in Azure Repos
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain how to structure Git repos.
- Describe Git branching workflows.
- Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews.
- Leverage Git hooks for automation.
- Use Git to foster inner source across the organization.
Module 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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 9: Designing and Implementing a Dependency Management Strategy
Lessons:
- Packaging Dependencies.
- Package Management.
- Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts.
- Package Security.
- Implementing a Versioning Strategy.
Lab: Package Management with Azure Artifacts
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Recommend artifact management tools and practices.
- Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse.
- Migrate and consolidate artifacts.
- Migrate and integrate source control measures.
Module 10: 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
Lab: Creating a Release Dashboard
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Differentiate between a release and a deployment.
- Define the components of a release pipeline.
- Explain things to consider when designing your release strategy.
- Classify a release versus a release process, and outline how to control the quality of both.
- Describe the principle of release gates and how to deal with release notes and documentation.
- Choose a release management tool.
Module 11: 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 12: Implementing an Appropriate Deployment Pattern
Lessons:
- Introduction to Deployment Patterns.
- Implement Blue Green Deployment.
- Feature Toggles.
- Canary Releases.
- Dark Launching.
- AB Testing.
- Progressive Exposure Deployment.
Lab: Feature Flag Management with LaunchDarkly and Azure DevOps
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe deployment patterns.
- Implement Blue Green Deployment.
- Implement Canary Release.
- Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment.
Module 13: Managing Infrastructure and Configuration using Azure Tools
Lessons:
- Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management.
- Create Azure Resources using ARM Templates.
- Create Azure Resources using Azure CLI.
- Azure Automation with DevOps.
- Desired State Configuration (DSC).
Lab: Azure Deployments using Resource Manager Templates
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Apply infrastructure and configuration as code principles.
- Deploy and manage infrastructure using Microsoft automation technologies such as ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
Module 14: Third Party Infrastructure as Code Tools Available with Azure
Lessons:
- Chef.
- Puppet.
- Ansible.
- Terraform.
Lab: Automating Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines
Lab: Deploying Apps with Chef on Azure
Lab: Deploy App with Puppet on Azure
Lab: Ansible with Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Deploy and configure infrastructure using 3rd party tools and services with Azure, such as: Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and Terraform.
Module 15: 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 16: Creating and Managing Kubernetes Service Infrastructure
Lessons:
- Azure Kubernetes Service.
- Kubernetes Tooling.
- Integrating AKS with Pipelines.
Lab: Deploying a Multi-Container Application to Azure Kubernetes Service
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Deploy and configure a Managed Kubernetes cluster.
Module 17: Implementing Feedback for Development Teams
Lessons:
- Implement Tools to Track System Usage, Feature Usage, and Flow.
- Implement Routing for Mobile Application Crash Report Data.
- Develop Monitoring and Status Dashboards.
- Integrate and Configure Ticketing Systems.
Lab: Monitoring Application Performance with Application Insights
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement tools to track system usage, feature usage, and flow.
- Configure crash report integration for client applications.
- Implement routing for client application crash report data.
- Develop monitoring and status dashboards.
- Integrate and configure ticketing systems with development team's work management.
Module 18: Implementing System Feedback Mechanisms
Lessons:
- Site Reliability Engineering.
- Design Practices to Measure End-User Satisfaction.
- Design Processes to Capture and Analyze User Feedback.
- Design Processes to Automate Application Analytics.
- Managing Alerts.
- Blameless Retrospectives and a Just Culture.
Lab: Integration between Azure DevOps and Teams
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Define Site Reliability Engineering.
- Design processes to measure end-user satisfaction and analyze user feedback.
- Design processes to automate application analytics.
- Manage alerts and reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts.
- Carry out blameless retrospectives and create a just culture.
Module 19: Implementing Security in DevOps Projects
Lessons:
- Security in the Pipeline.
- Azure Security Center.
Lab: Implement Security and Compliance in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure.
- Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure.
Module 20: 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
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the potential challenges with integrating open-source software.
- Inspect open-source software packages for security and license compliance.
- Manage organizational security and compliance policies.
- Integrate license and vulnerability scans into build and deployment pipelines.
- Configure build pipelines to access package security and license ratings.
