AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions v1.1

This track focuses on designing and implementing effective DevOps processes and communication flows using Azure DevOps and GitHub. It covers work tracking, end-to-end traceability, metrics and dashboards, documentation practices, integration with collaboration tools, and release governance. Learners will build visibility, consistency, and feedback-driven workflows to improve team collaboration, delivery efficiency, and continuous improvement.

In this track explore how to design and implement a source control strategy using Git, Azure Repos, and GitHub. You'll learn how to establish branching and pull request workflows, secure and govern repositories, enforce quality and compliance controls, and manage repositories at scale. Key topics includes branch policies, merge strategies, repository permissions, CODEOWNERS, Git LFS, repository optimization, and data recovery.

This track focuses on designing and implementing modern build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub. Learners will gain hands‑on skills in YAML pipelines, CI/CD workflows, reusable templates, and pipeline optimization. It covers package management, versioning, testing strategies, deployment approaches (blue‑green, canary), infrastructure as code (ARM/Bicep), database deployments, and configuration management. Learners will also explore agent/runner strategies, security practices, and pipeline performance tuning to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure application releases.

This track focuses on building a strong security and compliance foundation for DevOps environments using Azure DevOps and GitHub. Learners will understand authentication, authorization, identity management, and secure handling of secrets using tools like Key Vault and OIDC. It also covers automated security scanning, code and dependency analysis, and tools like Defender for Cloud DevOps and GitHub Advanced Security to manage vulnerabilities and enforce compliance.

This track covers configuring Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to track performance. Learners analyze metrics, query logs with KQL, and set alerts. It also explores DevOps practices like source control, CI/CD, security integration, and monitoring, along with deployment automation and using an exam-aligned checklist to identify and address preparation gaps.