Overview

This course provides the knowledge and skills to design a DevOps strategy. Students will learn how to plan for transformation, select a project, and create team structures. Students will also learn how to develop quality and security strategies. Planning for migrating and consolidating artifacts and source control will also be covered.

Duration:

08 hours

Intended Audience

Students in this course are interested in planning DevOps projects or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam.

Course Objective

• Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines.
• Select a project and identify project metrics and KPIs.
• Create a team and agile organizational structure.
• Develop a project quality strategy.
• Plan for secure development practices and compliance rules.
• Migrate and consolidate artifacts.
• Migrate and integrate source control measures.

Prerequisites

• Fundamental knowledge about Azure, version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organization that delivers software.
• Also, it is recommended that you have experience working in an IDE, as well as some knowledge of the Azure portal. However, students who may not have a technical background in these technologies, but who are curious about DevOps practices as a culture shift, should be able to follow the procedural and expository explanations of continuous integration regardless.

Course Outline

Module 1: Planning for DevOps

In this module, students will learn about transformation planning, project selection, and team structures.

Lessons

• Transformation Planning
• Project Selection
• Team Structures

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 KPIs
• Create a team and agile organizational structure

Module 2: Planning for Quality and Security

In this module, students will learn about developing a quality strategy and planning for secure development.

Lessons

• Planning a Quality Strategy
• Planning Secure Development

Lab: Feature Flag Management with LaunchDarkly and AzureDevOps

After completing the module, students will be able to:

• Develop a project quality strategy
• Plan for secure development practices and compliance rules.

Module 3: Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts and Tools

In this module, students will learn about migrating and consolidating artifacts, and migrating and integrating source control measures.

Lessons

• Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts
• Migrating and Integrating Source Control

Lab: Integrating Azure Repos and Azure Pipelines with Eclipse

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Migrate and consolidate artifacts
• Migrate and integrate source control measures