Course Description

This course provides knowledge and skills to deploy an application infrastructure in DevOps pipelines. Students will learn how to implement infrastructure as code and configuration management, how to provision Azure infrastructure using common automation tools, and how to deploy an application infrastructure using various Azure services and deployment methodologies. Students will also learn how to integrate 3rd party deployment tools with Azure, such as Chef and Puppet to incorporate compliance and security into the release pipeline.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Design practices to measure end-user satisfaction
• Design processes to capture and analyze user feedback from external sources
• Design routing for client application crash report data
• Recommend monitoring tools and technologies
• Recommend system and feature usage tracking tools
• Configure crash report integration for client applications
• Develop monitoring and status dashboards
• Implement routing for client application crash report data
• Implement tools to track system usage, feature usage, and flow
• Integrate and configure ticketing systems with development team's work management system
• Analyze alerts to establish a baseline
• Analyze telemetry to establish a baseline
• Perform live site reviews and capture feedback for system outages
• Perform ongoing tuning to reduce meaningless or non-actionable alerts

Audience

Students in this course are interested in implementing dependency management or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam.

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.

Content

Module 1: Infrastructure and Configuration Azure ToolsLessons

• Learning Objectives
• Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
• Create Azure REsources using ARM Templates
• Create Azure Resources using Azure CLI
• Create Azure Resources by using Azure PowerShell
• Additional Automation Tools
• Version Control
• Lab Deploy to Azure using ARM templates
• Module Review Questions

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 2: Azure Deployment Models and ServicesLessons

• Learning Objectives
• Deployment Models and Options
• Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Services
• Azure Automation with DevOps
• Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Azure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) services
• Azure Service Fabric
• Lab Azure Automation - IaaS or PaaS deployment
• Moduel Review Questions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe deployment models and services that are available with Azure

Module 3: Create and Manage Kubernetes Service InfrastructureLessons

• Learning Objectives
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Lab Deploy and Scale AKS Cluster
• Module Review Questions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Deploy and configure a Managed Kubernetes cluster

Module 4: Third Party and Open Source Tools available with AzureLessons

• Learning Objectives
• Chef
• Puppet
• Ansible
• Cloud-Init
• Terraform
• Lab Provision and configure an App in Azure Using X
• Module Review Questions

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, SaltStack, and Terraform

Module 5: Implement Compliance and Security in your InfrastructureLessons

• Security and Compliance Principles with DevOps
• Azure Security Center
• Lab Integrate a scanning extension or tool in an AZ DevOps pipeline/security center
• Module Review Questions

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 6: Course CompletionLessons

• Final Exam