What you’ll learn
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Design and implement processes and communications  
- Design and implement a source control strategy 
- Design and implement build and release pipelines 
- Develop a security and compliance plan 
- Implement an instrumentation strategy 
Microsoft Azure at Lumify Work
As part of Lumify Group, Lumify Work has skilled more people in Microsoft technologies than any other organisation in Australia and New Zealand. We have a campus in the Philippines, too. We offer the broadest range of instructor-led training courses, from end user to architect level.  We are proud to be the winner of the Microsoft MCT Superstars Award for FY24, which formally recognises us as having the highest quality Microsoft Certified Trainers in ANZ. 
Who is the course for?
Students in this course are interested in implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam.
Course subjects
Development for enterprise DevOps
- Introduction to DevOps 
- Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards 
- Design and implement branch strategies and workflows 
- Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos 
- Explore Git hooks 
- Plan foster inner source 
- Manage and configure repositories 
- Identify technical debt 
Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions
- Explore Azure Pipelines 
- Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools 
- Describe pipelines and concurrency 
- Design and implement a pipeline strategy 
- Integrate with Azure Pipelines 
- Introduction to GitHub Actions 
- Learn continuous integration with GitHub Actions 
- Design a container build strategy 
Design and implement a release strategy
- Create a release pipeline 
- Explore release recommendations 
- Provision and test environments 
- Manage and modularise tasks and templates 
- Automate inspection of health 
Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines
- Introduction to deployment patterns 
- Implement blue-green deployment and feature toggles 
- Implement canary releases and dark launching 
- Implement A/B testing and progressive exposure deployment 
- Integrate with identity management systems 
- Manage application configuration data 
Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC
- Explore infrastructure as code and configuration management 
- Create Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager templates 
- Create Azure resources by using Azure CLI 
- Explore Azure Automation with DevOps 
- Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC) 
- Implement Bicep 
Prerequisites
Successful learners will have prior knowledge and understanding of: 
- Cloud computing concepts, including an understanding of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations. 
- Both Azure administration and Azure development with proven expertise in at least one of these areas. 
- Version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organisation that delivers software.  
If you are new to Azure and cloud computing, consider taking: 
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Terms & Conditions
The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.