Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Exam Preparation (AZ-400) Training Course

In this whiteboard design session, you will learn how to design a solution using a combination of Azure Resource Manager templates and Azure DevOps to enable continuous delivery across several Azure PaaS services.

Upon completing this workshop, you will be well-equipped to build templates that automate cloud infrastructure and minimise error-prone manual processes. Additionally, you will create an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template to provision Azure resources, configure continuous delivery with Azure DevOps, integrate Application Insights into an application, and set up an Azure DevOps project along with a Git repository.

This course equips IT Professionals with the skills to manage Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure to on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, deploy web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor solutions.

Designed for Azure Administrators, this training covers the management, implementation, and monitoring of identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks within a cloud environment. Azure Administrators will learn to provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as required.

This course equips IT security professionals with the essential knowledge and skills to implement security controls, maintain organizational security postures, and identify and remediate security vulnerabilities. It covers security for identity and access, platform protection, data and applications, and security operations.

Audience profile

This course is designed for Azure Security Engineers planning to take the associated certification exam or performing security tasks in their day-to-day jobs. It is also beneficial for engineers seeking to specialize in securing Azure-based digital platforms and playing an integral role in protecting an organisation's data.

Skills gained

• Implement enterprise governance strategies including role-based access control, Azure policies, and resource locks.
• Implement an Azure AD infrastructure including users, groups, and multi-factor authentication.
• Implement Azure AD Identity Protection including risk policies, conditional access, and access reviews.
• Implement Azure AD Privileged Identity Management including Azure AD roles and Azure resources.
• Implement Azure AD Connect including authentication methods and on-premises directory synchronization.
• Implement perimeter security strategies including Azure Firewall.
• Implement network security strategies including Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups.
• Implement host security strategies including endpoint protection, remote access management, update management, and disk encryption.
• Implement container security strategies including Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry, and Azure Kubernetes.
• Implement Azure Key Vault including certificates, keys, and secrets.
• Implement application security strategies including app registration, managed identities, and service endpoints.
• Implement storage security strategies including shared access signatures, blob retention policies, and Azure Files authentication.
• Implement database security strategies including authentication, data classification, dynamic data masking, and always encrypted.
• Implement Azure Monitor including connected sources, log analytics, and alerts.
• Implement Azure Security Center including policies, recommendations, and just in time virtual machine access.
• Implement Azure Sentinel including workbooks, incidents, and playbooks.

About This Course

In this course, learners will gain an understanding of database principles within a cloud setting, acquire fundamental skills in cloud data services, and establish a solid foundation in Microsoft Azure cloud data solutions. Participants will identify and describe essential data concepts, including relational, non-relational, big data, and analytics, while examining how these technologies are applied using Microsoft Azure. They will investigate the roles, tasks, and responsibilities associated with the data industry. Students will delve into relational data offerings, learning how to provision and deploy relational databases, as well as query relational data through Azure cloud solutions. The curriculum also covers non-relational data offerings, including the provisioning and deployment of non-relational databases and data stores on Azure. Learners will explore processing options for developing data analytics solutions in Azure, focusing on Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, and Azure HDInsight. Additionally, students will understand what Power BI is, its core components, and how these elements function together.

Audience Profile

This course is designed for individuals seeking to learn the fundamentals of database concepts in a cloud environment, develop basic skills in cloud data services, and build foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure.

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe core data concepts in Azure
• Explain concepts of relational data in Azure
• Explain concepts of non-relational data in Azure
• Identify components of a modern data warehouse in Azure

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (delivered online or on-site) is designed to assist participants in preparing for the Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification examination.

The curriculum addresses the essential competencies needed to manage Azure resources, encompassing Azure virtual machines, storage solutions, and Azure network administration.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed to help participants prepare for the Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) certification exam.

The course covers the principles of developing Azure solutions, including Azure compute, storage, and security features. It provides a comprehensive introduction to Azure development, covering tools and services for building, testing, and deploying applications.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed to help participants prepare for the Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) certification exam.

The course covers advanced concepts of cloud computing and Azure services. It provides a comprehensive introduction to Azure solutions architecture, including its principles, components, and services. Participants will also learn how to design and deploy Azure solutions using best practices and industry standards.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed to assist participants in preparing for the Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) certification exam.

The course covers various security topics related to Azure, including identity and access management, platform protection, data and application protection, and operations management.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed to help participants prepare for the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification exam.

The course covers the basic concepts of cloud computing and Azure services. It provides a comprehensive introduction to Azure, including its architecture, pricing and support, and the most commonly used Azure services.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed to assist participants in preparing for the Microsoft Azure Data Engineer certification exam (DP-203).

The curriculum explores the fundamentals of Azure data services and demonstrates how they can be utilised to process, store, and manage data within the cloud. Participants will gain skills in developing data processing solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Stream Analytics, and Azure Databricks, as well as working with NoSQL databases via Azure Cosmos DB.