Your deployment cycles remain long and manual, with recurring errors delaying production releases? Development teams without automated CI/CD pipelines spend more time fixing deployment issues than building new features. Without a structured DevOps culture, collaboration between developers and operations generates friction that directly impacts delivery quality and velocity.
This official Microsoft AZ-400 training teaches you in 4 days how to design and implement complete DevOps solutions with Azure DevOps and GitHub. You master CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code with Bicep and Terraform, artifact management, automated testing strategies, and application monitoring. MCT-certified trainers guide you through implementing end-to-end DevOps workflows on Microsoft cloud lab environments. This training directly prepares you for the DevOps Engineer Expert certification (exam AZ-400), which also requires an AZ-204 or AZ-104 certification. Sessions are available in person in Geneva and Lausanne or as virtual classroom.
Module 1: Introduction to DevOps
Module 2: Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards
Module 3: Design and implement branch strategies and workflows
Module 4: Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos
Module 5: Explore Git hooks
Module 6: Plan to foster inner source
Module 7: Manage and configure repositories
Module 8: Identify technical debt
Module 9: Explore Azure Pipelines
Module 10: Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools
Module 11: Describe pipelines and concurrency
Module 12: Design and implement a pipeline strategy
Module 13: Integrate with Azure Pipelines
Module 14: Introduction to GitHub Actions
Module 15: Learn continuous integration with GitHub Actions
Module 16: Design a container build strategy
Module 17: Create a Release Pipeline
Module 18: Explore release strategy recommendations
Module 19: Configure and Provision Environments
Module 20: Manage and Modularize Tasks and Templates
Module 21: Automate inspection of health
Module 22: Introduction to deployment patterns
Module 23: Implement blue-green deployment and feature toggles
Module 24: Implement canary releases and dark launching
Module 25: Implement A/B testing and progressive exposure deployment
Module 26: Integrate with identity management systems
Module 27: Manage application configuration data
Module 28: Explore Infrastructure as Code and configuration management
Module 29: Create Azure Resources by using Azure Resource Manager templates
Module 30: Create Azure Resources Using Azure CLI
Module 31: Explore Azure Automation with DevOps
Module 32: Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC)
Module 33: Implement Bicep
Module 34: Introduction to Secure DevOps
Module 35: Implement open-source software
Module 36: Software Composition Analysis
Module 37: Security monitoring and governance
Module 38: Explore package dependencies
Module 39: Understand package management
Module 40: Migrate, consolidate, and secure artifacts
Module 41: Implement a versioning strategy
Module 42: Introduction to GitHub Packages
Module 43: Implement Tools to Track Usage and Flow
Module 44: Develop monitor and status dashboards
Module 45: Share knowledge within teams
Module 46: Design processes to automate application analytics
Module 47: Manage alerts, blameless retrospectives and a just culture
DevOps culture has become a standard in IT organizations seeking to accelerate delivery cycles while maintaining quality and reliability. Azure DevOps and GitHub offer a complete ecosystem for implementing continuous integration, continuous deployment, and application monitoring practices. In French-speaking Switzerland, companies adopting DevOps significantly reduce their time to production and improve collaboration between teams. The DevOps Engineer Expert certification is the most advanced in the Azure developer pathway and positions certified professionals as experts capable of transforming software delivery processes in their organization.
This 4-day training follows the official MOC curriculum and covers all DevOps skills assessed in the AZ-400 exam. The program begins with configuring development processes using Git branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews. You then implement complete CI/CD pipelines with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions, including builds, automated tests, and multi-environment deployments. Infrastructure as code is covered with Bicep and Terraform to provision Azure resources reproducibly. Dependency management with Azure Artifacts and container registries is covered in depth. The security component includes integrating vulnerability scans into pipelines and secret management. The program concludes with monitoring using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and continuous feedback strategies.
This training targets DevOps engineers, development team leads, CI/CD engineers, and system administrators transitioning to DevOps. Professionals already working with Azure DevOps or GitHub who want to formalize their practices will benefit from the structured and comprehensive approach of this official course. Prerequisites include experience with Azure administration or Azure development (AZ-104 or AZ-204 certification recommended), familiarity with Git and version control, and understanding of agile development concepts. Experience with at least one programming language (C#, Python, or JavaScript) is helpful for pipeline and scripting exercises.
The AZ-400 exam validates advanced skills in designing and implementing DevOps strategies on Azure. This is a prerequisites-based certification: you must hold either the Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) certification before earning the DevOps Engineer Expert title. The exam covers process configuration, CI/CD implementation, security and compliance integration, instrumentation strategy, and dependency management. With this dual certification, you demonstrate both technical expertise on Azure and the ability to optimize the software delivery lifecycle.
ITTA combines official Microsoft training with the practical experience of our trainers on real DevOps projects. Our MCT-certified trainers have implemented CI/CD pipelines and DevOps transformations for Swiss companies, bringing concrete examples that enrich the official curriculum. Sessions in Geneva and Lausanne are limited in size to allow in-depth interaction with the trainer and personalized follow-up. The official Microsoft lab environments provide a complete infrastructure to practice pipeline configurations, IaC deployments, and monitoring scenarios. Post-training support is available to help you apply acquired practices in your professional environment.
Is the AZ-204 certification required before taking the AZ-400?
You need either the AZ-204 (Developer) or AZ-104 (Administrator) certification to earn the DevOps Engineer Expert title. You can take the AZ-400 training without these prerequisites, but you will need them for the complete certification.
Does this training cover both Azure DevOps and GitHub?
Yes, the AZ-400 training covers both platforms. Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions are both addressed for CI/CD, along with their respective features for code management and collaboration.
Is experience with Terraform required?
No prior Terraform experience is needed. The training covers infrastructure as code with both Bicep (Azure native) and Terraform, starting from the fundamentals of each tool.
How does this training complement the AZ-204?
The AZ-204 focuses on application development on Azure (code, PaaS services). The AZ-400 adds the DevOps dimension: CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, security in pipelines, and monitoring. Together, they form a complete cloud developer profile.
What tools should I have on my machine?
The labs run on Microsoft cloud environments accessible from a web browser. No local installation is required. However, having Visual Studio Code and Git installed can be helpful for certain exercises.
Does the training cover Kubernetes and container deployment?
The training covers deploying containers via CI/CD pipelines and managing container registries. Advanced Kubernetes management (AKS) is covered more extensively in other Azure training courses.
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