MCA Azure Administrator w/ MCE Azure DevOps COMBO Certification Camp

Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines
Select a project and identify project metrics and KPIs
Create a team and agile organization structure
Describe the benefits of using Source Control
Migrate from TFVC to Git
Scale Git for Enterprise DevOps
Recommend artifact management tools and practices
Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse
Migrate and consolidate artifacts
Migrate and integrate source control measures
Manage application config and secrets
Develop a project quality strategy
Plan for secure development practices and compliance rules
Implement and manage build infrastructure
Explain why continuous integration matters
Implement continuous integration using Azure DevOps
Manage code quality including: technical debt, SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions
Manage security policies with open source, OWASP, and WhiteSource Bolt
Implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers
Implement containers using Docker
Inspect open source software packages for security and license compliance to align with corporate standards
Configure build pipeline to access package security and license rating
Configure secure access to package feeds
Inspect codebase to identify code dependencies that can be converted to packages
Identify and recommend standardized package types and versions across the solution
Refactor existing build pipelines to implement version strategy that publishes packages
Manage security and compliance
Differentiate between a release and a deployment
Define the components of a release pipeline
Explain things to consider when designing your release strategy
Classify a release versus a release process and outline how to control the quality of both
Describe the principle of release gates and how to deal with release notes and documentation
Explain deployment patterns, both in the traditional sense and in the modern sense
Choose a release management tool
Explain the terminology used in Azure DevOps and other Release Management Tooling
Describe what a Build and Release task is, what it can do, and some available deployment tasks
Classify an Agent, Agent Queue, and Agent Pool
Explain why you sometimes need multiple release jobs in one release pipeline
Differentiate between multi-agent and multi-configuration release job
Use release variables and stage variables in your release pipeline
Deploy to an environment securely using a service connection
Embed testing in the pipeline
List the different ways to inspect the health of your pipeline and release by using alerts, service hooks, and reports
Create a release gate
Describe deployment patterns
Implement Blue Green Deployment
Implement Canary Release
Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment
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
Implement a mobile DevOps strategy
Apply infrastructure and configuration as code principles.
Deploy and manage infrastructure using Microsoft automation technologies such as ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI
Describe deployment models and services that are available with Azure
Deploy and configure a Managed Kubernetes cluster
Deploy and configure infrastructure using 3rd party tools and services with Azure, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, and Terraform
Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure
Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure
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
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

Topics Covered in this Official Boot Camp:

Describe core Azure concepts

In this module, you’ll take an entry level end-to-end look at Azure and its capabilities, which will provide you with a solid foundation for completing the available modules for Azure Fundamentals.

Lessons

Introduction to Azure fundamentals
Discuss Azure fundamental concepts
Describe core Azure architectural components
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the benefits of cloud computing in Azure and how it can save you time and money
Explain concepts such as high availability, scalability, elasticity, agility, and disaster recovery
Describe core Azure architecture components such as subscriptions, management groups, resources and
Summarize geographic distribution concepts such as Azure regions, region pairs, and availability zon

Describe core Azure services

In this module, you learn about core Azure services like Azure database, Azure compute, Azure storage, and Azure Networking.

Lessons

Explore Azure database and analytics services
Explore Azure compute services
Explore Azure Storage services
Explore Azure networking services
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the breadth of services available in Azure including compute, network, storage, and datab
Identify virtualization services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Container Instances, Azure Ku
Compare Azure’s database services such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azur
Examine Azure networking resources such as Virtual Networks, VPN Gateways, and Azure ExpressRoute
Summarize Azure storage services such Azure Blob Storage, Azure Disk Storage, and Azure File Storage

Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure

In this module, you’ll learn about AI machine learning, Azure DevOps, monitoring fundamentals, management fundamentals, serverless computing fundamentals. and IoT fundamentals.

Lessons

Choose the best AI service for your needs
Choose the best tools to help organizations build better solutions
Choose the best monitoring service for visibility, insight, and outage mitigation
Choose the best tools for managing and configuring your Azure environment
Choose the best Azure serverless technology for your business scenario
Choose the best Azure IoT service for your application
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Choose the correct Azure Artificial Intelligence service to address different kinds of business chal
Choose the best software development process tools and services for a given business scenario.
Choose the correct cloud monitoring service to address different kinds of business challenges.
Choose the correct Azure management tool to address different kinds of technical needs and challenge
Choose the right serverless computing technology for your business scenario.
Choose the best Azure IoT service for a given business scenario.

Describe general security and network security features

In this module, you will learn how to protect yourself against security threats, and secure your networks with Azure.

Lessons

Protect against security threats on Azure
Secure network connectivity on Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Strengthen your security posture and protect against threats by using Azure Security Center.
Collect and act on security data from many different sources by using Azure Sentinel.
Manage dedicated physical servers to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux by using Azure Dedica
Identify the layers that make up a defense in depth strategy.
Explain how Azure Firewall enables you to control what traffic is allowed on the network.
Configure network security groups to filter network traffic to and from Azure resources within a Mic
Explain how Azure DDoS Protection helps protect your Azure resources from DDoS attacks.

Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features

In this module, you will learn about Azure identity services, how to build a cloud governance strategy, and privacy, compliance and data protection standards on Azure.

Lessons

Secure access to your applications by using Azure identity services
Build a cloud governance strategy on Azure
Examine privacy, compliance, and data protection standards on Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain the difference between authentication and authorization.
Describe how Azure Active Directory provides identity and access management.
Explain the role single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access play.
Make organizational decisions about your cloud environment by using the CAF for Azure.
Define who can access cloud resources by using Azure role-based access control.
Apply a resource lock to prevent accidental deletion of your Azure resources.
Apply tags to your Azure resources to help describe their purpose.
Control and audit how your resources are created by using Azure Policy.
Enable governance at scale across multiple Azure subscriptions by using Azure Blueprints.
Explain the types of compliance offerings that are available on Azure.
Gain insight into regulatory standards and compliance on Azure.
Explain Azure capabilities that are specific to government agencies.

Describe Azure cost management and service level agreements

In this module, you will learn how to plan and manage Azure costs, and how to choose the right Azure services though SLAs and service lifecycle.

Lessons

Plan and manage your Azure costs
Choose the right Azure services by examining SLAs and service lifecycle
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator.
Describe the different ways you can purchase Azure products and services.
Use the Pricing calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running your cloud workloads.
Define the major factors that affect total cost and apply recommended practices to minimize cost.
Describe what a service-level agreement (SLA) is and why SLAs are important.
Identify factors, such as the service tier you choose, that can affect an SLA.
Combine SLAs to compute a composite SLA.
Describe the service lifecycle in Azure.

Identity

In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups.

Lessons

Azure Active Directory
Users and Groups
Lab : Manage Azure Active Directory Identities

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Secure and manage identities with Azure Active Directory.
Implement and manage users and groups.

Governance and Compliance

In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.

Lessons

Subscriptions and Accounts
Azure Policy
Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Lab : Manage Subscriptions and RBAC

Lab : Manage Governance via Azure Policy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement and manage Azure subscriptions and accounts.
Implement Azure Policy, including custom policies.
Use RBAC to assign permissions.

Azure Administration

In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates. This module includes:

Lessons

Azure Resource Manager
Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
Azure PowerShell and CLI
ARM Templates
Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal

Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates

Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell (optional)

Lab : Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI (optional)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources.
Use the Azure Portal and Cloud Shell.
Use Azure PowerShell and CLI.
Use ARM Templates to deploy resources.

Virtual Networking

In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.

Lessons

Virtual Networks
IP Addressing
Network Security groups
Azure Firewall
Azure DNS
Lab : Implement Virtual Networking

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement virtual networks and subnets.
Configure public and private IP addressing.
Configure network security groups.
Configure Azure Firewall.
Configure private and public DNS zones.

Intersite Connectivity

In this module, you will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.

Lessons

VNet Peering
VPN Gateway Connections
ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
Lab : Implement Intersite Connectivity

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure VNet Peering.
Configure VPN gateways.
Choose the appropriate intersite connectivity solution.

Network Traffic Management

In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Application Gateway.

Lessons

Network Routing and Endpoints
Azure Load Balancer
Azure Application Gateway
Lab : Implement Traffic Management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure network routing including custom routes and service endpoints.
Configure an Azure Load Balancer.
Configure and Azure Application Gateway.

Azure Storage

In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.

Lessons

Storage Accounts
Blob Storage
Storage Security
Azure Files and File Sync
Managing Storage
Lab : Manage Azure storage

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create Azure storage accounts.
Configure blob containers.
Secure Azure storage.
Configure Azure files shares and file sync.
Manage storage with tools such as Storage Explorer

Azure Virtual Machines

In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Lessons

Virtual Machine Planning
Creating Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Availability
Virtual Machine Extensions
Lab : Manage virtual machines

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan for virtual machine implementations.
Create virtual machines.
Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets.
Use virtual machine extensions.

Serverless Computing

In this module, you will learn how to administer serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.

Lessons

Azure App Service Plans
Azure App Service
Container Services
Azure Kubernetes Service
Lab : Implement Web Apps

Lab : Implement Azure Container Instances

Lab : Implement Azure Kubernetes Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create an app service plan.
Create a web app.
Implement Azure Container Instances.
Implement Azure Kubernetes Service.

Data Protection

In this module, you will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.

Lessons

File and Folder Backups
Virtual Machine Backups
Lab : Implement Data Protection

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Backup and restore file and folders.
Backup and restore virtual machines.

Monitoring

In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.

Lessons

Azure Monitor
Azure Alerts
Log Analytics
Network Watcher
Lab : Implement Monitoring After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use Azure Monitor.
Create Azure alerts.
Query using Log Analytics.
Use Network Watcher.

Planning for DevOps

Lessons

Transformation Planning
Project Selection
Team Structures
Migrating to Azure DevOps
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
Design a tool integration strategy
Design a license management strategy (e.g. VSTS users)
Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software
Design an authentication and access strategy
Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources

Getting started with Source Control

Lessons

What is Source Control
Benefits of Source Control
Types of Source Control Systems
Introduction to Azure Repos
Introduction to GitHub
Migrating from Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) to Git in Azure Repos
Authenticating to Git in Azure Repos
Lab : Version Controlling with Git

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the benefits of using Source Control
Describe Azure Repos and GitHub
Migrate from TFVC to Git

Scaling Git for enterprise DevOps

Lessons

How to Structure your Git Repo
Git Branching Workflows
Collaborating with Pull Requests in Azure Repos
Why care about GitHooks
Fostering Inner Source
Lab : Code Review with Pull Requests

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain how to structure Git repos
Describe Git branching workflows
Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews
Leverage Git hooks for automation
Use git to foster inner source across the organization

Consolidating Artifacts & Designing a Dependency Management Strategy

Lessons

Packaging Dependencies
Package Management
Migrating and Consolidating Artifacts
Lab : Updating Packages

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Recommend artifact management tools and practices
Abstract common packages to enable sharing and reuse
Migrate and consolidate artifacts
Migrate and integrate source control measures

Implementing Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines

Lessons

The concept of pipelines in DevOps
Azure Pipelines
Evaluate use of Hosted vs Private Agents
Agent Pools
Pipelines and Concurrency
Azure DevOps and Open Source Projects (Public Projects)
Azure Pipelines YAML vs Visual Designer
Continuous Integration Overview
Implementing a Build Strategy
Integration with Azure Pipelines
Integrate External Source Control with Azure Pipelines
Set Up Private Agents
Analyze and Integrate Docker Multi-Stage Builds
Lab : Enabling Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines

Lab : Integrating External Source Control with Azure Pipelines

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement and manage build infrastructure
Explain why continuous integration matters
Implement continuous integration using Azure DevOps

Managing Application Config and Secrets

Lessons

Introduction to Security
Implement secure and compliant development process
Rethinking application config data
Manage secrets, tokens, and certificates
Implement tools for managing security and compliance in a pipeline
Lab : Integrating Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage application config and secrets
Implement tools for managing security and compliance in pipeline

Managing Code Quality and Security Policies

Lessons

Managing Code Quality
Managing Security Policies
Lab : Managing Technical Debt with Azure DevOps and SonarCloud

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage code quality including: technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions
Manage security policies with open source and OWASP

Implementing a Container Build Strategy

Lessons

Implementing a Container Build Strategy
Lab : Modernizing Existing ASP.NET Apps with Azure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers
Implement containers using Docker

Manage Artifact versioning, security & compliance

Lessons

Package security
Open source software
Integrating license and vulnerability scans
Implement a versioning strategy
Lab : Manage Open Source Security and License with WhiteSource

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Inspect open source software packages for security and license compliance to align with corporate standards
Configure build pipeline to access package security and license rating
Configure secure access to package feeds
Inspect codebase to identify code dependencies that can be converted to packages
Identify and recommend standardized package types and versions across the solution
Refactor existing build pipelines to implement version strategy that publishes packages
Manage security and compliance

Design a Release Strategy

Lessons

Introduction to Continuous Delivery
Release strategy recommendations
Building a High-Quality Release pipeline
Choosing a deployment pattern
Choosing the right release management tool
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Differentiate between a release and a deployment
Define the components of a release pipeline
Explain things to consider when designing your release strategy
Classify a release versus a release process and outline how to control the quality of both
Describe the principle of release gates and how to deal with release notes and documentation
Explain deployment patterns, both in the traditional sense and in the modern sense
Choose a release management tool

Set up a Release Management Workflow

Lessons

Create a Release Pipeline
Provision and Configure Environments
Manage and Modularize Tasks and Templates
Integrate Secrets with the release pipeline
Configure Automated Integration and Functional Test Automation
Automate Inspection of Health
Lab : Configuring Pipelines as Code with YAML

Lab : Setting up secrets in the pipeline with Azure Key vault

Lab : Setting up and Running Functional Tests

Lab : Using Azure Monitor as release gate

Lab : Creating a release Dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain the terminology used in Azure DevOps and other Release Management Tooling
Describe what a Build and Release task is, what it can do, and some available deployment tasks
Classify an Agent, Agent Queue, and Agent Pool
Explain why you sometimes need multiple release jobs in one release pipeline
Differentiate between multi-agent and multi-configuration release job
Use release variables and stage variables in your release pipeline
Deploy to an environment securely using a service connection
Embed testing in the pipeline
List the different ways to inspect the health of your pipeline and release by using alerts, service hooks, and reports
Create a release gate

Implement an appropriate deployment pattern

Lessons

Introduction to Deployment Patterns
Implement Blue Green Deployment
Feature Toggles
Canary Releases
Dark Launching
AB Testing
Progressive Exposure Deployment
Lab : Feature Flag Management with LaunchDarkly and Azure DevOps

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe deployment patterns
Implement Blue Green Deployment
Implement Canary Release
Implement Progressive Exposure Deployment

Implement process for routing system feedback to development teams

Lessons

Implement Tools to Track System Usage, Feature Usage, and Flow
Implement Routing for Mobile Application Crash Report Data
Develop Monitoring and Status Dashboards
Integrate and Configure Ticketing Systems
Lab : Monitoring Application Performance

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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

Infrastructure and Configuration Azure Tools

Lessons

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
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
Azure Automation with DevOps
Additional Automation Tools
Lab : Azure Deployments using Resource Manager Templates

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

Azure Deployment Models and Services

Lessons

Deployment Modules and Options
Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Services
Azure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) services
Serverless and HPC Computer Services
Azure Service Fabric
Lab : Deploying a Dockerized Java app to Azure Web App for Containers

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe deployment models and services that are available with Azure

Create and Manage Kubernetes Service Infrastructure

Lessons

Azure Kubernetes Service
Lab : Deploying a multi-container application to Azure Kubernetes Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Deploy and configure a Managed Kubernetes cluster

Third Party Infrastructure as Code Tools available with Azure

Lessons

Chef
Puppet
Ansible
Terraform
Lab : Infrastructure as Code

Lab : Automating Your Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines

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, and Terraform

Implement Compliance and Security in your Infrastructure

Lessons

Security and Compliance Principles with DevOps
Azure security Center
Lab : Implement Security and Compliance in an Azure DevOps Pipeline

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

Recommend and design system feedback mechanisms

Lessons

The inner loop
Continuous Experimentation mindset
Design practices to measure end-user satisfaction
Design processes to capture and analyze user feedback
Design process to automate application analytics
Lab : Integration between Azure DevOps and Teams

After completing this module, 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

Optimize feedback mechanisms

Lessons

Site Reliability Engineering
Analyze telemetry to establish a baseline
Perform ongoing tuning to reduce meaningless or non-actionable alerts
Analyze alerts to establish a baseline
Blameless Retrospectives and a Just Culture
After completing this module, students will be able to:

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