Training · DevOps Engineer Expert

AZ-400, from zero to exam-ready.

No prior DevOps background assumed. Every module is told as a story from a real team shipping real software, ends in a short quiz, and the next module only unlocks once you pass it.

What you'll walk away with

Built for people who've never touched a pipeline

If you're non-technical

Business analysts, project managers, and Scrum Masters start in Foundations, no jargon, no assumptions, built around a story you can follow like a case study.

If you're exam-bound

The five AZ-400 domains are weighted the way the real exam is, pipelines get roughly half the course because they're roughly half the exam.

Curriculum

7 sections, exam-weighted

Module 1 is free to try before you enroll. Everything else unlocks after purchase.

Foundations

Not exam-scored · required first
1. How software actually gets builtFree preview
2. Agile and Scrum in plain EnglishLocked
3. What DevOps actually isLocked
4. Azure basics you need firstLocked
5. Git without the jargonLocked

1. Processes & communications

10–15% of exam
1.1 Choosing an Agile process in Azure BoardsLocked
1.2 Configuring boards, backlogs, and sprintsLocked
1.3 Communication tooling and stakeholder reportingLocked

2. Source control strategy

10–15% of exam
2.1 Branching strategies: trunk-based, GitFlow, release flowLocked
2.2 Repo structure and migrating to GitLocked
2.3 Pull requests and branch policiesLocked

3. Build & release pipelines

50–55% of exam
3.1 CI fundamentals and YAML pipeline syntaxLocked
3.2 Build agents: hosted vs self-hostedLocked
3.3 Artifacts and package managementLocked
3.4 Multi-stage pipelines, templates, variable groupsLocked
3.5 Release strategies: blue-green, canary, feature flagsLocked
3.6 Environments and approvalsLocked
3.7 Infrastructure as Code in pipelines (Bicep, Terraform)Locked
3.8 Containers and Kubernetes deployment pipelinesLocked
3.9 GitHub Actions vs Azure PipelinesLocked

4. Security & compliance

10–15% of exam
4.1 Secrets management and Key Vault integrationLocked
4.2 Security scanning in pipelinesLocked
4.3 Compliance, governance, and auditLocked

5. Instrumentation strategy

5–10% of exam
5.1 Application Insights and Azure MonitorLocked
5.2 Alerts, dashboards, and feedback loopsLocked

Capstone

Practical build
Ship a full CI/CD pipeline for a real sample app, end to endLocked