DevOps Foundations: The Core Principles and Practices (AZ-2008) Virtual Classroom Live May 16, 2025

Course Overview

1 - Discover DevOps

• What is DevOps?
• Explore DevOps culture
• Explore DevOps goals and benefits

2 - Plan with DevOps

• Foster DevOps culture
• What is Agile?
• Explore DevOps practices
• Plan with GitHub
• Agile plan and management using GitHub

3 - Develop with DevOps

• Explore source control and version control
• Explore version control using Git
• Explore GitHub flow
• Explore Continuous Integration
• Explore shift-left testing
• Explore shift-left security
• Implement flow of work with GitHub

4 - Deliver with DevOps

• Explore continuous delivery
• Explore Infrastructure as Code
• Explore progressive exposure techniques
• Explore continuous delivery with GitHub Actions
• Implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions and IaC with Bicep

5 - Operate with DevOps

• Explore operational excellence
• Explore shift-right testing
• Explore observability through performance monitoring
• Explore observability through security assessment
• Explore resiliency with site reliability engineering
• Improve developer experience with platform engineering
• Enhance workload resiliency Traffic Manager and Azure Chaos Studio

Prerequisites

• Basic familiarity with IT terms and concepts.