Course Overview:

The Core Principles and Practices” course is a one-day training program designed to introduce participants to DevOps practices using GitHub. It aims to enhance collaboration between development and operations teams, promoting agility, continuous integration, continuous delivery, automation, and operational excellence throughout the application lifecycle. 

Participants of the AZ-2008: DevOps Foundations: The Core Principles and Practices course will gain foundational knowledge and practical insights into DevOps culture, principles, and best practices, with a focus on using GitHub and Azure for automation, CI/CD, and operational excellence. 

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Optimize application lifecycle management through DevOps practices such as collaboration, continuous learning, agility, and automation.
  • Facilitate collaboration, shared responsibility, continuous learning, and optimization through version control, continuous integration and continuous testing, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Streamline updates to software development projects by applying version control with Git and GitHub.
  • Build and run continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows using GitHub Actions.
  • Achieve operational excellence and enhance developer experience in your organization through DevOps.

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Key Features:-

  • Guidance by Certified Experts: Benefit from expert instructors who will lead engaging online training sessions, providing you with valuable insights on DevOps foundations. 

  • Interactive Hands-On Labs: Gain practical experience through a series of interactive labs and exercises, allowing you to apply your newly acquired skills in real-world scenarios. 

  • Personalized Learning Plans: Enjoy tailor-made training programs that cater to your unique learning requirements, ensuring you receive the most relevant knowledge and guidance. 

  • Well-structured use-cases based on real world scenarios to help participants relate the scenarios. 

  • Integrated teaching assistance and support through experts designed Learning Management System (LMS) and Exam Ready platform.  

  • Being a Microsoft Learning Partner, we offer authored curriculum that are at par with industry standards.  

     

Who Should Attend?

  • Administrator – Learn to automate infrastructure, enhance security, and improve system reliability using DevOps practices.
  • Developer – Implement CI/CD, version control, and automated testing to streamline software delivery with GitHub.
  • DevOps Engineer – Master GitHub Actions, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines for efficient and scalable DevOps workflows.
  • Solution Architect – Design resilient, scalable architectures and integrate DevOps best practices into cloud solutions.
  • GitHub Enthusiasts – Leverage GitHub for agile planning, automation, security, and collaborative software development.

What are the prerequisites for the training?

    To enrol in this course, it is recommended to have:
  • Familiar with Azure portal and azure development
  • Basic familiarity with IT terms and concepts.

    • Learning Objectives of the AZ-2008 Certification Training

    • Learn the core concepts of DevOps, its goals, benefits, and how it enhances collaboration between development and operations teams.
    • Explore Agile methodologies, backlog management, and sprint planning using GitHub tools for effective project tracking.
    • Gain hands-on experience with GitHub Flow, branching strategies, pull requests, and code collaboration best practices.
    • Learn to create and manage Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) workflows using GitHub Actions.
    • Automate infrastructure deployment and management using Bicep and other IaC tools for scalable cloud solutions.
    • Apply Shift-left security, integrate security checks in CI/CD pipelines, and adopt best practices for secure application development.
    • Utilize observability, logging, and performance monitoring tools to ensure system reliability and resiliency.
    • Implement SRE principles, progressive exposure strategies (Blue-Green & Canary Deployments), and enhance developer experience with platform engineering.

    Why choose CloudThat as your training partner for AZ-2008

    • CloudThat has successfully trained a vast number of professionals, approximately 6.5 lakh individuals, and provided training services to more than 100 corporate clients across the globe.
    • We have well-trained, experienced, and certified Subject matter experts and instructors to conduct these trainings.
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    Course Outline:- Download Course Outline

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

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

    • 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
    • Lab - Implement flow of work with GitHub

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

    • 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
    • Lab - Enhance workload resiliency Traffic Manager and Azure Chaos Studio

    Certification details:

        Certification Overview – AZ-2008 is a one-day foundational course covering DevOps principles, CI/CD, automation, GitHub workflows, and operational excellence using Azure and GitHub.
        Target Audience – Ideal for Developers, DevOps Engineers, Administrators, Solution Architects, and GitHub users seeking hands-on experience with DevOps automation and cloud-based CI/CD.
        Key Learning Areas – Focuses on Agile planning, GitHub-based version control, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, security integration, observability, and SRE best practices.
        Prerequisites – Requires basic IT knowledge; familiarity with Git, version control, cloud computing, and DevOps concepts is beneficial but not mandatory.
        Exam & Certification - Upon completion, participants receive an Applied Skills Assessment credential, validating their proficiency with GitHub Copilot.

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    It is based on one specific skill, Project based, Scenario-specific ability.

    Yes, many Microsoft Learn courses, including this one, are often available for free.

    Participants will need a computer with internet access and an Azure account, GitHub account, azure CLI

    Basic Understanding of Azure Services, Experience with GitHub, Knowledge of DevOps Practices, Application Performance Fundamentals, scripting knowledge, General networking concepts

    Use Microsoft's official documentation, practice labs, and exam-focused resources for comprehensive readiness.

    No. Access Microsoft Learn and complete the assessment.

    After completing the AZ-2008 exam, you will receive the Microsoft Credential: DevOps Foundations: The Core Principles and Practices

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