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Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions AZ-400 Exam Guide

Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions AZ-400 Exam Guide - Second Edition

By : Subhajit Chatterjee, Swapneel Deshpande, Been, Gaag
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Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions AZ-400 Exam Guide

Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions AZ-400 Exam Guide

4.3 (7)
By: Subhajit Chatterjee, Swapneel Deshpande, Been, Gaag
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Overview of this book

The AZ-400 Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions certification helps DevOps engineers and administrators get to grips with practices such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), containerization, and zero downtime deployments using Azure DevOps Services. This new edition is updated with advanced topics such as site reliability engineering (SRE), continuous improvement, and planning your cloud transformation journey. The book begins with the basics of CI/CD and automated deployments, and then moves ahead to show you how to apply configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) along with managing databases in DevOps scenarios. As you make progress, you’ll explore fitting security and compliance with DevOps and find out how to instrument applications and gather metrics to understand application usage and user behavior. This book will also help you implement a container build strategy and manage Azure Kubernetes Services. Lastly, you’ll discover quick tips and tricks to confidently apply effective DevOps practices and learn to create your own Azure DevOps organization. By the end of this DevOps book, you'll have gained the knowledge needed to ensure seamless application deployments and business continuity.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Conventions used
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Part 1 – Digital Transformation through DevOps
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Part 1 – Digital Transformation through DevOps
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Chapter 1: Introduction to DevOps
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Chapter 1: Introduction to DevOps
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Technical requirements
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What is DevOps?
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Creating your ideal DevOps organization
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Exploring DevOps practices and habits
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The five stages of the DevOps evolution
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Summary
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Self-practice exercise
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Questions
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Further reading
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Chapter 2: Site Reliability Engineering Fundamentals
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Chapter 2: Site Reliability Engineering Fundamentals
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Technical requirements
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Introduction to SRE
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Key principles and practices
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Summary
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Self-practice exercises
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Further reading
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Chapter 3: Getting the Best Out of DevOps Tools
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Chapter 3: Getting the Best Out of DevOps Tools
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SDLC and DevOps tools
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Azure DevOps and GitHub
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Azure DevTest Labs
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Azure Monitor
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Visual Studio Code
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Summary
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Self-practice exercises
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Further reading
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Part 2 – Getting to Continuous Delivery
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Part 2 – Getting to Continuous Delivery
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Chapter 4: Everything Starts with Source Control
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Chapter 4: Everything Starts with Source Control
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Technical requirements
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Types of source control in Azure DevOps
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Selecting a branching and merging strategy
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Managing repositories
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Other tools for source control
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Summary
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Questions
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Exercises
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Further reading
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Chapter 5: Moving to Continuous Integration
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Chapter 5: Moving to Continuous Integration
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Technical requirements
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Introducing continuous integration
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Creating a build definition in Azure DevOps
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Running a build
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Working with YAML pipelines
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Agents and agent queues
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Automating CI builds using GitHub Actions
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Other tools
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Exercises
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Chapter 6: Implementing Continuous Deployment and Release Management
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Chapter 6: Implementing Continuous Deployment and Release Management
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Technical requirements
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Continuous delivery and continuous deployment
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Working with Azure DevOps releases
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Writing multi-stage YAML pipelines
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Implementing CD strategies
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Deploying mobile applications
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Automating release notes
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Other tools
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Summary
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Questions
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Exercises
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Further reading
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Part 3 – Expanding Your DevOps Pipeline
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Part 3 – Expanding Your DevOps Pipeline
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Chapter 7: Dependency Management
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Chapter 7: Dependency Management
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Technical requirements
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Identifying shared components
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Creating a feed
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Publishing packages
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Restoring packages
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Working with Universal Packages
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Exploring other tools
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Summary
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Questions
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Exercises
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Further reading
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Chapter 8: Implement Infrastructure and Configuration as Code
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Chapter 8: Implement Infrastructure and Configuration as Code
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Technical requirements
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Having everything as code
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Working with ARM templates
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Deploying ARM templates
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Reverse engineering a template
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Using Azure Automation
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Managing application settings
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Other tools
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Activity
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Further reading
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Chapter 9: Dealing with Databases in DevOps Scenarios
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Chapter 9: Dealing with Databases in DevOps Scenarios
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Technical requirements
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Managing a database schema as code
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Applying database schema changes
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Going schema-less
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Other approaches and concerns
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Chapter 10: Integrating Continuous Testing
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Chapter 10: Integrating Continuous Testing
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Technical requirements
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Defining quality
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Understanding test types
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Executing tests in a pipeline
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Maintaining quality
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Summary
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Questions
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Self exercise
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Further reading
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Chapter 11: Managing Security and Compliance
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Chapter 11: Managing Security and Compliance
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Technical requirements
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Applying DevOps principles to security and compliance
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Working with secrets
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Detecting application code vulnerabilities
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Working with dependencies
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Ensuring infrastructure compliance
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Monitoring and detecting runtime security risks 
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Other tools you can use
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Part 4 – Closing the Loop
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Part 4 – Closing the Loop
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Chapter 12: Application Monitoring
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Chapter 12: Application Monitoring
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Technical requirements
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Investigating application crashes
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Instrumenting web applications
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Integrating with other tools
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Chapter 13: Gathering User Feedback
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Chapter 13: Gathering User Feedback
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Understanding continuous feedback
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Gathering indirect feedback
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Implementing hypothesis-driven development
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Part 5 – Advanced Topics
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Part 5 – Advanced Topics
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Chapter 14: Adopting the Culture of Continuous Improvement
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Chapter 14: Adopting the Culture of Continuous Improvement
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Measuring your DevOps success
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Value stream mapping
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A data-driven approach
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Operationalizing the feedback loop
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Summary
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Activity
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Further reading
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Chapter 15: Accelerate Cloud Adoption through DevOps
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Chapter 15: Accelerate Cloud Adoption through DevOps
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The role of DevOps in digital transformation
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Modernization and cloud adoption
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Managing software delivery modernization
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Agile transformation and iterative planning
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Integrating DevOps in your cloud adoption plan
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Summary
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Additional reading
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Chapter 16: Containers
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Chapter 16: Containers
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Technical requirements
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An introduction to containers
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Building a container image
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Building images in Azure DevOps and running them 
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An introduction to Kubernetes
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Kubernetes in action
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Upgrading containers
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Scaling containers and Kubernetes
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Deploying to Kubernetes with Azure DevOps
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Summary
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Questions
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Exercises
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Further reading
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Chapter 17: Planning Your Azure DevOps Organization
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Chapter 17: Planning Your Azure DevOps Organization
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Technical requirements
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Setting up an Azure DevOps organization
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Ensuring traceability
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Accepting there is no end state
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Summary
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Questions
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Activity
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Further reading
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Chapter 18: AZ-400 Mock Exam
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Designing a DevOps Strategy
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Implementing DevOps Development Processes
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Implementing Continuous Integration
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Implementing Continuous Delivery
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Implementing Dependency Management
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Implementing Application Infrastructure
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Implementing Continuous Feedback
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Answers
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Assessments
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Chapter 1, Introduction to DevOps
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Chapter 2, Site Reliability Engineering Fundamentals
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Chapter 3, Getting the Best Out of DevOps Tools
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Chapter 4, Everything Starts with Source Control
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Chapter 5, Moving to Continuous Integration
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Chapter 6, Implementing Continuous Deployment and Release Management
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Chapter 7, Dependency Management
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Chapter 8, Implement Infrastructure and Configuration 
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Chapter 9, Dealing with Databases in DevOps Scenarios
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Chapter 10, Integrating Continuous Testing
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Chapter 11, Managing Security and Compliance
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Chapter 12, Application Monitoring
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Chapter 13, Gathering User Feedback
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Chapter 16, Containers
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Chapter 17, Planning Your Azure DevOps Organization
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Index
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Index
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Introduction to DevOps

DevOps is not a product or tool that you can buy or install. DevOps is about culture and the way you write, release, and operate your software. DevOps is about shortening the time between a new idea and your first end user experiencing the value it delivers. In this book, you will learn about the tools and techniques you can use to apply that philosophy to your way of working. As the purpose of this book is to help you prepare for the AZ-400 certification exam, the core concepts and DevOps-related practices will be illustrated using Azure DevOps and its associated technologies.

DevOps has gained popularity in recent years, with almost all software engineering teams adapting themselves to a new world of doing things using a newer set of tools that activate productivity and better collaboration across development and operations. DevOps is often seen as an extension of Agile, but its scope is much wider, wherein it complements Agile.

In this first chapter, you will learn more about what DevOps is and how to recognize a successful DevOps team. By the end of this chapter, you will be familiar with the key terms and be equipped with a broader understanding of the high-level principles and practices of DevOps. You will also discover the benefits of DevOps as it applies to software engineering teams.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • What is DevOps?
  • Creating your ideal DevOps organization
  • Exploring DevOps practices and habits
  • The five stages of the DevOps evolution
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