Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Certification

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Course Overview : Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 Certification

This Azure DevOps certification program, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, prepares you for real-world roles in cloud and DevOps. Learn to build, deploy, and manage Azure applications while mastering CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and agile delivery through hands-on labs and expert-led instruction.

Key Features

  • Official Exam Voucher Included

    Secure your spot for the Microsoft Azure DevOps certification exam with an included voucher to validate your learning.

  • Dual Recognition from Microsoft and Nvidya

    Earn a prestigious certificate jointly issued by Microsoft and Nvidya upon successful course completion.

  • Highly Interactive Live Online Sessions

    Experience elevated learning through live classes with certified Microsoft trainers offering real-time engagement and support.

  • Certified Milestone on Microsoft Learn

    Complete your training and unlock official certificates directly on the Microsoft Azure Learn platform.

  • Hands-on Mastery of 30+ Skills & 20+ Azure Tools

    Build expertise in key Azure services and tools demanded in today’s DevOps job market.

  • Dedicated Learner Success Manager

    Benefit from guided support throughout your journey with a dedicated mentor assigned to help you stay on track.

Skills Covered

  • Tool integration strategy
  • License management strategy
  • End-to-end traceability
  • Site reliability engineering
  • Continuous integration
  • Azure pipelines
  • Instrumentation strategy
  • Failure prediction strategy
  • Configure repositories
  • Source control management
  • Azure content delivery network
  • Azure resource manager

Career Benefits of Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Certification

As of Q1 2025, Microsoft Azure holds around 22–24% of the global cloud market, making it the second-largest cloud provider. With over 350,000 businesses using Azure and a 21–33% year-over-year revenue growth, Azure continues to be a top choice for scalable and secure cloud solutions.

Power Your DevOps Career with Microsoft Azure Expertise

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Eligibility for Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 Certification

This program is ideal for professionals with an undergraduate degree or a high school diploma. It is suitable for aspiring DevOps engineers, software developers, system administrators, and IT professionals looking to upskill in Azure DevOps.

Prerequisites

  • Learners are expected to have a basic understanding of software development and general IT concepts. 
  • Prior experience with cloud platforms or DevOps tools is helpful but not mandatory. Familiarity with Microsoft Azure fundamentals (such as AZ-900) is recommended for a smoother learning experience.

Course Content: Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 Certification

Lesson 01: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Section 01: Cloud Concepts

1.01 Introduction
1.02 What is Cloud Computing
1.03 What is CC
1.04 Benefits of Cloud Computing
1.05 Key Concepts and Terminology
1.06 Economies of Scale
1.07 Capex vs Opex
1.08 Public Cloud
1.09 Characteristics of Public Cloud
1.10 Private Cloud
1.11 Characteristics of Private Cloud
1.12 Hybrid Cloud
1.13 Characteristics of Hybrid Cloud
1.14 Review and What Next
1.15 IaaS
1.16 Use Cases of IaaS
1.17 What is PaaS
1.18 Common Scenarios PaaS
1.19 What is SaaS
1.20 Shared Responsibility Model

2.01 Introduction
2.02 Azure Regions
2.03 Special Azure Regions
2.04 Region Pairs
2.05 Feature Availability Region Wise
2.06 Availability Zones
2.07 Availability Sets
2.08 What are Resource Groups
2.09 Azure Resource Manager
2.10 Azure Core Services and Products
2.11 What is Azure Compute
2.12 Azure Virtual Machines - Audiocast Only
2.13 Virtual Machines I – Lab
2.14 Virtual Machines II – Lab
2.15 Virtual Machines III – Lab
2.16 Virtual Machines IV – Lab
2.17 Virtual Machines V – Lab
2.18 Virtual Machines VI – Lab
2.19 What are Containers
2.20 Containers (Lab Activity)
2.21 What Are Virtual Networks
2.22 Virtual Networks – Lab
2.23 Azure Load Balancer
2.24 VPN Gateway
2.25 Azure Application Gateway I
2.26 Azure Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
2.27 Azure Storage Services
2.28 Structured Data
2.29 Semi-Structured Data
2.30 Unstructured Data
2.31 Azure Database Services
2.32 Azure SQL – Lab Demo
2.33 Azure Marketplace
2.34 What is Internet of Things (IoT) – Intro
2.35 IoT Hub
2.36 Azure Big Data and Analytics
2.37 Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2.38 Azure HDInsights
2.39 Azure Data Lake Analytics
2.40 Machine Learning
2.41 What is Serverless Computing
2.42 The Concept of DevOps
2.43 Azure Management Tools
2.44 Creating Resources with PowerShell – Lab Activity
2.45 Creating Resources with Azure CLI – Lab Activity
2.46 Provision Resources Using Cloud Shell – Lab Activity
2.47 Azure Advisor
2.48 What Did We Learn

3.01 What to Expect in Module 3
3.02 Azure Firewalls
3.03 Azure Firewall – Lab Activity Notes
3.04 Azure Firewall – Lab Activity
3.05 Azure DDoS
3.06 Network Security Groups
3.07 Application Security Groups
3.08 Which Network Security Solution to Choose
3.09 Authentication and Authorization
3.10 Azure Active Directory
3.11 Multi-Factor Authentication
3.12 Azure Security Center
3.13 Azure Security Center – Lab Activity
3.14 Azure Key Vault
3.15 Azure Information Protection
3.16 Azure Advanced Threat Protection
3.17 What is Azure Policy
3.18 Azure Policy – Lab Activity
3.19 Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
3.20 Azure RBAC – Lab Activity
3.21 Azure Locks
3.22 Azure Locks – Lab Activity
3.23 Azure Blueprints
3.24 Subscription Governance
3.25 Azure Tags
3.26 Azure Monitoring
3.27 Azure Monitoring – Lab Activity
3.28 Azure Service Health
3.29 Monitoring Applications and Services
3.30 Compliance Terms and Requirements
3.31 Microsoft Privacy Statement
3.32 Microsoft Trust Center
3.33 Service Trust Portal
3.34 Azure Government Services
3.35 Azure Germany Services
3.36 Azure China

4.01 Module 4 Introduction – What to Expect
4.02 Azure Subscriptions
4.03 What are Management Groups
4.04 Purchase Azure Products & Services – Available Options
4.05 Usage Metrics
4.06 Factors Affecting Costs
4.07 The Concept of Zones for Billing
4.08 Azure Pricing Calculator
4.09 Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
4.10 Ways to Minimize Costs in Azure
4.11 Azure Cost Management
4.12 Azure Support Plans
4.13 Alternative Support Options
4.14 Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
4.15 Composite SLAs
4.16 Improving Application SLAs
4.17 Public and Features
4.18 Providing Feedback
4.19 General Availability
4.20 Azure Updates, Announcements, and Roadmaps
4.21 Conclusion

1.01 Welcome to the Course
1.02 Certification Overview
1.03 Skills Overview
1.04 Azure Overview

2.01 Provision Virtual Machines (VMs)
2.02 Configure, Validate, and Deploy ARM Templates
2.03 Configure Container Images for Solutions
2.04 Publish an Image to the Azure Container Registry
2.05 Run Containers by Using Azure Container Instance

3.01 Create an Azure App Service Web App
3.02 Enable Diagnostics Logging
3.03 Deploy Code to a Web App
3.04 Configure Web App Settings Including SSL, API Settings, and Connection Strings
3.05 Implement Autoscaling Rules Including Scheduled Autoscaling and Autoscaling by Operational or System Metrics: Part One
3.06 Implement Autoscaling Rules Including Scheduled Autoscaling and Autoscaling by Operational or System Metrics: Part Two

4.01 Create and Deploy Azure Functions Apps
4.02 Implement Input and Output Bindings for a Function
4.03 Implement Azure Durable Functions

5.01 Select the Appropriate API and SDK for a Solution
5.02 Implement Partitioning Schemes and Partition Keys
5.03 Perform Operations on Data and Cosmos DB Containers
5.04 Set the Appropriate Consistency Level for Operations
5.05 Manage Change Feed Notifications

6.01 Creating a Storage Account
6.02 Move Items in Blob Storage Between Storage Accounts or Containers
6.03 Set and Retrieve Properties and Metadata
6.04 Perform Operations on Data by Using the Appropriate SDK
6.05 Implement Storage Policies, and Data Archiving and Retention

7.01 Authenticate and Authorize Users by Using the Microsoft Identity Platform
7.02 Authenticate and Authorize Users and Apps by Using Azure Active Directory
7.03 Create and Implement Shared Access Signatures

8.01 Secure App Configuration Data by Using App Configuration and Azure Key Vault
8.02 Develop Code That Uses Keys, Secrets, and Certificates Stored in Azure Key Vault
8.03 Implement Managed Identities for Azure Resources
8.04 Implement Solutions That Interact With Microsoft Graph

9.01 Configure Cache and Expiration Policies for Azure Redis Cache
9.02 Implement Secure and Optimized Application Cache Patterns Including Data Sizing, Connections, Encryption, and Expiration

10.01 Configure an App or Service to Use Application Insights
10.02 Analyze and Troubleshoot Solutions by Using Azure Monitor
10.03 Implement Application Insights Web Tests and Alerts

11.01 Create an APIM Instance
11.02 Configure Authentication for APIs
11.03 Define Policies for APIs

12.01 Implement Solutions That Use Azure Event Grid
12.02 Implement Solutions That Use Azure Event Hubs

13.01 Implement Solutions That Use Azure Service Bus
13.02 Implement Solutions That Use Azure Queue Storage Queues

1.01 Welcome to AZ 400 Course
1.02 Certification Overview
1.03 Skill Covered
1.04 Azure Overview

2.01 Assess and Configure a Logging Framework
2.02 Design a Storage Strategy
2.03 Design a Log Aggregation and Query Strategy
2.04 Manage Access Control to Logs
2.05 Integrate Crash Analytics

3.01 Design and Implement Distributed Tracing
3.02 Inspect Application Performance Indicators
3.03 Inspect Infrastructure Performance Indicators
3.04 Define and Measure Key Metrics
3.05 Implement Alerts on Key Metrics

4.01 Configure and Integrate Container Monitoring
4.02 Configure and Integrate with Monitoring Tools
4.03 Create Feedback Loop from Platform Monitoring Tools

5.01 Identify and Recommend Metrics on Which to Base Alerts
5.02 Implement Alerts Based on Application Health Checks
5.03 Analyze Combinations of Metrics
5.04 Implement Alerts for Self-Healing Activities

6.01 Analyze Behavior of System with Regards to Load and Failure Conditions
6.02 Calculate When a System Will Fail under Various Conditions
6.03 Measure Baseline Metrics for System

7.01 Analyze System Dependencies to Determine Which Dependency Should Be Included in Health Check
7.02 Calculate Healthy Response Timeouts Based on SLO for the Service
7.03 Integrate Health Check with Compute Environment

8.01 Design an Access Solution
8.02 Implement Service Principals and Managed Identity
8.03 Design an Application Access Solution Using Azure AD B2C
8.04 Configure Service Connections

9.01 Evaluate and Configure Vault Solution
9.02 Manage Security Certificates
9.03 Formulate a Plan for Deploying Secret Files as Part of a Release

10.01 Automate Dependencies Scanning for Security
10.02 Automate Dependencies Scanning for Compliance
10.03 Assess and Report Risks
10.04 Design a Source Code Compliance Solution

11.01 Implement Azure Policies to Enforce Organizational Requirements
11.02 Implement Container Scanning
11.03 Design Break-The-Glass Strategy for Responding to Security Incidents

12.01 Define Pull Requests (PR) Guidelines to Enforce Work Item Correlation
12.02 Implement Branch Merging Restrictions
12.03 Define Branch Strategy
12.04 Design and Implement a PR Workflow

13.01 Configure Permissions in the Source Control Repository
13.02 Organize the Repository with Git-Tags
13.03 Plan For Content Recovery in All Repository States

14.01 Integrate GitHub with DevOps Pipelines
14.02 Integrate GitHub with Identity Management Solutions

15.01 Create Dashboards Combining Boards and Pipelines
15.02 Design a Cost Management Communication Strategy
15.03 Integrate GitHub as Repository with Azure Boards

16.01 Notify Stakeholders about Key Metrics, Alerts, Severity Using Communication and Project Management Platform
16.02 Integrate Build and Release with Communication Platforms

17.01 Implement Quality Gates
17.02 Design a Testing Strategy

18.01 Recommend Package Management Tools
18.02 Design an Azure Artifacts Implementation Including Linked Feeds
18.03 Design a Versioning Strategy for Deployment Artifacts

19.01 Assess a Configuration Management Mechanism for Application Infrastructure
19.02 Define and Enforce Desired State Configuration for Environments

20.01 Monitor Pipeline Health
20.02 Optimize Build

21.01 Manage Self-Hosted Build Agents
21.02 Create Reusable Build Subsystems

22.01 Design and Implement Infrastructure as Code
22.02 Develop Application Deployment Process
22.03 Develop Database Deployment Process

23.01 Design the Release Pipeline to Ensure Reliable Order of Dependency Deployments
23.02 Organize Shared Release Configurations and Process
23.03 Design and Implement Release Gates and Approval Processes

24.01 Design a Release Strategy
24.02 Implement the Release Strategy Using Azure Traffic Manager
24.03 Plan for Minimizing Downtime During Deployments Using Azure Load Balancer

Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Certification Projects

Project 1 – Deploying Azure Function with Queue Trigger

Build and deploy an Azure Function using Visual Studio that listens to messages in a Storage Queue. This project helps you integrate queue binding, write the trigger logic, and automate deployment directly from Visual Studio to Azure—offering real-world experience in event-driven serverless architecture.

Leverage Azure Boards to plan, manage, and track work using Agile methodology. In this project, you'll configure work items, sprints, and dashboards, and automate CI/CD deployments through Azure Pipelines. Perfect for understanding DevOps lifecycle and team collaboration tools in a practical environment.

Exam & Certification FAQs

What benefits do learners receive through Nvidya’s collaboration with Microsoft Azure?

By enrolling in the Microsoft Azure DevOps Certification course through Nvidya, learners gain access to official Microsoft training content, earn dual certificates from Microsoft and Nvidya, receive Microsoft Learn portal course credentials, and are guided by Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) for a real-world learning experience.

This course delivers a globally respected certification, hands-on training with Azure DevOps tools, live classes led by Microsoft Certified Trainers, access to job-readiness tools like resume building and career services (India only), real-world project exposure, and Microsoft Learn course certificates for every completed module.

Yes. As cloud-based operations grow, Azure DevOps professionals are in high demand. Earning this certification validates your skills in cloud development, automation, and deployment. It boosts career opportunities, enhances professional credibility, and aligns with current industry trends for higher earning potential.

  • If you fail a Microsoft Azure certification exam, you must wait 24 hours before your first retake. For each additional attempt, a 14-day waiting period applies. You are allowed up to five attempts per 12-month period. Passed exams cannot be retaken unless the certification has expired. Exam fees are applicable for each retake.

Yes. Microsoft Fundamentals certifications (e.g., AZ-900) never expire, while Associate and Expert-level certifications (like AZ-104 and AZ-400) are valid for one year. You can renew them by completing a free renewal assessment via Microsoft Learn before your certification expires.

The course helps learners build expertise in planning and implementing DevOps strategies, setting up CI/CD pipelines, integrating source control, managing security and compliance, using infrastructure as code, monitoring deployments, and automating end-to-end development workflows on Azure.

Azure DevOps Engineers are responsible for infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipeline management, configuration and version control, deployment orchestration, cloud resource monitoring, security enforcement, compliance checks, and collaborating across teams to maintain efficient DevOps processes.

You will learn to design secure, scalable DevOps pipelines; implement authentication and authorization strategies; manage logs and monitoring tools; build automated testing and deployment systems; integrate Git-based workflows; manage relational databases in cloud environments; and ensure compliance in production systems.

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Success Stories

James Carter
James Carter

“" The instructors were knowledgeable, the labs were practical, and the recorded sessions made it easy to catch up"”

“"I’ve taken several online courses before, but Nvidya’s Azure DevOps training stands out for its quality. The instructors were knowledgeable, the labs were practical, and the recorded sessions made it easy to catch up. I especially appreciated the career support — it helped me improve my resume and connect with recruiters in the cloud domain."

Rajeev Menon
Rajeev Menon

““The support team was prompt and guided me whenever I had doubts.””

“"The Azure DevOps certification from Nvidya was a game-changer for my career. The course structure was incredibly detailed, and the hands-on projects helped me apply what I learned in real scenarios. The support team was prompt and guided me whenever I had doubts. I cleared my Microsoft exam on the first attempt and landed a new role within two months.”

Why Choose This Program?

Develop In-Demand Skills

Gain practical expertise crafted with industry and academic input.

Learn from Seasoned Professionals

Learn from seasoned professionals sharing real-world insights and case studies.

Engage in Applied Learning

Build skills through hands-on projects with real data and virtual labs.

Benefit from Continuous Support

Enjoy 24/7 access to mentors and a supportive learning community.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the eligibility requirements for the Azure DevOps Certification Program offered by Nvidya?

To be eligible for the Azure DevOps Certification Program, learners should have at least a high school diploma or an undergraduate degree. While prior IT experience is not mandatory, foundational knowledge of software development or IT systems will enhance your learning journey.

After completing the program, you will be awarded a Master’s Certificate in Azure DevOps Solutions Expert from Nvidya. In addition, you'll receive official course completion certificates for each module via the Microsoft Learn portal.

Yes, Nvidya ensures a smooth learning experience through expert-led academic support. From onboarding to project mentorship, our team assists you in staying on track, resolving doubts, and preparing for certification success.

Our program is led by certified Azure DevOps professionals and Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs). Each instructor is handpicked through a detailed screening process, which includes technical assessments, demo sessions, and continuous learner ratings.

If you're experiencing technical difficulties or access issues, you can immediately reach out to Nvidya’s support team via our website’s live chat feature or helpdesk email. Our dedicated support staff is available to resolve your queries promptly.

Nvidya provides round-the-clock learner support via chat, email, and phone. You also gain lifetime access to a peer discussion forum, where you can engage with fellow learners and industry mentors to exchange ideas and solutions.

Exam vouchers for Azure certifications are available to learners in the following countries: India, US, Canada, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Singapore, Norway, Denmark, Bahrain, Kuwait, Sweden, Greenland, Guam, Iceland, Fiji, Brunei Darussalam, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, South Georgia, and a few others.

Yes, Nvidya offers end-to-end enterprise learning solutions tailored for businesses. From role-based DevOps training to AI-powered skills platforms, we empower organizations with scalable, outcome-focused workforce upskilling strategies.

Not at all. If you miss a live class, you can catch up with on-demand recordings available on your learning dashboard. These sessions are fully interactive and come with chat transcripts, so you stay aligned with the course schedule.

Learners have praised Nvidya’s Azure DevOps Program for its industry-relevant curriculum, hands-on labs, and expert-led instruction. Reviews often highlight the flexibility, career-focused content, and practical learning experience that prepare them for real-world roles.

Yes. After completing this program, learners can explore advanced certification tracks in AWS DevOps, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and more. Our Cloud & DevOps learning path is designed to help professionals stay competitive in evolving IT landscapes.