Course Syllabus

Course AZ-400T02-A: Implementing Continuous Integration

Course AZ-400T02-A: Implementing Continuous Integration

About this course

This course provides knowledge and skills to implement the DevOps practices of continuous integration.
Students will learn how to implement continuous integration in an Azure DevOps pipeline, how to manage code quality and security principles, and how to implement a container build strategy.

Audience profile

Students in this course are interested in DevOps continuous integration processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Explain why continuous integration matters
Implement continuous integration using Azure DevOps
Configure builds and the options available
Create an automated build workflow
Integrate other build tooling with Azure DevOps
Create hybrid build processes
Describe what is meant by code quality and how it is measured
Detect code smells
Integrate automated tests for code quality
Report on code coverage during testing
Add tooling to measure technical debt
Detect open source and other licensing issues
Implement a container build strategy

Prerequisites

Students should have fundamental knowledge about Azure, version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organization that delivers software.
It is recommended that you have experience working in an IDE, as well as some knowledge of the Azure portal. However, students who may not have a technical background in these technologies, but who are curious about DevOps practices as a culture shift, should be able to follow the procedural and expository explanations of continuous integration regardless.

Course details

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Modules details:

Module	Details
	Module 1: Implementing Continuous Integration in an Azure DevOps Pipeline	In this module, you’ll be introduced to continuous integration principles including: benefits, challenges, build best practices, and implementation steps. You will also learn about implementing a build strategy with workflows, triggers, agents, and tools.
	Module 2: Managing Code Quality and Security Policies	In this module, you will be learn how to manage code quality including: technical debt, SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions. You will also learn how to manage security policies with open source, OWASP, and WhiteSource Bolt.
	Module 3: Implementing a Container Build Strategy	In this module, you will learn how to implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices

Course outline:

Module	Lessons	After completing this module, students will be able to
Module 1: Implementing Continuous Integration in an Azure DevOps Pipeline	Continuous Integration Overview Implementing a Build Strategy Lab : Enabling Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines Lab : Creating a Jenkins Build Job and Triggering CI	Explain why continuous integration matters Implement continuous integration using Azure DevOps
Module 2:Managing Code Quality and Security Policies	Managing Code Quality Managing Security Policies Lab : Managing Technical Debt with Azure DevOps and SonarCloud Lab : Checking Vulnerabilities using WhiteSource Bolt and Azure DevOps	Manage code quality including: technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions. Manage security policies with open source, OWASP, and WhiteSource Bolt. Manage code quality including: technical debt, SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions.
Module 3: Implementing a Container Build Strategy	Implementing a Container Build Strategy Lab : Existing .NET Applications with Azure and Docker Images	Implement a container strategy including how containers are different from virtual machines and how microservices use containers. Implement containers using Docker.