– What is DevOps?
– Key DevOps practices and culture
– Overview of Azure DevOps services
– Azure Repos
– Azure Pipelines
– Azure Artifacts
– Azure Boards
– Setting up an Azure DevOps organization and projects
– Introduction to version control with Git and Azure Repos
Handson Lab:
– Create an Azure DevOps organization and a project
– Initialize a Git repository and push code to Azure Repos

– What is Continuous Integration (CI)?
– Setting up build pipelines in Azure DevOps
– Integrating version control with build pipelines
– Using YAML for pipeline configuration
– Managing build triggers and artifact creation
– Integrating unit tests and code quality checks
Handson Lab:
– Create a simple CI pipeline to build and test code
– Configure build triggers and version control integration

– What is Continuous Deployment (CD)?
– Deploying to Azure App Service, Virtual Machines, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
– Release pipelines and stages in Azure DevOps
– Configuring approval gates and environment variables
– Integrating deployment validation and automated testing
– Implementing rollback and failure recovery strategies
Handson Lab:
– Create and deploy a release pipeline to Azure App Service
– Implement approval gates and validation tests in the pipeline

– Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
– Overview of Bicep and Terraform for Azure
– Writing Bicep templates to deploy resources
– Using Terraform to manage Azure infrastructure
– Managing state and backends in Terraform
– Creating and maintaining reusable IaC templates
– Implementing CI/CD for IaC pipelines
Handson Lab:
– Create and deploy an Azure resource using Bicep
– Implement a Terraform script to provision an Azure Virtual Machine

– Introduction to Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
– Setting up monitoring for applications and infrastructure
– Configuring Application Insights for monitoring applications
– Implementing alerts and notifications for incident management
– Analyzing logs and metrics to troubleshoot issues
– Integrating monitoring with Azure DevOps for proactive alerting
Handson Lab:
– Set up monitoring for an application using Application Insights
– Create custom alerts for resource performance metrics

– Introduction to Azure Boards for Agile development
– Creating and managing work items (User Stories, Tasks, Bugs)
– Managing sprints and backlogs
– Kanban boards and Scrum boards
– Scaling applications with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
– Introduction to Kubernetes and AKS
– Deploying containerized applications to AKS
– Managing scalability and high availability in AKS
– Configuring horizontal scaling in Kubernetes
Handson Lab:
– Create a Kanban board for an Agile project in Azure Boards
– Deploy a containerized application to Azure Kubernetes Service and scale it

– Create a CI/CD pipeline to automate the deployment of an application to an Azure App Service
– Use Infrastructure as Code (Bicep or Terraform) to provision necessary resources
– Implement monitoring for the deployed application and infrastructure
– Manage work items and track the progress using Azure Boards
– Deploy and scale a containerized application on AKS

– Final Quiz: A quiz to assess knowledge on the covered topics.
– Handson Project Evaluation: Evaluation of the final project based on the implementation and best practices.