Training courses for preparation

Though the above-listed books permit you to prepare independently, Microsoft offers to enroll in various training courses like these ones:

• Course AZ-400T00-A: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps solutions This paid course covers all the AZ-400 exam objectives, and consists of 20 modules. Each of these modules includes lectures and labs that broaden your theoretical knowledge and deepen your hands-on skills. Following the exam topics with an instructor for 5 days, you will focus on the areas you should improve. In all, during such a course, the candidate will improve knowledge of DevOps processes and practices for an enterprise. Every study day you get the most valuable test-related information that prepares you to pass AZ-400 exam on the first try.
• Self-paced online training on Microsoft Learn—a handy free way to prepare for the AZ-400 exam as it is focused on all the necessary topics, such as how to develop an instrumentation strategy and SRE strategy, manage source control, and facilitate communication and collaboration. Like any of Microsoft's official courses, this is a convenient self-paced preparation option that will help students see their progress and bring out any knowledge gaps. Eventually, with motivation and diligence, the candidate will reach the required level and pass the exam effortlessly.

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/exams/az-400/

Microsoft AZ-400 Exam Overview:

What is the Microsoft AZ-400 exam?

Pearson VUE is the official administrator of the Microsoft AZ-400 exam. Therefore, the candidates have to register for and schedule this test on its website. To register for the exam, they must pay the fee of $165. This amount applies to a single delivery of the test. The exam is available in English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. The students can expect around 40-60 questions and the time allowed for the completion of the test is 120 minutes. Different question formats may be included in the delivery of the exam, such as multiple choice, scenario-based, drag and drop, build list, active screen, short answer, and case studies.

The Microsoft AZ-400 exam covers different domains. The candidates must develop high competence in these topic areas before attempting the certification test.

• Developing a Compliance & Security Plan: 10-15%

  This subject area will evaluate the skills and competence of the test takers in designing an authorization and authentication strategy; designing a strategy for a sensitive information strategy; developing compliance and security; designing the mechanisms for governance enforcement.

• Handling Source Control: 10-15%

  Within this domain, the students for the Microsoft AZ-400 exam will be tested based on their knowledge and skills in developing a strategy for modern source control; planning and implementing branching strategies for source codes; configuring repositories; using tools to integrate source control.

• Developing a Site Reliability Engineering Strategy: 5-10%

  This objective is designed to equip the individuals with the skills and knowledge required to develop the strategy for actionable alerting, failure prediction strategy, as well as competence in designing as well as implementing health checks.

• Facilitating Collaboration & Communication: 10-15%

  This section requires that the examinees develop their skills in communicating deployment as well as releasing information with the business stakeholders; automating communication with the team members; generating documentation for the DevOps process.

• Developing an Instrumentation Strategy: 5-10%

  The exam questions from this topic will measure the skills and knowledge of the applicants in designing as well as implementing logging; designing as well as implementing telemetry, and integrating logging & monitoring solutions.

• Defining & Implementing Continuous Integration: 20-25%

  The questions related to this topic will measure the competence of the learners in designing build automation; designing a strategy for package management; designing a strategy for application infrastructure management; implementing a build strategy; maintaining a build strategy; designing processes for standardizing build throughout an organization.

• Defining & Implementing a Continuous Delivery & Release Management Strategy: 10-15%

  The last domain of the Microsoft AZ-400 exam will evaluate your knowledge and skills in developing deployment templates and scripts; implementing a solution for orchestration automation; planning the strategy for the deployment environment.

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