Course Details
The Professional Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineering course begins by giving you an overview of PaaS and aPaaS. You’ll also learn about Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) and its integration with Eclipse IDE. You’ll see how to configure the application code for automated compilation and run a unit test.
As you progress, you’ll explore continuous development with Microsoft Azure Web Apps by learning to create different environments for deploying web applications. You’ll also explore the difference between Azure Web Apps and Azure App Service Environments. Next, you’ll gain insight into end-to-end automation for deploying an application in PaaS. When you complete this course, you will feel confident and excited to apply your skills in real-life business scenarios.
This course will help you streamline your software development lifecycle with Microsoft Azure’s integrated cloud tools and resources. In this course, you will learn everything you need to get started with DevOps on Microsoft Azure, including automation, testing, development, and the provisioning of services. You’ll learn all about the practical aspects of DevOps by understanding how different teams (such as development, QA, cloud, and build engineers) collaborate to develop an application and create high-quality products with Azure.
Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Explore the features of PaaS and aPaaS in DevOps
- Use Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to manage code versions
- Understand and configure continuous integration in VSTS
- Build different environments for continuously deploying an application
- Configure role-based access to enable secure access for Azure Web Apps
- Execute an end-to-end automation process
- Test an app for performance using JMeter
- Creating and configuring Traffic Manager with endpoints
- Understand disaster recovery and high availability of Azure Web Apps
Outline
Lesson 1: Visual Studio Team Services Fundamentals
- Overview of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)
- Integrating VSTS with Visual Studio IDE
- Managing Code Using VSTS and Visual Studio
Lesson 2: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- What is Cloud Computing?
- Azure Web Apps
- Azure Data and Storage
- Azure Web App Key Concepts
Lesson 3: Agile with Visual Studio Team Services
- Introducing Agile in VSTS
- Working with Kanban Boards
Lesson 4: Continuous Integration with VSTS
- Overview of Continuous Integration in VSTS
- Customizing Your CI Build
Lesson 5: Continuous Deployment with VSTS
- An Overview of Continuous Deployment in VSTS
- Extending the Release Definition
Lesson 6: Continuous Monitoring with VSTS
- Performance Testing Using VSTS
- Azure Web Apps Troubleshooting
Target Audience
Professional Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineering is an ideal course for developers, technical leads, testers, and operational professionals, who want to jump-start Microsoft Azure PaaS offerings, such as App Services and SQL Database, to host applications.
Prerequisites
Hardware:
This course will require a computer system for the instructor and one for each student. The minimum hardware requirements are as follows:
- Processor: Intel Core i7 or equivalent
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Storage: 40 GB available space
Software:
- Windows 8.1 64-bit
- Browser: We recommend the latest version of one or more browsers (Internet Explorer 11, Chrome 54.0.2840, or Mozilla Firefox)
- GLIBC 2.3 to 2.11 for Linux
- Visual Studio IDE
- Azure subscription