The Course Curriculum

Module 1: Introduction to Azure

1. Overview of Azure
2. Difference between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS

Module 2: Azure Administration and Development

1. Creating and Managing Azure Resources
   • Azure Resource Group
   • Azure Virtual Machine
   • Azure Recovery Services Vault
   • Azure Load Balancer
   • Azure Application Gateway
   • Azure Virtual Network and Subnet
   • Azure Storage Account
   • Azure SQL Server
   • Azure SQL Database
   • Azure App Service Plan – App Service and Function App
   • Azure Service Bus – Queue and Topics
   • Azure Key Vault
   • Azure Container Registry
   • Application Insights
   • Azure Monitor
2. Managing Virtual Machines with Azure PowerShell and CLI

Module 3: Azure DevOps Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Azure DevOps
   • DevOps Overview
   • Azure DevOps Overview
   • Creating an Account and Organization
   • Licensing Details (Basic, Stakeholder, Enterprise Pro)
   • Overview of Product Features
   • Creating and Managing Azure DevOps Projects
   • Adding and Modifying Users
   • Setting up Teams

Module 4: Azure Boards

1. Azure Boards
   • Basic, Scrum, Agile, and CMMI Processes
   • Work Items, Backlogs, and Sprints
   • Charts and Custom Queries

Module 5: Azure Repos

1. Version Control in Azure DevOps
   • Git vs TFVC
   • Setting up Git with Visual Studio Code
   • Basic Git Commands
   • Branches, Branching and Merging Strategies
   • Pull Requests, Tags, Branch Policies, and Security

Module 6: Azure Pipelines and Artifacts

1. Build Pipelines
   • Creating Build Pipelines for .NET and Java
   • Agents in Azure Pipelines
   • Self-Hosted vs Microsoft-Hosted Agents
   • Build Tasks, Variables, and Multiple Concurrent Builds
   • Continuous Integration (CI) and Scheduled Builds
   • Build Retention Policies and Task Groups
   • Customized Tasks and Artifact Management
   • NuGet Packages and Share Feeds

Module 7: YAML Pipelines and SonarQube Integration

1. YAML Pipelines
   • Creating Build Pipelines using YAML
   • Multi-job and Multi-stage Pipelines
   • Secrets Management with Azure Key Vault
   • SonarQube Integration and Analysis
   • Docker Build and Push in Azure DevOps

Module 8: Release Pipelines and Deployment

1. Release Management
   • Key Concepts and Current State in TFS/VSTS
   • Resource Provisioning with ARM Templates
   • Common Tasks, Approval Workflow, and Deployment Groups
   • Pre-deployment Conditions and Manual Intervention
   • Releasing Web Applications to Azure Web Apps and IIS Servers

Module 9: ARM Templates

1. Basics of ARM Templates
   • Introduction and Uses
   • Creating Templates with VSCode
   • Functions in ARM Templates (Arrays, Date, Comparisons, etc.)
   • Creating Storage Accounts and Virtual Machines
2. Advanced ARM Template Topics
   • Creating Multiple Instances of Azure VMs
   • Linked Templates and Parallel Resource Creation
   • Template Modulation and Deployment via PowerShell, CLI, Azure DevOps, and Portal

Module 10: Docker

1. Basics of Docker
   • Introduction, Images, and Containers
   • Installation and Basic Dockerfile Commands
   • Docker CLI Commands
2. Advanced Docker Topics
   • Docker Volumes and Networking
   • Docker Compose and Docker Swarm

Module 11: Terraform for Azure Cloud

1. Basics of Terraform
   • Introduction and Providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
   • Provisioners and CLI Commands
   • Resources, Data Sources, and Modules
   • Input/Output Variables and Functions
   • Creating Terraform Files and Configuration Files
   • Terraform in CI/CD Pipelines
2. Advanced Terraform Topics
   • Dependencies, Triggers, Iterations, and Conditional Resources
   • State Management and Backend Configuration
   • Importing Resources

Module 12: Kubernetes in Azure (AKS)

1. Basics of Kubernetes
   • Introduction and Differences between Kubernetes and AKS
   • Creating AKS Clusters with CLI
   • AKS Architecture and Namespaces
   • Workload Objects (Pods, Deployments, Replica Sets, etc.)
2. Kubernetes Services and Configurations
   • ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer Services
   • Secrets, ConfigMaps, Ingress, and Volumes
3. Advanced Kubernetes Topics
   • Health Checks, Resource Quotas, Auto Scaling