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AZ-400: Azure DevOps Engineer Automate Your Team's Delivery Pipeline

AZ-400 is a 4-day, live instructor-led course that teaches your team to design and implement DevOps practices — from CI/CD pipelines and source control to security, compliance, and monitoring. The expert-level DevOps certification. Delivered by Microsoft Certified Trainers — virtual or onsite.

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Course Snapshot
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Course
AZ-400: Azure DevOps Engineer
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Duration
4 Days
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Delivery
Live Instructor-Led • Virtual or Onsite
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Level
Expert
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Certification
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
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Learn By Doing
Guided Hands-On Labs (Open for 180 days)
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Bespoke at a Glance

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Learners trained since 2013
9,600+
Client organisations
13+ Years
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Why Your Team Needs AZ-400

DevOps practices are no longer optional — they're essential to competitive velocity and reliability. These are the real challenges your team faces.

Manual Deployments Are Slowing You Down

Your team is still deploying manually or with fragile scripts. Inconsistent releases, environment drift, and slow feedback loops are costing velocity and confidence.

Dev and Ops Still Operate in Silos

Developers throw code over the wall to operations. Without shared practices, tooling, and accountability, releases break and blame culture takes hold.

Security Is an Afterthought

Vulnerabilities are found late in the cycle — or worse, in production. Without DevSecOps practices baked into your pipeline, every release is a risk.

Who Is AZ-400 Designed For?

AZ-400 is built for professionals who design, build, and operate the systems that power modern delivery.

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DevOps Engineers

Formalise your CI/CD and automation skills with expert-level certification

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Software Developers

Understand the full pipeline from commit to production and automate every step

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Platform Engineers

Design and maintain the infrastructure and tooling that development teams rely on

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Release Managers

Move from manual release coordination to automated, gated deployment pipelines

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Cloud Administrators

Extend your Azure administration skills into infrastructure-as-code and automation

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Engineering Managers

Understand DevOps practices so you can lead transformation initiatives with credibility

What We Cover in AZ-400

The AZ-400 curriculum follows Microsoft's official 8 learning paths. Your team gets a structured walkthrough of every DevOps engineering domain — delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

Learning Path 1

Development for Enterprise DevOps

8 Modules
  • Introduction to DevOps
  • Choose the right project
  • Describe team structures
  • Choose the DevOps tools
  • Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards
  • Introduction to source control
  • Describe types of source control systems
  • Work with Azure Repos and GitHub
Learning Path 2

Implement CI with Azure Pipelines & GitHub Actions

7 Modules
  • Explore Azure Pipelines
  • Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools
  • Describe pipelines and concurrency
  • Explore continuous integration
  • Implement a pipeline strategy
  • Integrate with Azure Pipelines
  • Introduction to GitHub Actions
Learning Path 3

Design & Implement a Release Strategy

5 Modules
  • Introduction to continuous delivery
  • Create a release pipeline
  • Explore release strategy recommendations
  • Provision and test environments
  • Manage and modularize tasks and templates
Learning Path 4

Implement Secure Continuous Deployment

6 Modules
  • Introduction to deployment patterns
  • Implement blue-green deployment and feature toggles
  • Implement canary releases and dark launching
  • Implement A/B testing and progressive exposure deployment
  • Integrate with identity management systems
  • Manage application configuration data
Learning Path 5

Manage Infrastructure as Code

5 Modules
  • Explore infrastructure as code and configuration management
  • Create Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager templates
  • Create Azure resources by using Azure CLI
  • Explore Azure Automation with DevOps
  • Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC)
Learning Path 6

Implement Security & Validate Code Bases

4 Modules
  • Introduction to Secure DevOps
  • Implement open-source software
  • Software Composition Analysis
  • Security monitoring and governance
Learning Path 7

Design & Implement a Dependency Management Strategy

4 Modules
  • Explore package dependencies
  • Understand package management
  • Migrate, consolidate, and secure artifacts
  • Implement a versioning strategy
Learning Path 8

Implement Continuous Feedback

5 Modules
  • Implement tools to track usage and flow
  • Develop monitor and status dashboards
  • Share knowledge within teams
  • Design processes to automate application analytics
  • Manage alerts, blameless retrospectives, and a just culture

What Your Team Walks Away With

By the end of AZ-400, your team will have the skills and confidence to design and implement enterprise-grade DevOps practices.

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Design End-to-End CI/CD Pipelines

Automated build, test, and deployment workflows across teams and environments.

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Implement DevSecOps Practices

Security scanning and compliance baked into every pipeline, reducing vulnerability risk.

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Manage Enterprise Source Control

Git workflows, branching strategies, and code review at scale with GitHub and Azure Repos.

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Automate Infrastructure Provisioning

Infrastructure-as-code with ARM templates and Terraform for repeatable, reliable deployments.

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Earn the DevOps Engineer Expert Certification

Microsoft's highest DevOps credential, recognized globally as expert-level mastery.

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Learn By Doing — Not Just Watching

Each program includes guided hands-on labs in a live sandbox environment. Your team doesn't just hear about Azure services — they use them, guided by a Microsoft Certified Trainer in real time. Labs remain open for 180 days for sharpening those technical skills.

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Delivered by Microsoft Certified Trainers

Every Bespoke trainer holds active Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) status and brings real-world DevOps project experience — not just slides and demos.

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MCT-Certified Instructors

All trainers hold current Microsoft Certified Trainer status. They maintain active Azure certifications and undergo Bespoke’s own vetting process for delivery quality.

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Private, Team-Based Delivery

Every session is delivered exclusively for your team — never mixed with other organisations. Your trainer tailors examples and pacing to your DevOps environment.

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Virtual or Onsite — Your Choice

Attend live from anywhere in Australia or New Zealand via our virtual classroom. Or book onsite delivery at your office. Same quality, same trainer, same outcome.

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Learn By Doing

Every program includes guided hands-on labs in a live sandbox environment. Your team builds real skills by working with actual Azure services — not just watching slides and demos.

What Our Clients Say

Bespoke has been the authorised AWS and Microsoft cloud training partner for Australia and New Zealand since 2013 — delivering Microsoft and AWS programs for teams that take capability seriously.

“Our people are our point of difference, so it’s critical we partner with organisations that deliver exceptional learning experiences. Bespoke has been a key enabler when it comes to developing cloud expertise.”

— Hannah Ryan, Versent

“Bespoke played a vital role in designing customised learning paths for our technology workforce. Expert instructors greatly enhanced the learning experience.”

— L&D Specialist, REA Group

“Bespoke helped us establish tailored learning pathways for our technical staff. 95% of our team expressed interest in certification — they helped us meet our goals.”

— L&D Manager, Infomedia

“Great content delivered by a highly competent trainer. The labs were well planned and the hands-on learning made the content immediately applicable.”

— Cloud Engineer

“This course helped solidify and expand on existing knowledge. A great overview for anyone looking to understand how everything ties together.”

— Platform Engineer

Your DevOps & Hybrid Certification Pathway

AZ-400 is the expert-level certification in the DevOps & Hybrid track. See where it fits in your team’s learning journey.

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AZ-400

DevOps Engineer Expert

Next Step

AZ-140

Specialist (New)

Hybrid Core

AZ-800

Windows Server Hybrid Admin

Hybrid Advanced

AZ-801

Windows Server Hybrid Advanced

More Than Just a Course

Every Bespoke training engagement includes value-added services that set us apart from standard providers.

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30-Day Post-Training Support

Your team gets email access to our operational support team for 30 days after the course. Real questions, real answers, as they apply skills on the job.

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Certification Study Resources

Curated Microsoft Learn pathways and practice exam access included. Everything your team needs to pass the AZ-400 certification exam with confidence.

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Multi-Cloud Skills Roadmap

Already training on other platforms? We’ll map your team’s existing skills and build a holistic cloud and DevOps skills development plan.

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Free Skills Gap Assessment

Before the course, we assess where your team stands. After, we recommend what’s next. You get a clear progression path — not a one-off transaction.

Frequently Asked Questions

AZ-400 is a 4-day (approximately 32-hour) live instructor-led course. It's delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer, so your team can attend virtually from anywhere in Australia, New Zealand, or Singapore — or we can deliver onsite at your office.

AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) or AZ-204 (Azure Developer) is recommended as a prerequisite certification. This ensures your team has foundational Azure knowledge before diving into advanced DevOps practices. However, experienced cloud practitioners may be able to join with equivalent knowledge.

Certification exam vouchers can be included as part of your team program. We'll discuss the right approach during your discovery call — some teams prefer to sit the exam immediately after training, while others schedule it for later.

Absolutely. All Bespoke courses are delivered as private, team-based sessions. This allows us to tailor examples to your industry and ensure relevance for your team. We can deliver virtually or onsite at your office.

AZ-104 is Azure administration focused on infrastructure, services, and configuration management. AZ-400 builds on that foundation with advanced DevOps practices — CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, source control strategies, and DevSecOps practices. AZ-400 is for teams designing and automating delivery pipelines.

Yes, AZ-400 covers both Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions in depth. Your team will build CI/CD pipelines in both platforms so you're confident regardless of which tools your organisation uses.

Pricing depends on team size, delivery format (virtual or onsite), and whether you include certification vouchers. Book a free 30-minute discovery call and we'll provide a tailored quote based on your specific requirements.

Yes, AZ-400 is designed for both software developers and operations professionals. Developers gain deep insight into the full delivery pipeline and learn to automate every step. Operations teams deepen their automation and infrastructure-as-code skills. The course is built for both roles.

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll discuss your team's needs, recommend the right starting point, and build a tailored training plan together. No commitment required. We'll explore your business goals, technical stack, and any specific challenges you want to solve.

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