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Preparing For Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions (AZ-400)

1) The document discusses the author's experience taking the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions (AZ-400) certification exam and passing it after one month of preparation. 2) It provides recommendations for reference materials like Microsoft OpenEdx courses and Azure documentation, as well as hands-on labs from Azure DevOps Labs, Parts Unlimited MRP, and Parts Unlimited to help understand concepts. 3) The author spent 1-2 hours daily preparing over the course of a month, going through the materials and labs, and taking notes. This level of preparation was sufficient to pass the exam while holding a full-time job.

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Preparing For Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions (AZ-400)

1) The document discusses the author's experience taking the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions (AZ-400) certification exam and passing it after one month of preparation. 2) It provides recommendations for reference materials like Microsoft OpenEdx courses and Azure documentation, as well as hands-on labs from Azure DevOps Labs, Parts Unlimited MRP, and Parts Unlimited to help understand concepts. 3) The author spent 1-2 hours daily preparing over the course of a month, going through the materials and labs, and taking notes. This level of preparation was sufficient to pass the exam while holding a full-time job.

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This was my first mainstream exam after giving my transition exam


(AZ-102) which aligns with the Microsoft certification changes. This has
been pending for quite some time and after 1 month of preparation, I
gave the exam and cleared it :)
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Pre-Requisites
I think that having the experience with Azure is must for this as not only it will help you in
the long run but will also help a lot when you are trying to do the labs in the courses.

If you have prior experience in DevOps, it should be easy for you to grasp the concepts of
Azure DevOps in general.

Reference Material
1. Microsoft OpenEdx (Free of Cost and includes questionnaires and lab exercises.
Create a new account if you already don't have it.) -

Implementing DevOps Development Processes

Implementing Continuous Integration

Implementing Continuous Delivery

Implementing Dependency Management

Implementing Application Infrastructure


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Designing a DevOps Strategy

2. I read the documentation of unknown concepts and was able to find it over here -
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/?view=azure-devops . The
documentation is neatly done and will help you a lot!

Labs
1. Azure DevOps Labs is hands down the best set of labs which are out there.
Although do note that these are only labs and they don't provide you with any
Azure accounts so you would have to create them yourself (A free account should
be enough in my opinion)

2. Parts Unlimited MRP are labs which are excellent as well. Again, you would need
the Azure account as this lab doesn't provide any Azure account or the credits
required. These labs are more focused on the infrastructure, CI/CD aspect of
DevOps.

3. Parts Unlimited are labs which have the same above concept (They don't provide
the Azure credits or any infrastructure or licenses to the tools) but are more
focused towards the application aspect of DevOps like Feature Flags, package
management etc.
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Study Time
It took me almost a month of preparation, spending around 1-2 hours daily (Hey I have a
Full time job!) and do all the associated above labs. I have the habit of writing down the
important points and concepts so it could take a lot less for you. Doing the labs ensures
that you really understand the concepts. I would strongly suggest you to go through all the
material and the labs.

Does it really benefit?


Well YES! If your work involves DevOps, it would really help you. Sometimes, what I have
seen is that (I am also one of them) we know the concept but don't really understand the
why of it or we think we know the concept but in reality it is quite different...

I am really happy with Microsoft for doing a great job with reworking these certification
exams as they really help in my day to day life.

I hope this helps you in your preparation and all the best!

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