“We needed a partner who understood both the technical depth of Azure OpenAI and the governance requirements of an enterprise.”
Microsoft Official Curriculum
Role-Based Certification PrepTrack: AZ-2008Official Source: Microsoft Learn
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DevOps Foundations: The Core Principles and Practices
This course provides fundamental level skills in DevOps practices. Students will learn about the DevOps culture and how to optimize application lifecycle management through Agile planning and management, version control, continuous integration, continuous testing, shift-left testing, continuous deployment/delivery, infrastructure as code, observability, security monitoring, Site Reliability Engineering, and platform engineering.
Duration
1 day
Level
Beginner
Format
Virtual, On-site, or Hybrid
Language
English
Executive brief for stakeholdersDownload Program Brief (PDF)
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Audience Profile
Built for these roles
This course is designed for students who are interested in exploring DevOps culture and practices.
Overview
Executive overview
Official Microsoft Learn-aligned instructor-led program for DevOps Foundations: The Core Principles and Practices.
Readiness
Prerequisites
- Relevant foundational experience in the target technology area.
- Comfort with hands-on labs in a cloud or GPU-accelerated environment.
Program Outcomes
Capabilities your teams will gain
Strengthen capability in software dev scenarios
Strengthen capability in azure scenarios
Strengthen capability in role-based scenarios
Curriculum
Curriculum roadmap
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Role-Based
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DevOps foundations: The core principles and practices
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Module 1
DevOps foundations: The core principles and practices
Explore DevOps practices using GitHub. Your development and operations teams will experience improved collaboration, agility, continuous integration, continuous delivery, automation, and operational excellence throughout all phases of the application lifecycle. (AZ-2008)
- Discover DevOps
- Plan with DevOps
- Develop with DevOps
- Deliver with DevOps
- Operate with DevOps
Delivery Models
Delivery models
Virtual ILTOnsiteHybridExecutive WorkshopBootcampWeekend
Engagement Fit
Engagement fit
Certification readinessImplementation-focused labsPrivate cohort deliveryBeginner practitioner depth
Enterprise Customization
Enterprise customization
Tailor this program to your organization's priorities: Builds current Microsoft credential readiness for DevOps Foundations: The Core Principles and Practices using the official Microsoft Learn outline.
- •Align labs to your production environment and platform priorities
- •Add readiness reviews and instructor-led practice sessions
- •Extend into project-specific architecture or delivery coaching
Credentials
Certification & official source
- •AZ-2008
Aligned to the official Microsoft Learn course and learning path for this program.
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Program resources
Yes. Most enterprise clients prefer private delivery scoped to role mix, timezone, and rollout timeline. We align lab environments and scenarios to your tenant context where applicable.
Enterprise Proof
Trusted delivery outcomes
Banking & Finance
Representative Enterprise Banking Team
The focus was not just on tooling knowledge, but on helping teams work from a shared operating model as they adopted a more modern data platform.
- Clearer platform operating model across teams
- Improved confidence in modern data stack adoption
Healthcare
Representative Healthcare Product Team
The engagement helped product and engineering stakeholders move from interest in AI to clearer implementation choices, security expectations, and prototyping discipline.
- Stronger alignment between product and engineering teams
- Improved clarity on prototype-to-production requirements
Delivery Capability
Enterprise-grade instruction
MCT-led delivery
Programs led by Microsoft Certified Trainer practitioners
Enterprise program oversight
Founder-led specialist delivery with structured rollout planning
Global delivery
APAC · EMEA · Americas · Virtual & Onsite
Implementation-focused
Hands-on labs aligned to production scenarios