az400-studies

This is the Obsidian vault I’m using to study for the AZ-400 exam. I’ll be updating it with my notes and use them to try to make sense of it all.

I have decided to not use most of the Microsoft Learn paths to study (only if absolutely necessary) because they take way too much time to study completely and even if you study all of them there will still be a big gap in what you know vs. what the exam expects you to know. For this exam I’ll be using a mixture of external sources and practice exam questions

• Days until exam: undefined

Current state of the vault

Milestones

• 08/jul/2024 - Finish setting up everything
• step 1 - CI, Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-implement-ci-azure-pipelines-github-actions/
    • Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions
• step 2

  • [AZ-400: Design and implement a release strategy - Training

    Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-design-implement-release-strategy/)

• step 3

  • [AZ-400: Development for enterprise DevOps - Training

    Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-work-git-for-enterprise-devops/)

• step 4

  • [AZ-400: Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines - Training

    Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-implement-secure-continuous-deployment/)

  • [AZ-400: Implement continuous feedback - Training

    Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-implement-continuous-feedback/)

• step 5

  • [AZ-400: Design and implement a dependency management strategy - Training

    Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-design-implement-dependency-management-strategy/)

  • [AZ-400: Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC - Training

    Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-manage-infrastructure-as-code-using-azure/)

  • [AZ-400: Implement security and validate code bases for compliance - Training

    Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/az-400-implement-security-validate-code-bases-compliance/)

• step 6 - Check for Knowledge Gaps

  Daily Log

  11/sep/2024

• Follow lab for github actions -> AZ400-=-DesigningandImplementingMicrosoftDevOpsSolutions (microsoftlearning.github.io)
  • import eshop on web https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/eShopOnWeb
  • make the action work -> .github/workflows/eshoponweb-cicd.yml

  • 16/aug/2024

• Finished learning path for Azure Pipelines

  06/aug/2024

• Went on a rabbit hole about Container Jobs and Testing in Pipelines

  05/aug/2024

• Took a bunch of notes on the learning path for Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions
• Want to move on to study [[GitHub Actions]] already

  02/aug/2024

• Tried setting up cache in pipelines again but it’s hard when using self hosted agent (would probably have to force a specific path to store the dotnet restore cache and didn’t want to keep doing it anyway)

  30/jul/2024

• Tried setting up cache in pipelines but didn’t work

  29/jul/2024

• Follow lab for PR and CI pipelines
  • build validation on PR using eshoponweb-ci-pr
  • add policies to main branch
  • create PR following workflow
  • create CI pipeline with eshoponweb-ci
  • modify pipeline to enable continuous integration
  • run CI pipeline

    23/jul/2024

• Follow lab for creating agent pools
  • create organization agent pool
  • register agent on my machine
  • edit my pipeline to demand my agent
  • run pipeline on my machine

    22/jul/2024

• All knowledge check questions for pipelines on learn
• Create lab environment for Azure Pipelines
  • AZ400-DesigningandImplementingMicrosoftDevOpsSolutions (microsoftlearning.github.io)
  • AZ400-DesigningandImplementingMicrosoftDevOpsSolutions (microsoftlearning.github.io)

    08/jul/2024

• Extract study subjects from measured skills
• Prioritize study subjects

  05/jul/2024

• Watch Exam Readiness Zone to distill topics
• Plan relevant Microsoft Applied Skills assessments

• [Develop an ASP.NET Core web app that consumes an API - Applied Skills

  Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/applied-skills/develop-an-aspnet-core-web-app-that-consumes-an-api/)

• [Implement security through a pipeline using Azure DevOps - Applied Skills

  Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/applied-skills/implement-security-through-pipeline-using-devops/)

• Create youtube playlist for videos -> certs/az400 - YouTube

  04/jul/2024

• Initial Priming
  • Find official exam prep videos
  • Outline all evaluated skills
  • Set milestones with dates