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DevOps
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert Certification Training (AZ-400) in Switzerland
Advance your DevOps career with Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) Training in Switzerland . Master Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, source control, CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, release strategies, security, and monitoring. Develop practical skills through guided exercises and enterprise scenarios. Strengthen your ability to streamline software delivery, improve collaboration, and support secure, scalable cloud-native deployments across modern technology environments.
40 Hours/5 daysIntermediate3.6 · 2,157 reviews
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Upcoming four-month course schedule
A new weekday and weekend batch starts every week. Each batch runs for 5 training days, based on the course duration of 40 Hours/5 days.
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November 2026
09:00–15:00 · flexible hours
$799per learner
07 Nov 2026
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December 2026
09:00–15:00 · flexible hours
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January 2027
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Course curriculum
What you’ll learn
40 Hours/5 daysIntermediate
- Module 1: Introduction to Azure DevOps and DevOps Practices
- Understand DevOps principles, culture, practices, and lifecycle.
- Explore Azure DevOps services and enterprise DevOps workflows.
- Understand Agile planning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Learn source control, automation, CI/CD, and release management concepts.
- Module 2: Agile Planning and Work Management
- Configure Azure Boards for Agile project management.
- Create work items, backlogs, user stories, tasks, and issues.
- Manage sprints, iterations, teams, and project workflows.
- Track project progress using dashboards and reporting tools.
- Module 3: Source Control with Azure Repos
- Understand Git repositories and version control workflows.
- Create branches and implement effective branching strategies.
- Work with commits, pull requests, merges, and code reviews.
- Configure branch policies and repository permissions.
- Module 4: Git Branching and Collaboration Strategies
- Implement GitFlow and feature-based branching approaches.
- Manage pull requests and collaborative development.
- Resolve merge conflicts and maintain code quality.
- Configure branch protection and approval requirements.
- Module 5: Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines
- Understand continuous integration and automated build processes.
- Create YAML-based and classic build pipelines.
- Configure pipeline triggers, variables, parameters, and templates.
- Integrate automated testing into CI workflows.
- Module 6: Continuous Delivery and Release Management
- Design automated continuous delivery pipelines.
- Configure multi-stage deployment workflows.
- Manage environments, approvals, checks, and deployment gates.
- Implement automated application release strategies.
- Module 7: Infrastructure as Code with Azure
- Understand Infrastructure as Code principles and benefits.
- Work with Azure Resource Manager templates and Bicep.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
- Implement repeatable and scalable Azure deployments.
- Module 8: Configuration Management and Automation
- Understand configuration management practices for cloud environments.
- Automate application and infrastructure configuration.
- Work with Azure automation capabilities and deployment scripts.
- Maintain consistent configurations across development and production environments.
- Module 9: Package Management and Artifact Management
- Understand package feeds and artifact management.
- Configure Azure Artifacts for package storage and sharing.
- Manage NuGet, npm, Maven, and other package formats.
- Integrate packages and artifacts into CI/CD pipelines.
- Module 10: Testing in DevOps Pipelines
- Implement automated testing within Azure DevOps workflows.
- Configure unit, integration, functional, and regression testing.
- Manage test plans, test cases, and test results.
- Use testing feedback to improve software delivery quality.
- Module 11: Deployment Strategies
- Understand blue-green, canary, rolling, and feature-based deployments.
- Implement deployment strategies for Azure applications.
- Configure deployment slots and environment-based releases.
- Minimize deployment risks through controlled release processes.
- Module 12: Application Monitoring and Feedback
- Monitor applications and deployments using Azure monitoring services.
- Configure Application Insights and performance monitoring.
- Analyze logs, metrics, alerts, and application telemetry.
- Use operational feedback to improve application reliability.
- Module 13: DevSecOps and Security Integration
- Integrate security practices throughout the DevOps lifecycle.
- Manage authentication, authorization, permissions, and secure pipelines.
- Identify security vulnerabilities and improve application security.
- Implement secure development and deployment practices.
- Module 14: Compliance and Governance in DevOps
- Understand governance requirements in Azure DevOps environments.
- Implement policies, permissions, approvals, and auditing.
- Manage secure access to repositories, pipelines, and environments.
- Support organizational compliance through controlled DevOps processes.
- Module 15: Containerization and Kubernetes Integration
- Understand container-based application deployment.
- Work with Docker images and container registries.
- Integrate container workflows with Azure DevOps pipelines.
- Explore deployment automation for Kubernetes environments.
- Module 16: Azure DevOps Pipeline Optimization
- Improve pipeline performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Use reusable templates and centralized pipeline configurations.
- Manage pipeline variables, secrets, agents, and environments.
- Optimize automated build and deployment workflows.
- Module 17: Real-World DevOps Project and AZ-400 Preparation
- Build an end-to-end Azure DevOps implementation project.
- Configure repositories, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, testing, and monitoring.
- Practice real-world DevOps scenarios and troubleshooting.
- Prepare for AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions through practice questions and assessment exercises.
Entry requirements and prerequisites
Azure Cloud Fundamentals: Familiarity with Microsoft Azure services, cloud infrastructure, resource groups, subscriptions, and basic cloud administration is recommended for AZ-400 training in Switzerland .
DevOps Principles and Practices: Understand continuous integration, continuous delivery, version control, automation, and collaborative software development workflows.
Source Control Proficiency: Basic experience with Git, repositories, branches, pull requests, merge strategies, and code review processes will help learners manage application delivery pipelines.
CI/CD Pipeline Awareness: Familiarity with build automation, testing workflows, deployment stages, and release management is beneficial for learning Azure DevOps engineering practices.
Azure DevOps Services Knowledge: Introductory experience with Azure Boards, Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Test Plans, or Azure Artifacts is helpful.
Scripting and Automation Skills: Basic exposure to PowerShell, Bash, YAML, or scripting concepts can support pipeline configuration and infrastructure automation exercises.
Infrastructure as Code Fundamentals: Familiarity with ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform, or configuration management concepts is useful for automating repeatable infrastructure deployments.
Application Development and Deployment Awareness: Understanding application build processes, software testing, package management, and deployment environments will help learners connect development workflows with operational requirements.
Security and Monitoring Fundamentals: Basic knowledge of identity and access management, secrets handling, application monitoring, and deployment security is recommended.
Professional Learning Readiness: IT professionals in Switzerland should be prepared to practise pipeline design, deployment automation, troubleshooting, and release governance through guided labs.
Recommended Experience: Practical experience administering Azure or developing and deploying software is beneficial. Learners without extensive experience should first build foundational knowledge of Azure and source control.
Career value
Reasons to choose this course
Build In-Demand Azure DevOps Expertise
Develop practical expertise in Azure DevOps Services, Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, and automated software delivery. Strengthen your profile for DevOps engineering opportunities in Switzerland.
Master CI/CD Pipeline Automation
Learn to design continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows that streamline software builds, automated testing, and application releases. Build valuable skills for improving deployment speed and consistency.
Strengthen Cloud Infrastructure Automation Skills
Explore infrastructure as code, configuration management, and automated provisioning techniques. Understand how to support repeatable, scalable cloud environments using modern DevOps practices.
Improve DevSecOps and Compliance Knowledge
Learn how to integrate security checks, secrets management, access controls, and compliance practices into development pipelines. Build awareness of secure software delivery across enterprise cloud environments.
Expand Career Opportunities in Cloud Engineering
Prepare for roles such as Azure DevOps Engineer, DevOps Consultant, Release Engineer, Cloud Automation Engineer, and CI/CD Engineer. Apply your skills to modern software delivery and cloud transformation projects.
Prepare for Microsoft AZ-400 Certification
Build knowledge aligned with the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions exam objectives through guided exercises and scenario-based learning. AZ-400 is part of the Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert certification pathway.
Advantages
Turn learning into practical capability
Practical Azure DevOps Workflow Experience
Explore Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, and work management tools through structured exercises. Understand how teams coordinate source control, builds, testing, and releases across software projects.
CI/CD Implementation and Optimisation
Learn how to structure automated pipelines, manage build dependencies, and improve release consistency. Develop an understanding of pipeline optimisation techniques that support faster and more reliable software delivery.
Infrastructure as Code Knowledge
Understand how infrastructure as code supports repeatable cloud deployments and configuration management. Explore relevant Azure tooling and deployment templates to improve infrastructure automation practices.
Security-Focused DevOps Practices
Discover ways to incorporate security controls, identity permissions, secret handling, and compliance checks into DevOps workflows. Build awareness of DevSecOps principles for protecting applications and delivery pipelines.
Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
Learn the role of telemetry, logs, metrics, and feedback in maintaining application reliability. Understand how monitoring insights can help teams identify delivery issues and improve operational performance.
Certification-Oriented Learning Path
Study concepts mapped to the AZ-400 exam objectives through instructor-led guidance, hands-on activities, and practice scenarios. The training can support exam preparation while helping learners identify areas for further study.
Exam format & assessment
Exam Name: Exam AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions.
Exam Type: Microsoft certification examination assessing practical knowledge of DevOps processes, source control, CI/CD pipelines, security, compliance, and monitoring.
Question Format: Microsoft certification exams may use different interactive question formats. Review the official exam sandbox to familiarise yourself with the testing interface.
Passing Score: 700 out of 1,000.
Exam Duration: Check the current Microsoft exam booking details for the applicable duration and any additional seat time.
Exam Domains:
- Design and implement processes and communications: 10–15%
- Design and implement a source control strategy: 10–15%
- Design and implement build and release pipelines: 50–55%
- Develop a security and compliance plan: 10–15%
- Implement an instrumentation strategy: 5–10%.
Exam Fee: The Microsoft Learn page lists a reference price of US$165, subject to the country or region where the exam is taken, applicable taxes, and pricing changes.
Preparation Method: Practise Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, YAML workflows, infrastructure as code, secure deployments, and monitoring scenarios during your AZ-400 training.
Certification Requirement: Passing AZ-400 is not sufficient on its own to earn the Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert credential. An active Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Developer Associate certification is also required.
Official Exam Information: Microsoft AZ-400 Exam Details
Bring your learning together
Course conclusion
Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) Training equips learners with practical knowledge of modern DevOps engineering, cloud automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), infrastructure as code, and secure software deployment. Through structured learning and hands-on exercises, participants can develop the skills needed to manage source control, automate build and release pipelines, strengthen DevSecOps practices, and improve application monitoring.
StepMerit Learning provides a career-focused learning approach for professionals seeking to enhance their Azure DevOps expertise in Switzerland. The course supports preparation for the AZ-400 certification exam while helping learners understand how to apply Microsoft Azure DevOps tools in real-world software delivery workflows.
Whether you are an Azure administrator, software developer, release engineer, or aspiring DevOps professional, this training can help strengthen your technical foundation and prepare you for evolving cloud engineering responsibilities. Combine the course with practical project experience and the required Microsoft associate certification to work toward the Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert credential.
Target audience
- Aspiring Azure DevOps Engineers
- Software Developers and Application Engineers
- Cloud Engineers and Azure Administrators
- Build and Release Engineers
- System Administrators and IT Operations Professionals
- DevSecOps and Security Professionals
- Technical Leads and Engineering Team Managers
Verified learning evidence
Expertise, recognition and learner outcomes
Course-specific expertise
Professional Training Experience: Target a trainer with approximately 10 years of corporate training or professional development experience in DevOps engineering, cloud technologies, software delivery, and enterprise automation. Verify the assigned trainer’s actual experience before publishing.
Estimated Training Delivery Hours: An indicative benchmark of 2,000–4,000 instructor-led training hours over a decade, depending on teaching schedules, corporate engagements, and delivery commitments.
Estimated Candidates Trained: An indicative benchmark of 500–1,000 learners across Azure DevOps, cloud engineering, CI/CD automation, and software development programs. Confirm actual candidate numbers with the trainer.
Azure DevOps Engineering Expertise: Practical knowledge of Azure DevOps Services, Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, work management, build automation, release pipelines, and collaborative software delivery.
CI/CD and Automation Experience: Ability to teach pipeline configuration, YAML workflows, automated builds, testing integration, deployment approvals, release strategies, and troubleshooting of common software delivery issues.
Infrastructure as Code Expertise: Knowledge of Azure infrastructure deployment approaches, Bicep, ARM templates, and relevant configuration management methods to demonstrate repeatable infrastructure provisioning.
Security and Compliance Knowledge: Ability to explain secure pipeline design, identity and access management, secrets protection, dependency security, and compliance considerations within modern DevOps workflows.
Industry Training Exposure: Relevant experience may include IT services, software product development, banking and financial services, telecommunications, healthcare technology, retail platforms, and enterprise cloud transformation. Publish only industries supported by the trainer’s verified background.
Practical Workshop Experience: Ability to facilitate hands-on activities involving repository management, CI/CD pipeline design, automated testing, deployment planning, infrastructure automation, and production monitoring.
IT Services and Technology Use-Case Expertise: Ability to explain how Azure DevOps practices support enterprise application delivery, cloud migration projects, client software deployments, API development, and ongoing application maintenance.
Enterprise DevOps Transformation Knowledge: Understanding of delivery workflow optimisation, cross-functional collaboration, automation adoption, release governance, and continuous improvement across distributed engineering teams.
Assessment and Exam Preparation: Ability to guide learners through AZ-400 exam objectives, scenario-based exercises, practice assessments, and review of source control, pipelines, security, compliance, and instrumentation concepts.
Trainer Qualification Verification: Verify the trainer’s current Microsoft credentials, relevant Azure DevOps project experience, and ability to teach the course. Do not describe a trainer as Microsoft-certified or officially authorised unless their status has been confirmed.
Continuous Professional Development: Maintain current knowledge of Microsoft Azure DevOps tools, GitHub automation, CI/CD engineering, infrastructure as code, DevSecOps, monitoring practices, and changes to the AZ-400 exam objectives.
Documented learner outcomes
Problem Statement – An IT services and technology company experiences delayed software releases, fragmented development and operations workflows, inconsistent testing practices, deployment failures, and limited visibility into application performance. These challenges affect enterprise applications, cloud platforms, client delivery projects, and business-critical technology services. The goal is to improve delivery speed, software quality, operational reliability, and cross-functional collaboration using Microsoft Azure DevOps practices.
How We Overcame the Problem – Learners explored Azure DevOps engineering practices, value stream analysis, Git-based source control, Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, automated testing, infrastructure as code, security integration, and monitoring strategies to identify delivery bottlenecks and improve software deployment workflows.
Overall Implementation – Learners designed an IT services DevOps workflow covering business requirements → work planning → source control → continuous integration → automated testing → security validation → deployment → production monitoring → feedback → continuous improvement.
DevOps Process Planning – Learners used work management and delivery planning concepts to organise development tasks, coordinate project dependencies, track progress, and improve collaboration between developers, testers, operations engineers, and client delivery teams.
Source Control Management – Learners explored Git, Azure Repos, and GitHub workflows, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and repository governance to improve collaboration and maintain code quality across distributed technology teams.
Continuous Integration – Learners designed Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions workflows to automate code integration, application builds, and validation activities for enterprise software projects, helping teams identify integration issues earlier in the development lifecycle.
Continuous Testing and Quality Assurance – Learners examined automated testing practices, test integration, build validation, and quality checkpoints to detect defects earlier and improve the consistency of software releases across development and staging environments.
Continuous Delivery and Deployment – Learners explored automated deployment pipelines, environment management, approvals, release controls, and deployment strategies to reduce repetitive manual tasks and support reliable delivery of cloud-based applications.
Infrastructure as Code – Learners investigated infrastructure automation using Azure deployment technologies, Bicep, ARM templates, and relevant configuration management practices to support repeatable provisioning and consistent environment configuration.
Security and Compliance Integration – Learners examined identity and access controls, secrets management, dependency security, and pipeline protection practices to incorporate security considerations throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
Monitoring and Feedback – Learners explored logs, metrics, telemetry, alerts, and application performance indicators to understand how production feedback can support troubleshooting, incident investigation, release evaluation, and continuous improvement.
Release Management and Risk Reduction – Learners planned deployment stages, approval processes, rollback considerations, and release strategies to minimise service disruption and improve release coordination for client-facing applications and enterprise platforms.
Cross-Functional Collaboration – Learners aligned software development, quality assurance, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations teams around shared delivery goals, improving communication and accountability across IT services projects.
Evidence of Learning – Learners produced source control plans, CI/CD pipeline diagrams, automated testing strategies, infrastructure deployment templates, security checklists, monitoring plans, and recommendations for improving software delivery performance.
Overall Learner Outcome – Learners demonstrated the ability to analyse IT delivery challenges, design Azure DevOps workflows, implement source control and CI/CD concepts, automate deployment activities, integrate security practices, interpret monitoring data, and recommend improvements to software delivery reliability in IT services and technology environments.
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Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) Training develops knowledge of Microsoft DevOps solutions, including source control, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, security, compliance, and monitoring. It helps professionals understand how to improve software delivery workflows.
The course is suitable for software developers, Azure administrators, cloud engineers, DevOps practitioners, build and release engineers, system administrators, and IT professionals seeking advanced DevOps skills.
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