AZ-400 skills measured as of April 24, 2026
Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
Practice modes are tied to your account so attempts and weak objectives can be tracked over time.
1. Design and implement processes and communications
10.00-15.00%- 1.1 Design and implement traceability and flow of work
- 1.2 Design and implement appropriate metrics and queries for DevOps
- 1.3 Configure collaboration and communication
2. Design and implement a source control strategy
10.00-15.00%- 2.1 Design and implement branching strategies for the source code
- 2.2 Configure and manage repositories
3. Design and implement build and release pipelines
50.00-55.00%- 3.1 Design and implement a package management strategy
- 3.2 Design and implement a testing strategy for pipelines
- 3.3 Design and implement pipelines
- 3.4 Design and implement deployments
- 3.5 Design and implement infrastructure as code (IaC)
- 3.6 Maintain pipelines
4. Develop a security and compliance plan
10.00-15.00%- 4.1 Design and implement authentication and authorization methods
- 4.2 Design and implement a strategy for managing sensitive information in automation
- 4.3 Automate security and compliance scanning
5. Implement an instrumentation strategy
5.00-10.00%- 5.1 Configure monitoring for a DevOps environment
- 5.2 Analyze metrics from instrumentation