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DevOps engineers are developers or infrastructure administrators who also have subject matter expertise in working with people, processes, and products to enable continuous delivery of value in organizations.
Responsibilities for this role include designing and implementing strategies for collaboration, code, infrastructure, source control, security, compliance, continuous integration, testing, delivery, monitoring, and feedback.
DevOps engineers work on cross-functional teams that include developers, site reliability engineers, and Azure administrators.
Candidates for this certification must have experience with administering and developing in Azure, with strong skills in at least one of these areas. They should be familiar with both Azure DevOps and GitHub.
Important
The English language version of this certification was updated on February 2, 2023. Review the study guide linked on the Exam AZ-400 page for details about the latest changes.
Complete one prerequisite
PREREQUISITE OPTION 1
PREREQUISITE OPTION 2
Take one exam
CERTIFICATION EXAM
Earn the certification
EXPERT CERTIFICATION
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
Job role: DevOps Engineer
Prerequisites: 2 certifications
Required exams: AZ-400
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To become a Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, you must earn at least one of the following: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification.
Azure administrators implement, manage, and monitor an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment, including virtual networks, storage, compute, identity, security, and governance.
Azure developers design, build, test, and maintain cloud applications and services.
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This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: configure processes and communications; design and implement source control; design and implement build and release pipelines; develop a security and compliance plan; and implement an instrumentation strategy.
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** Complete this exam before the retirement date to ensure it is applied toward your certification. After the retirement date, please refer to the related certification for exam requirements.
