Azure DevOps Course by Ishwar Kawade

The Azure DevOps Training Course is a comprehensive online program designed to help learners understand and implement modern DevOps practices using Microsoft Azure DevOps tools. This course covers the complete DevOps lifecycle, including project management, version control, continuous integration, continuous deployment, infrastructure automation, and monitoring.

Ideal for software developers, IT professionals, DevOps beginners, and students interested in cloud and automation technologies, this course provides a practical understanding of how real-world teams build, test, deploy, and manage applications efficiently. Learners will gain hands-on experience working with Azure DevOps services and industry-standard CI/CD workflows.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to manage projects, automate software delivery pipelines, and implement best practices for secure and scalable DevOps operations.

What Students Will Learn

1. Introduction to Azure DevOps

• What is Azure DevOps?

• DevOps concepts & lifecycle

• Azure DevOps services overview

• Azure DevOps vs other DevOps tools

2. Azure DevOps Organization & Project Setup

• Creating an organization

• Creating and managing projects

• Public vs private projects

• User access & permissions

• Project settings overview

3. Azure Boards (Work Management)

• Agile, Scrum, and CMMI processes

• Work items (Epics, Features, User Stories, Tasks, Bugs)

• Backlogs & sprint planning

• Kanban boards

• Queries & dashboards

4. Azure Repos (Source Code Management)

• Git vs TFVC

• Repository creation

• Branching strategies

• Pull requests & code reviews

• Merging & conflict resolution

• Repository security

5. Azure Pipelines – CI/CD Basics

• What is CI/CD?

• Pipeline architecture

• Build pipelines vs Release pipelines

• YAML pipelines vs Classic pipelines

• Agents (Microsoft-hosted & self-hosted)

6. Continuous Integration (CI)

• Creating build pipelines

• YAML pipeline structure

• Triggers (CI, PR, scheduled)

• Build tasks (compile, test, package)

• Artifacts publishing

7. Continuous Delivery / Deployment (CD)

• Release pipelines

• Environments & stages

• Deployment strategies

• Approvals & gates

• Variable groups & secrets

8. Azure Artifacts (Package Management)

• What are artifacts?

• Feeds & packages

• NuGet, npm, Maven, Python packages

• Versioning & retention policies

• Artifact security

9. Test Plans & Quality Management

• Manual testing

• Test plans & test suites

• Test cases creation

• Automated test integration

• Test reporting

10. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• ARM templates basics

• Introduction to Terraform with Azure DevOps

• CI/CD for infrastructure

• Environment provisioning

11. Security & Access Control

• Users, groups & roles

• Permissions at org/project/repo level

• Secure pipelines

• Secrets management (Azure Key Vault integration)

12. Monitoring, Logging & Reporting

• Dashboards creation

• Analytics views

• Pipeline logs

• Alerts & notifications

13. Integration with Azure & Other Tools

• Azure services integration

• GitHub integration

• Third-party tools (SonarQube, Jenkins, etc.)

• Service connections

14. Best Practices & Real-World Use Cases

• CI/CD best practices

• Branching & release strategies

• DevOps maturity models

• Common pitfalls & solutions

Teaching Method

The course is conducted through live online interactive sessions focusing on practical learning. The teaching approach includes:

• Step-by-step demonstrations of Azure DevOps tools

• Hands-on pipeline creation exercises

• Real-world DevOps workflow simulations

• Interactive discussions and doubt resolution

• Practical assignments for skill reinforcement

Learners gain experience working with real DevOps scenarios and tools used in modern software development environments.

Why This Tutor

The tutor emphasizes practical understanding and real-world application of DevOps practices. The teaching approach focuses on simplifying complex workflows and helping learners build confidence in managing projects, automating deployments, and implementing secure CI/CD pipelines.

Benefits & Outcomes

After completing this course, learners will:

• Understand the complete DevOps lifecycle and workflows

• Manage projects efficiently using Azure DevOps tools

• Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated software delivery

• Apply version control and collaboration best practices

• Deploy applications and infrastructure using automation tools

• Improve career readiness for DevOps and cloud roles

This course prepares learners for real-world DevOps environments and modern software delivery processes.