Infrastructure as Code

About this course

This course is part of the Microsoft Professional Program in DevOps.

In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to deliver stable environments rapidly, reliably and at scale, avoiding manual configuration of environments and enforcing consistency, by representing your environments as code.

The course will cover areas such as:

Azure Automation

ARM templates

Desired State Configuration (DSC)

DevTest labs

Chef deployments in Azure

Puppet deployments in Azure

As well as other automation scenarios, tools and options.

What you'll learn

How to configure and implement Azure Automation accounts and security

How to create and run an Automation Windows PowerShell workflow-based textual Runbooks to provision and de-provision an environment

Understand Desired State Configuration (DSC) and how to create a DSC configuration file, import it into the automation account and compile it.

How to onboard Azure VMs for Automation DSC

How to generate an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template based on an existing resource group and apply an ARM template that removes all resources in a resource group

How to create an ARM template by using Visual Studio.

How to implement Chef and Puppet deployments in Azure

How to use Chef to configure Azure DevTest Lab VMs

How to configure Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment of Azure SQL Database using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) and Visual Studio.

Course Syllabus

Module 0:

Course introduction
Introduction to DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Module 1: Azure Automation

Objectives:
Infrastructure as Code and Automation
Automation Accounts
Automation Security
Runbook Assets
Runbook Basics
PowerShell Workflows
Practical Exercises
Review Questions
Summary

Module 2: Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Objectives
DSC in DevOps
Automation DSC
Implementing Automation DSC
Practical Exercises
Review Questions
Summary

Module 3: ARM Templates

Objectives
ARM Templates
Implementing ARM Templates
ARM templates and Visual Studio
Logging, Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
Provisioning and Configuring Environments with Azure DevTest Labs
Practical Exercises
Review Questions
Summary

Module 4:Azure IaaS and PaaS, Environment Configuration and Deployment, and Optimization

Objectives
Environments in IaaS, PaaS and Containers
Environment and Configuration Deployment Pipelines
Environment and Configuration Deployment Pipelines with OSS
Practical Exercises
Review Questions
Summary

Module 5: Final Exam

Validated Lab
Final Exam (Graded)

Post Course Survey

Post-Course Survey

Meet the instructors

Tarun Arora

Microsoft MVP, author, and trainer Microsoft

Tarun Arora is a Microsoft MVP, author, and trainer on DevOps. He is obsessed with high-quality, working software, continuous delivery, and Agile practices. Tarun heads DevOps for Avanade, UK, a Microsoft Gold Partner. You can find more DevOps-focused content on his blog www.visualstudiogeeks.com. For latest and greatest in DevOps, follow Tarun on Twitter @arora_tarun.