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Validates the ability to design and implement Microsoft DevOps solutions for processes, communication, source control, build and release pipelines, security, compliance, and instrumentation.
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About this exam
Measures DevOps engineering skills for designing and implementing processes and communications, source control strategy, build and release pipelines, security and compliance plans, and instrumentation strategies.
Who should take this exam
DevOps engineers who work across development, infrastructure, site reliability, Azure administration, and security teams, with experience administering and developing in Azure plus GitHub or Azure DevOps implementation experience.
Career benefits
Counts toward Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert and validates advanced DevOps solution design and implementation skills across collaboration, source control, automation, delivery, monitoring, and feedback.
How to prepare
Review the official AZ-400 study guide, use Microsoft Learn exam prep videos and learning paths, practice GitHub and Azure DevOps implementation tasks, and use the Microsoft exam sandbox to understand the exam experience.
Quick facts
Exam costPrice based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored
Valid forRelated associate, expert, and specialty certifications renew annually; fundamentals certifications do not expire
Passing score700
FormatMicrosoft proctored certification exam; question formats may vary
Practice questions150
Objectives5
Blueprint as ofApril 24, 2026
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What's covered
1. Design and implement processes and communications
10–15%- 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
10–15%- 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
50–55%- 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
10–15%- 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
5–10%- 5.1 Configure monitoring for a DevOps environment
- 5.2 Analyze metrics from instrumentation
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