Binary search is a popular algorithm widely known for its efficiency and simplicity. If you have had the joy to use it, I am sure you will have found that there are some important implementation differences, often referred to as variants. In this article, I aim to describe some of…

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Plan the deployment environment strategy”. Design a release strategy (blue/green, canary, ring) Deploying code can be risky. Depending on the business model, deployment can produce downtimes that might cost money. To mitigate risk, it is possible to implement…

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Implement an orchestration automation solution”. Combine release targets depending on release deliverable (e.g., Infrastructure, code, assets, etc.) There can be different kinds of deliverables. Some examples are: Infrastructure code — ARM Templates Web, desktop, mobile application packages Images or files

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Develop deployment scripts and templates”. Recommend a deployment solution (e.g. GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.) Azure DevOps has a visual classic editor that allows configuring deployment stages. A great walkthrough into its features is in this lab: Embracing Continuous Delivery with Azure Pipelines Home / Embracing Continuous Delivery with Azure Pipelines In this lab, you will learn about the release management…azuredevopslabs.com

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Design a process for standardizing builds across organization”. Manage self-hosted build agents (VM templates, containerization, etc.) Using YAML allows to check-in build pipelines with code. One of the important components of a build pipeline is virtual machines. …

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Maintain a build strategy”. Monitor pipeline health (failure rate, duration, flaky tests) Azure DevOps offers great reporting tools that allow identifying when pipelines can be optimised. The reports are accessible from the Analytics tab of a pipeline definition. Three…

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Implement a build strategy”. Design and implement build agent infrastructure (include cost, tool selection, licenses, maintainability) There are two types of build agents that may be configured with Azure DevOps: hosted and self-hosted. Hosted agents are completely maintained by Microsoft and have common…

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Design an application infrastructure management strategy”. Assess a configuration management mechanism for application infrastructure A centralized configuration service is especially useful in microservices apps and other distributed apps. This module introduces Azure App Configuration as a service for centrally…

In this post, I will share my study notes that I took while preparing for the exam Azure AZ400 “Design a package management strategy”. Recommend package management tools (e.g. GitHub Packages, Azure Artifacts, Azure Automation Runbooks Gallery, Nuget, Jfrog, Artifactory) GitHub Packages, Azure Artifacts and JFrog are the most important actors for package managers. JFrog is the provider that supports the highest number of package managers…