Course Details
Course Description:
Overview
- Understand platform engineering fundamentals and impact on productivity
- Design secure, scalable, and compliant platform architectures
- Implement automation to reduce errors and accelerate deployments
- Enable developer self-service with governance controls
- Leverage observability for performance monitoring and resource optimization
- Establish continuous improvement culture for platform evolution
- Develop strategic roadmaps aligned with business objectives
- Optimize cost and capacity planning for efficient resource use
Objectives
- Understand platform engineering and developer productivity enhancements
- Design secure, scalable, and compliant platform solutions
- Implement automation to streamline workflows
- Enable self-service for developers while ensuring governance
- Use observability to monitor and optimize systems
- Foster continuous improvement in platform operations
- Create strategic roadmaps linking platform and business goals
- Apply cost and capacity planning techniques
Target Audience
- Azure Administrators
- AI Engineers
- Azure Developers
- DevOps Engineers
- Network Engineers
- Security Engineers
Foundations of Platform Engineering
- Importance of platform engineering for productivity and time-to-value
- Design integrated platforms to optimize developer experience
- Role of platform engineering in digital transformation
- Strategic value and stakeholder expectations
Design Secure and Scalable Platform Architectures
- Secure, scalable, and compliant architecture design
- Automation for consistency and rapid deployments
- Capacity planning and resource forecasting
- Cost optimization strategies
- Implementing scalable solutions for complex workflows
Implement Developer Self-Service
- Enable developers to manage resources independently
- Balance flexibility with governance and compliance
- Accelerate development cycles and reduce bottlenecks
- Best practices for self-service platform management
Observability and Continuous Improvement
- Importance of observability for real-time performance insights
- Continuous improvement feedback loops
- Benchmarking and performance monitoring
- Adapting to market trends and user needs
- Fostering innovation culture
Strategic Platform Road Mapping
- Aligning platform initiatives with organizational goals
- Principles of strategic road mapping and innovation
- Defining a clear platform vision and milestones
- Phased implementation and prioritization techniques
Prerequisites
- Understanding of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS cloud models
- Azure administration or development experience
- Intermediate–advanced DevOps and software development principles
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Testimonials
This was the class I needed.
The instructor Jeff took his time and made sure we understood each topic before moving to the next. He answered all of our questions, and I don't know about the rest of the students, but was very pleased with this experience.
I finally understand how to use Excel.
-Amanda T (Yale New Haven Hospital).
Great class!
We were able to cover a lot of information in one day without getting overwhelmed.
-Maria R (Microsoft).
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