Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

Validates expertise in designing and implementing DevOps practices for continuous integration, delivery, and security on Azure using GitHub and Azure DevOps. This expert-level certification covers designing processes and communications with work tracking and collaboration tools, implementing source control strategies with branching and repository management, designing build and release pipelines including package management, testing strategies, IaC with ARM/Bicep, and deployment strategies, developing security and compliance plans with GitHub Advanced Security and Microsoft Defender for Cloud DevOps, and implementing instrumentation with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and KQL. Requires experience both administering and developing in Azure.