Cloud Native & IaC Management

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Cloud Native & IaC Management

This course is part of Microsoft DevOps Engineering Professional Certificate

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6 modules

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5 hours to complete

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Advanced level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Design secure container supply-chain strategies using ACR image-signing and admission controllers that enforce production-only signed images.
Create reusable Bicep and Terraform module libraries with built-in tagging, cost guardrails, and policy-as-code hooks.
Detect and eliminate configuration drift across production subscriptions within 48 hours.

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There are 6 modules in this course

Advance your platform engineering expertise by architecting secure, scalable, and reusable cloud-native infrastructure. This course focuses on container security and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) governance across modern enterprise environments. You will begin by implementing container supply-chain strategies, including Azure Container Registry (ACR) image signing with Notary v2 and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation to help ensure that only verified code reaches production environments. You will also strengthen Kubernetes security using Pod Security Admission (PSA) and admission controllers to support compliance with CIS benchmark standards.

Beyond containers, the course explores the development of reusable Bicep and Terraform module libraries with built-in cost guardrails and policy-as-code integrations. Through hands-on activities, you will learn to automate infrastructure validation, detect configuration drift, and improve consistency across cloud environments. By the end of the course, you will have built a versioned infrastructure module library that supports governance, scalability, and operational reliability in enterprise-scale cloud platforms.

Learn how to cryptographically sign container images and generate Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) to protect your infrastructure from compromised artifacts.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment

Enforce security boundaries directly at the Kubernetes cluster level by analyzing admission logs and configuring Pod Security Admission rules.

What's included

1 video3 readings3 assignments

1 videoTotal 5 minutes

Parsing Admission Logs with KQL5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 16 minutes

Enforcing Security at the Cluster Gate3 minutes
Kubernetes Admission Controllers and PSS5 minutes
Step-by-Step: Enforcing PSS via Pod Security Admission8 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 40 minutes

Graded Quiz: Secure Container Supply Chains10 minutes
Hands-on Activity: Evaluate Logs and Update PSS25 minutes
Knowledge Check: Admission Controller Compliance5 minutes

Shift cloud governance left by baking compliance, Azure Policy hooks, and enterprise tagging directly into reusable IaC modules.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment

Protect the integrity of your IaC states by identifying out-of-band "ClickOps" changes and implementing aggressive drift remediation workflows.

What's included

2 readings3 assignments

Discover how generative AI can accelerate the authoring of Infrastructure as Code modules, particularly when translating legacy templates into modern, policy-compliant Bicep or Terraform structures.

What's included

1 video2 readings2 assignments

You will consolidate your skills into an architectural strategy for a secure infrastructure module library, defining policies for container image signing, Pod Security Standards, and aggressive configuration drift remediation.

What's included

3 readings1 assignment

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