Application lifecycle management (ALM) is important as the applications your organization builds becomes more complex and as more of your company depends on their stability. ALM is not a one size fits all concept, it can vary from organization to organization and even within based on the type of solution being built. This learning path can help you with ALM best practices.

By optimizing your development for performance, you can ensure that your work is useful and appreciated by users. As a finance and operations apps developer, you should understand how your designs can be properly optimized for performance.

Break down a scenario for an application and build a multi-service solution based on the microservices approach. Learn how to use modern database capabilities to build a foundation for applications.

Securely authenticate applications to Azure to manage and access Azure services. Service principals and managed identities for Azure resources give your app a Microsoft Entra identity.

Publish an Angular, React, Svelte, or Vue JavaScript app with API and authentication using Azure Static Web Apps and Azure Functions. Deploy your code from GitHub to a staging site using preview URLs.

Service principals enable your deployment pipelines to authenticate securely with Azure. In this module, you'll learn what service principals are, how they work, and how to create them. You'll also learn how to grant them permission to your Azure resources so that your pipelines can deploy your Bicep files.

Workload identities enable your deployment workflows to authenticate securely with Azure without you managing any passwords, keys, or secrets. In this module, you'll learn what workload identities are, how they work, and how to create them. You'll also learn how to grant them permission to your Azure resources so that your workflows can deploy your Bicep files.

Create SQL queries for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL that uses subqueries or cross-products.

Learn how to implement GitHub Actions and configure Azure Load Testing to automate testing app deployments.

Install Azure PowerShell locally and use it to manage Azure resources.

After you've developed your app with embedded Power BI analytics, a final consideration might be to automate the management of your solution. Automation can result in faster and more accurate solution management. Three libraries are available for you to use to develop an automation solution.

This module introduces a setting to automatically invoke functions using the Semantic Kernel SDK. Learn how to use the Semantic Kernel to automatically invoke functions to complete a user's request.