This course will help you master Podman for container image creation and management as well as passing your EX188 exam.

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is the management of computer programs, which includes managing requirements, software architecture, software development, software maintenance, change management, continuous integration, project management, and released management. Learn about ALM to plan, create, test, and implement code for finance and operations apps.

Learn how to implement authentication by using the Microsoft Authentication Library.

Learn how to use Azure App Configuration service to centrally manage and secure your configuration settings, and to manage app features.

Learn how Azure Container Apps can help you deploy and manage microservices and containerized apps on a serverless platform that runs on top of Azure Kubernetes Service.

Write code to create, read, update, and delete items in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL.

Learn how Azure Key Vault can help you keep your apps more secure, and how to set and retrieve secrets by using the Azure CLI.

Learn how to optimize application performance by simulating real-world loads with Azure Load Testing service. Learn how to automate load testing with GitHub Actions to ensure consistent application performance and scalability.

We'll learn to use the two backup models Azure Cosmos DB provides.

This module explores using GitHub Copilot Chat to develop improvements for an existing codebase. Exercises provide practical experience implementing GitHub Copilot suggestions that improve code quality, reliability, performance, and security.

Microservice applications, because of their distributed nature, can be difficult to secure. In this module, you'll learn how to classify sensitive data in a cloud-native application, redact sensitive data in log files, and generate compliance reports for a cloud-native application.

Master consumer-driven contract testing with the Pact framework. Learn how to test microservices in isolation, ensuring that they fulfill contracts between producers and consumers, leading to reliable and scalable integrations in distributed systems.