Designing and Implementing Platform Engineering (AZ-2010)

Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Platform Engineering

• Defining platform engineering and its role in modern IT
• Key principles and objectives
• Comparison with traditional infrastructure and DevOps

Module 2: Designing Developer-Centric Platforms

• Understanding Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
• Developer experience (DevEx) and productivity
• Platform toolchains and abstraction layers

Module 3: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Introduction to Bicep and ARM templates
• Terraform on Azure
• Best practices for scalable and reusable IaC modules

Module 4: CI/CD and Automation Integration

• Integrating pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
• Automated testing and compliance as code
• Platform versioning and release management

Module 5: Security, Governance & Policy Enforcement

• Implementing Azure Policy and Blueprints
• Role-based access control (RBAC) for platforms
• Secrets management and secure pipelines

Module 6: Monitoring, Observability, and Reliability

• Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics
• Implementing SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets
• Platform health dashboards and alerts

Module 7: Scaling and Maintenance

• Managing platform upgrades
• Self-service provisioning for developers
• Cost optimization and resource governance

Module 8: Real-World Platform Engineering Use Cases

• Case studies from enterprise environments
• End-to-end implementation walkthrough
• Lab: Design and deploy a developer-centric platform in Azure