expert Cloud — Azure paid
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
by Microsoft ↗
DevOps engineers who design and implement processes for collaboration, code, infrastructure, security, and delivery on Azure.
Exam facts
- Provider
- Microsoft
- Exam code
- AZ-400
- Level
- expert
- Domain
- Cloud — Azure
- Exam format
- Multiple choice, case studies, and interactive items; online proctored or Pearson VUE test center
- Duration
- Approximately 100 minutes
- Cost
- $165 USD
- Renewal
- 1 year (free online renewal assessment)
- Prerequisites
- Must hold either Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) to earn the certification.
Recommended preparation
Build real pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions covering CI, release strategies, artifact management, and IaC with Bicep or Terraform. Complete the AZ-400 Microsoft Learn paths and the free practice assessment to validate coverage of all measured skills.
Follow the free DevOps 90-Day Learning Path — its final phase (days 76–90) is built for certification preparation.
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