AZ-2001: Implement security through a pipeline using Azure DevOps Training

AZ-2001 teaches you how to build secure pipelines in Azure DevOps. You'll learn to manage permissions, protect pipeline resources, and handle secrets using Azure Key Vault. If you're responsible for making sure code moves from development to production without security gaps, this course covers that workflow.

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Course Overview

This course focuses on configuring secure pipelines in Azure DevOps. You'll manage permissions, secure pipeline resources, and handle secrets with Azure Key Vault. It's built around best practices for protecting code and repositories, the kind of security work that's easy to skip but expensive to ignore.

Mode of Training

🏫 Classroom 💻 Live Online 🧪 Blended 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Private Group

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Apr 24, 2026	9:00 am - 5:00 pm	1 Day	Online	$599	GTR
May 07, 2026	9:00 am - 5:00 pm	1 Day	Online	$599	GTR
May 27, 2026	9:00 am - 5:00 pm	1 Day	Online	$599	GTR
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What you will learn

Configure secure access to pipeline resources
Configure and validate permissions
Configure a project and repository structure to support secure pipelines
Extend a pipeline to use multiple templates
Manage identity for projects, pipelines, and agents

Who Should Attend This Course?

DevOps Engineer
Azure Developer

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Azure DevOps.
Basic knowledge of security concepts like identities and permissions.
Experience using the Azure portal to create resources like Azure Key Vault and set permissions.

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📘 AZ-2001: Implement security through a pipeline using Azure DevOps Outline

Separate a project into team projects and repositories.
Separate secure files between projects.
Move the security repository away from a project.
Assign project and repository permissions.
Organize a project and repository structure.
Lab: Configure a project and repository structure to support secure pipelines

Identify and mitigate common security threats.
Configure pipeline access to specific agent pools.
Manage secret variables and variable groups.
Secure files and storage.
Configure service connections.
Manage environments.
Secure repositories.
Lab: Configure agents and agent pools for secure pipelines

Configure a Microsoft-hosted pool.
Configure agents for projects.
Configure agent identities.
Configure the scope of a service connection.
Convert to a managed identity in Azure DevOps.
Lab: Manage identity for projects and pipelines

Configure and validate user permissions.
Configure and validate pipeline permissions.
Configure and validate approval and branch checks.
Manage and audit permissions in Azure DevOps.
Lab: Configure and validate permissions

Create nested templates.
Rewrite the main deployment pipeline.
Configure the pipeline and the application to use tokenization.
Remove plain text secrets.
Restrict agent logging.
Identify and conditionally remove script tasks in Azure DevOps.
Lab: Extend a pipeline to use multiple templates

Configure pipeline access to packages.
Configure credential secrets, and secrets for services.
Ensure that the secrets are in the Azure Key Vault.
Ensure that secrets aren't in the logs.
Lab: Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure Pipelines

Ensure that parameters and variables retain their type.
Identify and restrict insecure use of parameters and variables.
Move parameters into a YAML file that protects their type.
Limit variables that can be set at queue time.
Validate that mandatory variables are present and set correctly in Azure DevOps.
Lab: Configure pipelines to securely use variables and parameters