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Design and Implement Platform Engineering

Course Summary

This course provides a guide to designing and implementing platform engineering within modern enterprises. It covers the foundational principles, strategic alignment with business goals, and the practical aspects of building scalable, secure, and future-proof platforms. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills needed to enhance developer productivity, ensure operational excellence, and drive continuous innovation.

Prerequisites:

  • Cloud computing concepts, including PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations
  • Expertise in Azure administration and/or Azure development
  • Intermediate to advanced DevOps concepts
Purpose
Learn to design and implement platform engineeing within your organization
Audience
 IT professionals responsible for designing, implementing, and managing platform solutions within their organizations
Role
Software Engineers and Developers | DevOps Practitioners | IT Architects | Technical Managers | Platform Engineers | Security and Compliance Professionals
Skill level
Advanced
Style
Lecture | Hands-on Activities | Labs
Duration
1 day
Related technologies
Azure | Cloud 

 

Learning objectives
  • Explain the role of platform engineering in modern enterprises 
  • Apply the platform engineering capability model and its core implementation aspects
  • Design secure and scalable platform architectures
  • Implement developer self-service capabilities
  • Monitor and audit developer activity within self-service workflows
  • Build observability into platform architecture using metrics, monitoring, and alerts
  • Use automation to support incident detection, resolution, and continuous improvement through feedback loops
  • Implement real-time monitoring with Azure Monitor
  • Apply risk management practices and effectively communicate roadmaps to stakeholders
  • Implement self-service infrastructure using Bicep

What you'll learn:

In this Design and Implement Platform Engineering course, you'll learn:

Foundations of Platform Engineering

  • The role of platform engineering in modern enterprises
  • Core principles of platform design
  • Platform engineering capability model
  • Core aspects of platform implementation

Design Secure and Scalable Platform Architectures

  • Core principles of secure and scalable platform design
  • Security considerations in platform architecture
  • Scaling platform architectures for growth and adaptability
  • Automation and resiliency for modern platforms

Implement Developer Self-Service

  • Introduction to developer self-service
  • Developer self-service platform architecture
  • Governance and security in self-service workflows
  • Developer coding environments
  • Automation and self-service tools
  • Monitoring and auditing developer activities
  • Implementing Microsoft Dev Box
  • Observability and Continuous Improvement
  • The importance of observability in modern platforms
  • Building observability into platform architecture
  • Metrics, monitoring, and alerts
  • Automation for incident detection and resolution
  • Continuous improvement through feedback loops
  • Implementing real-time monitoring with Azure Monitor

Strategic Platform Road Mapping

  • Understanding the strategic importance of platform engineering
  • Developing a scalable platform architecture
  • Future-proofing the platform
  • Continuous improvement and innovation management
  • Roadmap development and execution
  • Risk management in platform engineering
  • Communicating the roadmap to stakeholders
  • Implementing self-service infrastructure with Bicep  

Design and Implement Platform Engineering

real world content

Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
expert practitioners

Expert Practitioners

Industry experts that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
experiential learning

Experiential Learning

More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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