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With one of our online DevOps courses, you can explore all the different areas of this rapidly developing area. Learn about DevOps practices and uses.

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Study DevOps online

DevOps, a portmanteau of the words Development and Operations, is quickly becoming a sector that many industries are focussing time and energy on. In essence, DevOps is a combination of practices and tools that are designed to increase the ability an organisation has to deliver its services, as well as being faster than traditional software processes.

This speed of delivery means that organisations can serve their customers and clients better. It also permits them to compete far more effectively in the market. DevOps helps to remove the barriers that are traditionally created between development teams and operations teams, and brings them together to work across the whole software lifecycle.

By growing your understanding of DevOps and DevOps practices, you’ll learn how you can innovate and adapt faster, and become more efficient at driving business results. Our DevOps courses cover a wide range of different DevOps tools and elements - so whether you want to learn Azure DevOps or look at DevNet, there’s a course for you.

Learn about the DevOps practices

As the DevOps philosophy has evolved, seven practices have emerged that best reflect the true purposes behind DevOps. With a focus on continuous improvement and automation, our courses and ExpertTracks will take you through their application in a professional environment, while also detailing the goals of culture, automation, measurement, and sharing (CAMS).

Learn techniques like IaC (Implementing and Infrastructure as Code) and tracking production to align with suitable metrics, and see how these can help improve your business results.

Find out about Microsoft Azure and DevOps

Microsoft Azure is a comprehensive tool when it comes to implementing DevOps, which will help you assemble the product from start to finish. From planning and integration to testing, configuring and reporting, Microsoft Azure will permit you to streamline your work method, and give you clearer communication and processes.

With one of our courses or ExpertTracks, you’ll be able to harness the powers of Microsoft Azure and use them to further your expertise in DevOps.

Discover the benefits of DevOps and become future-ready

With accredited courses that you can post on your LinkedIn profile, proving your skill in DevOps has never been easier. Learn how automation is set to change the world of work, and how Azure and Visual Studio Team Services can streamline this. With the DevOps software market set to hit $6.6 billion in 2022, there is no better time to set yourself up and become future-ready.

Your options for studying DevOps

If you want to learn the intricacies of DevOps and see how you can apply these skills in a professional environment, then we have plenty of options for you to choose from. One of our shorter courses on DevOps fundamentals is 4 weeks long, with 5 hours of study each week.

If you’re looking for something a little more advanced, try one of our ExpertTracks. The course runs from ten to fifteen weeks, and will give you an in-depth introduction to DevOps and a full crash course in Microsoft Azure.

Earn a DevOps certificate

Earn personalised DevOps certificates when you complete an online course on FutureLearn, complete with lead educator signatures, organisation logos and course details. Share your achievements with employers, on Linkedin, on your CV and more.

FAQs

What does a DevOps engineer do?

A DevOps engineer is in charge of introducing methodologies, tools, and processes to balance the needs during a software’s lifecycle. From coding to deployment, a DevOps engineer will oversee the whole process.

What is a DevOps example?

Take a situation where a product has been developed by a team (development), and they believe it to work perfectly. They hand it over to another team (operations), who then introduce it into different environments - but they end up finding issues with it. The two teams are now at loggerheads, and pointing fingers at each other.

DevOps encourages these two teams to work together to deliver better products faster, and serve their customers better.

Does DevOps require coding?

Coding knowledge is useful to have in a DevOps career, but not essential. As long as you know what coding is, how it works, and why it matters, you will be fine in a DevOps environment.

How do beginners learn DevOps?

An understanding of things like coding can be useful before taking the plunge into the world of DevOps, but otherwise you don’t need to know anything too complicated to start learning about DevOps. You can have a look at some of our courses to have a full introduction to DevOps and relevant software like Microsoft Azure.

How do I start my DevOps career?

Getting your foot in the door and starting a DevOps career is a process, but one that you can get started with today by taking one of our courses. You’ll need a clear understanding of DevOps and the various software that are used - all of which you can learn in one of our DevOps courses or ExpertTracks.

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