Who this is for
You're comfortable with basic Azure compute and want to own the deployment pipeline end to end, not just the infrastructure it deploys to.
How this path works
Each cluster below links to its real lesson page. Go in order the first time through — later clusters assume the ones before them. Once you've done a full pass, use it as reference.
The path — in order
Stack Floor
01
PowerShell and Python — the baseline for automating anything.
Domain 0 · Stack Floor
Compute
02
03
04
Identity & Security
05
Managed identities — how pipelines authenticate without stored secrets.
Domain 4 · Identity & Security
Operations
06
IaC & DevOps
07
08
09
10
11
Hybrid & Workplace
12
Certification this path maps to
AZ-400: DevOps Engineer Expert
AZ-400 requires AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) first as its prerequisite.
Where this leads
Platform Engineer is the natural next step — same toolset, aimed at building the internal platform other engineers self-serve from, not just one pipeline.