Designing and Implementing Platform Engineering (AZ-2010)

This course provides a comprehensive 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. By attending this course, learners will gain the knowledge and skills needed to enhance developer productivity, ensure operational excellence, and drive continuous innovation.

Designing and Implementing Platform Engineering (AZ-2010) Benefits

• In this course, you will:

  • Build an internal developer platform (IDP) that delivers self-service, golden-path experiences to reduce friction and cognitive load for development teams.
  • Design secure, scalable, and compliant architectures by applying best practices for capacity, reliability, and automation within enterprise settings.
  • Enhance developer productivity and velocity through the implementation of tools and processes that accelerate delivery and drive digital transformation.
  • Implement observability and feedback loops by deploying insights from metrics and logs to continuously refine your platform.
  • Create strategic platform roadmaps that align engineering initiatives with business outcomes and future technology trends.

• Prerequisites

  Successful learners will have prior knowledge and understanding of the following:

  • Cloud computing concepts include understanding PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations.
  • Azure administration and Azure development with proven expertise in at least one of these areas.
  • Intermediate to advanced DevOps concepts, including version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organization that delivers software.

Designing Platform Engineering Course Outline

Learning Objectives

Foundations of Platform Engineering

• Core concepts and strategic value
• Capability model and impact on developer productivity Design Secure & Scalable Platform Architectures
• Security, compliance, capacity planning, automation

Implement Developer Self-Service

• Enabling self-service with governance, Dev Box, and tools

Observability & Continuous Improvement

• Monitoring, metrics, incident response, feedback loops

Strategic Platform Road Mapping

• Aligning roadmap with business goals, innovation, risk management