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Practise Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 across all 6 official exam domains — Configure processes and communications, Design and implement source control, Develop a security and compliance plan, Implement an instrumentation strategy, and more — with original exam-style questions, full explanations, and wrong-answer analysis. Microsoft certification exams often test whether you can choose the right Azure, Microsoft 365, identity, security or monitoring action for a realistic administrative scenario. Courseiva helps you practise with structured questions and explanations.
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Key facts for the Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 exam.
Exam cost
$165 USD / ~£130
Duration
120 minutes
Question count
40–60 questions
Passing score
700 / 1000
Validity
1 year (renewable online)
Delivered by
Pearson VUE
Online proctored
Yes — available
Retake policy
100% free — no account required
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Courseiva provides free Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 (AZ-400) practice questions with original exam-style questions, detailed explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics. Courseiva is an independent platform and is not affiliated with Microsoft.
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Question formats
The AZ-400 exam certifies expertise in combining people, processes, and technologies to deliver valuable products and services. It covers designing and implementing DevOps practices for version control, compliance, infrastructure as code, configuration management, build and release pipelines, testing, and monitoring. This is an Expert-level certification that requires passing either AZ-104 or AZ-204 first. Holders are recognised as Azure DevOps Engineers capable of integrating Azure with third-party tools and coordinating cross-functional teams.
Official prerequisite
Must hold AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) or AZ-204 (Azure Developer) before taking AZ-400
Recommended experience
2+ years of experience with Azure DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (Terraform or Bicep)
Professionals with at least two years of hands-on Azure and DevOps experience who already hold AZ-104 or AZ-204
Should you skip this exam?
Skip if you do not yet hold AZ-104 or AZ-204 — these are hard prerequisites enforced at booking
Courseiva study tip
Build real pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions; the exam heavily tests scenario-based pipeline design, security integration, and monitoring strategy
UK salary range
£65,000 – £95,000
US salary range
$125,000 – $170,000
Job roles that cite AZ-400
What certification to take next
The exam fee is $165 USD (approximately £130 GBP).
You must already hold either AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate) or AZ-204 (Azure Developer Associate) before you can sit the AZ-400 exam.
You need 700 out of 1000 points to pass.
It is rated Hard (5/5). It is an Expert-level exam requiring deep knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, IaC, security integration, and DevOps culture. Plan for 120–160 study hours.
The exam contains 40–60 questions across multiple formats including case studies and hot-area questions.
It tests design and implementation of DevOps strategies including version control, compliance, CI/CD pipelines, testing, infrastructure as code, configuration management, and monitoring on Azure.
One year. You can renew it free via an online renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn before expiry.
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Courseiva Exam Intelligence
Data confidence: BuildingDerived from Courseiva's continuously updated practice dataset: 823 exam-style questions. Updated 2 July 2026.
Question difficulty mix
Average time per question: 99s
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Exam domains
official blueprint domains covered by the bank
823
Questions
exam-style questions in the AZ-400 bank
Practice modes
Choose a mode that matches your current study phase. Use topic practice early on and mock exams closer to your exam date.
All AZ-400 Questions
Browse the full question bank organised by domain and difficulty.
Practice Test
Start a 20-question session with a full explanation after each answer.
Mock Exam
Simulate the real exam with a timed, full-length question set.
Quick 25
A 25-question warm-up — ideal for a short daily study session.
Flashcards
Reinforce key terms, commands, and protocol facts with flashcards.
Domain Practice
Focus exclusively on one exam domain to target your weakest area.
50-Question Set
Mid-length practice set covering all domains.
Exam guide
Start with a short practice session, review each missed answer, then return to the topics that caused mistakes.
Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 spans 6 official exam domains (Configure processes and communications, Design and implement source control, Develop a security and compliance plan, and more). Questions test whether you can apply each objective in a realistic scenario, not just recall a definition.
Related practice questions
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Practise AZ-400 questions linked to AZ-400 fundamentals.
Practise AZ-400 questions linked to AZ-400 scenario.
Practise AZ-400 questions linked to AZ-400 troubleshooting.
Practice directory
Every practice set is a unique selection of questions — numbered tests, domain-focused sessions, and topic-specific quizzes.
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Official blueprint
Target weak areas by practising questions from a single domain. Each domain page shows all questions, difficulty breakdown, and a focused practice session.
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Deep-dive questions
The most-searched AZ-400 questions — each with a detailed explanation, worked example, and full answer breakdown.
Term reference
These terms appear frequently in AZ-400 questions. Understanding them precisely reduces guessing and improves scores.
Azure Artifacts
Azure Artifacts is a service within Azure DevOps that allows teams to create, host, and share packages like NuGet, npm, Maven, and Python, making software dependencies easier to manage across projects.
Azure Boards
Azure Boards is a work tracking and project management service from Microsoft that helps teams plan, track, and discuss work across the software development lifecycle using Kanban boards, backlogs, and dashboards.
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps is a Microsoft service that provides development tools for planning, building, testing, and deploying software applications using automated pipelines and collaboration features.
Azure Key Vault
Azure Key Vault is a cloud service for securely storing and managing sensitive information like passwords, encryption keys, and certificates.
Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor is a cloud service that collects, analyzes, and acts on telemetry data from your Azure and on-premises resources to help you understand performance and availability.
Azure Pipelines
Azure Pipelines is a cloud-based CI/CD service from Microsoft that automatically builds, tests, and deploys code to any platform or cloud.
Azure Policy
Azure Policy is a service in Microsoft Azure that lets you create, assign, and manage rules to ensure your resources stay compliant with your company standards and service-level agreements.
Azure Repos
Azure Repos is a set of version control tools that allow teams to manage their source code, track changes, and collaborate on software projects using Git or Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
Learn the concepts
18 book-style chapters cover every AZ-400 objective in plain English. Read the theory here, then test it with practice questions.
Chapter 1
Introduction to DevOps and Azure DevOps
12 min read
Chapter 2
Planning for DevOps Transformation
12 min read
Chapter 3
Source Control Strategy Design
12 min read
Chapter 4
Implementing and Managing Source Control
12 min read
Chapter 5
Designing a Build Pipeline
12 min read
Chapter 6
Implementing a Build Pipeline
12 min read
Chapter 7
Managing Build Quality and Package Dependencies
12 min read
Chapter 8
Designing a Release Pipeline
12 min read
Free study guide
The Courseiva AZ-400 study guide covers exam format, the official domain blueprint with weights, a structured study plan, and domain-specific tips for each section. Use it alongside practice questions to build both conceptual depth and exam confidence.
Sample questions
Original exam-style questions — not copied from any exam or dump site. Open a question for the full answer breakdown.
A team uses Git-LFS to store large binary files. They observe that cloning the repository takes a long time because Git-LFS files are downloaded. How can they improve clone perform…
Your team uses Azure Pipelines to build and test code. You want to automatically trigger a pipeline when a pull request is created targeting the main branch. Which trigger should y…
Your release pipeline deploys to multiple environments (dev, test, prod). You need to ensure that only authorized users can approve production deployments. Which TWO actions should…
Your company uses Azure Repos with a Git branching strategy that includes a main branch, a develop branch, and feature branches. You need to enforce that only designated release ma…
Your team uses GitHub for source control and wants to set up continuous integration using GitHub Actions. Which file should you create in the repository to define the workflow?
You are setting up a release pipeline for a web application. The pipeline must deploy to three environments: Dev, Test, and Prod. The deployment to Prod must be triggered only afte…
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