DevOps delivery built around Microsoft's platform
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert targets the same delivery-pipeline role but within Microsoft's ecosystem, a vendor-specific alternative to a tool-neutral exam.
Who it suits
Best for engineers whose organization builds and deploys on Azure and Microsoft developer tooling and who want a credential tied to that environment.
Key differences
- It centers on source control, pipelines, security and instrumentation on Microsoft platforms, not on open-source containers and configuration-management tooling.
- Candidates are expected to be comfortable with Azure, so it assumes more cloud background than the LPI exam does.
- You gain depth in one provider's pipeline services and give up vendor-neutral coverage of tools used across many stacks.
- Level
- Expert
- Assessment
- Written
- Study time
- 80-160h
- Listed from
- $165