Production capstone, incident exercise, and board
Show that your training service can handle a failure and recover.
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
Source-based teaching example · Fictional data
Narration: Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized

00:00:00.000 — What you will learn

Show that your training service can handle a failure and recover.

Visual description:
Show that your training service can handle a failure and recover.

00:00:06.417 — The idea

Demonstrate normal operation, a controlled incident and tested recovery. Preserve evidence that another reviewer can follow. Keep readiness claims within the conditions actually demonstrated.

Visual description:
Demonstrate normal operation, a controlled incident and tested recovery. Preserve evidence that another reviewer can follow. Keep readiness claims within the conditions actually demonstrated.

00:00:21.583 — One useful term

Recovery evidence. Recorded checks showing that the required behavior works again after a failure.

Visual description:
Recorded checks showing that the required behavior works again after a failure.

00:00:30.958 — A worked example

The incident changes an access map and slows responses. The team contains the route, preserves logs, rolls back and repeats access and timing checks. Both failures become ongoing tests.

Visual description:
The incident changes an access map and slows responses. The team contains the route, preserves logs, rolls back and repeats access and timing checks. Both failures become ongoing tests.

00:00:47.417 — Your turn to think

Can you claim readiness if rollback or recovery was not demonstrated? Pause and decide before continuing.

Visual description:
Can you claim readiness if rollback or recovery was not demonstrated?
Pause the video if you need more time.

00:01:05.208 — Why this answer works

No. State the missing evidence. Self-study also cannot issue an ATO or independent certification.

Visual description:
No. State the missing evidence. Self-study also cannot issue an ATO or independent certification.

00:01:15.375 — Check 1

Preserve incident timing.

Visual description:
Preserve incident timing.

00:01:19.958 — Check 2

Repeat access and timing checks after recovery.

Visual description:
Repeat access and timing checks after recovery.

00:01:26.000 — Check 3

Label unverified parts and authorization limits.

Visual description:
Label unverified parts and authorization limits.

00:01:32.208 — Now try a different case

Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.

Visual description:
Open the lesson
Try the new case
Check and revise
The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.