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Introduction Prerequisite: Go through the Azure Essentials and Azure Essentials Continuum courses before taking up Azure DevOps. The topics covered in this course are: Introducing Azure DevOps Co... ntinuous Integration (CI) Continuous Delivery Continuous Deployment (CD) Continuous Testing Project Management Disclaimer: Azure DevOps services is a cloud tool that is continuously updated. The UI of the tool may be different from the content of the course, but the core functionality remains the same. What is DevOps According to Microsoft, DevOps is: A union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to end users. DevOps is an approach to software application delivery where developers and operations staff collaborate closely, thereby improving quality and enabling faster delivery. CI and CD Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment are the two important elementary processes that contribute to the DevOps practice. They make sure that a software/product is continuously and incrementally updated and deployed, as well as, maintains both functionality and end-user experience. There are various DevOps tools available to enable CI/CD, such as, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, etc. What is Azure DevOps Services? Azure DevOps Services is a Microsoft cloud service tool that offers developer services to support teams to plan work, collaborate code development, and build and deploy applications. Developers can work either on cloud or on-premises by using Azure DevOps services or Azure DevOps server. These were formerly known as visual studio team services (VSTS) and team foundation server (TFS). Azure DevOps Services enables you to: Plan and track work Manage source code Manage packages Build and Deploy Ensure quality and receive timely feedback. Extend, Customize, and Integrate with other services. Use Azure DevOps Services for quick setup, maintenance-free operations, easy collaboration across domains, scalability, and security. Azure DevOps Services Features Azure DevOps Services has a set of features that can be used either through a web browser or IDE client:Azure Repos provide unlimited private Git repositories to control source code. Azure Pipelines provide build, test, and deploy services to support CI/CD for applications. Azure Boards deliver agile tools to support, plan, track, and discuss work across teams by using Scrum, Kanban methods. Azure Test Plans provide manual and exploratory tools to test applications and support continuous testing. Azure Artifacts allow to host, create, and share packages such as Maven, and npm NuGet across teams, and also enable to add artifacts to the CI/CD pipelines. Azure DevOps Services Features Azure DevOps Services Features In the web portal, the left side menu display all the DevOps features provided by azure to try on. Azure DevOps Server Azure DevOps Server is a Microsoft DevOps tool built on an SQL server, and hosted on-premises to manage and collaborate projects effectively. When Azure DevOps Server is deployed on-premises, the SQL server and SQL Analysis server can also be configured. It is also useful if you require data to reside within a network, and to track work with better customization by using the onpremises XML process model. Azure DevOps Services Vs Azure DevOps Server As stated in the previous cards, DevOps services is a cloud offering, while DevOps server is an on-premises offering by Microsoft. DevOps services do not support all the features supported by DevOps server such as SQL Server analysis services integration for reporting. Besides this, there are several fundamental differences between these two offerings in terms of authentication, managing user access, security and data protection, and so on. Note: For details and options related to migration from on-premises to cloud, or vice-versa, refer to link. Getting Started To work with Azure DevOps Services, you need an account. Register for free with your Azure account at Register. Azure DevOps Services can be launched either through the Azure portal, or directly from the Azure DevOps Demo Generator. Azure Portal To launch services through the Azure portal, Search for Azure DevOps, and select My Azure DevOps Organizations. The organizations page appears. Note: Create an organization before creating a DevOps project. Create a project (Create a project to get started page). Configure the project name, description, and visibility of the project. Azure DevOps Demo Generator To launch services through the Azure DevOps Demo Generator, Sign In and authenticate with your Azure account, and accept all the actions. Note: If you have not created an organization, select Get started for free from the Azure DevOps Demo Generator page, and authenticate with your Azure account. Signing Up with GitHub Account Sign up for DevOps services with your GitHub account. [Show More]

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