Understanding Azure DevOps: A Comprehensive Overview

Azure DevOps is a software offered by Microsoft which is hosted in the Cloud. It is a bundle of tools those help to automate all the phases of SDLC. This tool joins the dots between development, testing, and deployment, which helps in faster and better quality software releases.

Azure DevOps application is commonly used when it comes to planning and developing a project, version control, automation of build processes, release management, testing and monitoring. It also allows for Agile processes and the ability to create CI/CD pipelines with integrations into many tools and cloud services.

Key Features of Azure DevOps

Azure Boards

• A work management tool for tracking tasks, bugs, and features.

• Supports Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.

• Provides dashboards, reporting, and backlogs for team collaboration.

Azure Repos

• A version control system for managing source code.

• Supports Git (distributed) and Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) (centralized).

• Provides pull requests, branch policies, and code reviews.

Azure Pipelines

• A CI/CD service to automate builds, testing, and deployment.

• Supports multi-platform pipelines (Windows, Linux, macOS).

• Works with containers, Kubernetes, and all major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).

• Integrates with popular tools like Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes.