Azure DevOps - Microsoft's DevOps Platform

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About this course

Azure DevOps is a complete suite of Microsoft tools for project management, version control, CI/CD pipelines, and team collaboration.

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Prerequisites

• Microsoft or Azure account
• Basic Git knowledge
• Notions of CI/CD

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Course content

1. Introduction to Azure DevOps

   • Overview of the services
   • Organizations and projects
   • Pricing

2. Azure Repos

   • Git repositories
   • Branch policies
   • Pull requests

3. Azure Boards

   • Work items
   • Sprints and backlogs
   • Kanban boards

4. Azure Pipelines

   • Build pipelines
   • Release pipelines
   • Agents and pools

5. YAML Pipelines

   • YAML syntax
   • Multi-stage pipelines
   • Templates

6. Azure Artifacts

   • Feeds and packages
   • npm, NuGet, Maven
   • Upstream sources

7. Azure Test Plans

   • Test cases
   • Test suites
   • Automated testing

8. Security and Permissions

   • Groups and users
   • Service connections
   • Secrets management

9. Best practices

   • Project organization
   • Pipeline patterns
   • Optimization

10. Exercises and Projects

    • Hands-on labs
    • Complete project
    • Certification

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Estimated duration

⏱️ 15-18 hours of training including hands-on exercises

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Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Create and configure an Azure DevOps organization
• Manage source code with Azure Repos
• Plan work with Azure Boards
• Create complete CI/CD pipelines
• Manage packages with Azure Artifacts
• Secure your DevOps environment