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Introduction

Overview of DevOps Practice Within Businesses

• How is DevOps different from traditional IT practices?
• Terms and technologies of DevOps
• Agile methodologies that are applied in DevOps

Overview of Azure DevOps Features and Architecture

• The Azure DevOps Server
• Hosted v.s. on-premise Azure DevOps
• Azure DevOps for end-users
• Azure DevOps for administrators

Setting up and Configuring Azure DevOps for Development

Utilizing Value Stream Map for Evaluating Existing Development Processes

• Migrating to Azure DevOps

Overview of Azure DevOps Core Services and Tools

• Choosing the appropriate Azure DevOps services for the business

Planning and Tracking Software Development with Azure Boards

• Utilizing built-in scrum and agile tools in Azure Boards
• Working with Azure Boards dashboard widgets
• Monitoring project status with Azure analytics tools
• Optimizing transparency and cooperation of teams with Boards
• Integrating Azure Boards with Existing GitHub Repositories

Hosting Git Repositories and Collaboration Using Azure Repos

• Creating repositories and version control with Azure Repos
• Connecting with a push code through secure Git client support
• Building REST APIs and webhooks in Azure Repos
• Creating development environments and performing pull requests
• The code-aware search feature of Azure Repos
• Cleaning up and maintaining repositories

Building and Deploying Software with Azure Pipelines

• Implementing continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD)
• Configuring Azure Pipelines with preferred language and OS
• Utilizing build chaining and multi-phased builds in Pipelines
• Working with Azure Pipelines registries
• Deploying containers to Kubernetes or any cloud

Implementing Integrated Package Management Using Azure Artifacts

• Creating and sharing code packages in Azure Artifacts
• Managing package types with universal artifact management
• Organizing and securing public and private source code packages
• Adding packages to CI/CD pipelines with Azure Artifacts

Testing and Optimizing Code Quality with Azure Test Plans

• Planned manual testing v.s. exploratory testing
• Executing the right type of test for enterprise applications
• Capturing and analyzing data using Azure Test Plans
• Utilizing the end-to-end traceability feature of Azure Test Plans
• Taking proper actions to solve the identified code defects

Integrating Azure DevOps Services with Other Extensions

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion