Azure DevOps
Delivering software through planning, source control, pipelines, and testing
Azure DevOps is Microsoft's integrated software delivery platform, providing a connected set of services for planning, building, testing, and releasing software. It brings together Boards for work item tracking, Repos for Git source control, Pipelines for CI/CD automation, Test Plans for structured test management, and Artifacts for package management — all within a single organisation and permission model. Teams can use individual services alongside other tools or adopt the full suite. Azure DevOps is particularly prevalent in organisations running Microsoft or .NET technology stacks and in enterprises already invested in the Azure cloud platform. It competes directly with Jira plus GitHub Actions as the dominant alternative delivery toolchain.
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Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)Azure DevOps Use Cases
- Planning and tracking software delivery work using Boards with customisable Agile or Scrum workflow stages and rules
- Hosting Git repositories with branch protection policies, pull request review requirements, and code ownership rules enforced centrally
- Building and running CI/CD pipelines that automatically test, build, and deploy code on every change to the repository
- Managing test plans, test cases, and results alongside delivery work and code in a single integrated platform
- Tracking work items from initial requirements through to release, with a full audit trail and real-time reporting
Azure DevOps Learning Resources
Microsoft Learn at learn.microsoft.com provides free official training paths covering Boards, Pipelines, Repos, and Test Plans. The official YAML pipeline documentation is the recommended starting point before tackling multi-stage pipeline builds.