Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook

Proven recipes to accelerate your DevOps journey with Azure DevOps Server 2019 (formerly TFS)

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Tarun Arora and Utkarsh Shigihalli

Paid access

|Sep 2024

E-Book €34.99Institutions €129.95

Description

Over 70 recipes to help you effectively apply DevOps best practices and implement Agile, Git, CI/CD and test automation using Azure DevOps Server (TFS) 2019

Key Features

Improve code quality using pull requests, branch policies, Git hooks and Git branching design
Accelerate deployment of high-quality software by automating build and releases using CI/CD pipelines
Explore tried and tested techniques to automate database deployments, App Service and Function deployments in Azure

Book Description

Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server is a comprehensive on-premise DevOps toolset with a rich ecosystem of open source plugins. This book will help you learn how to effectively use the different Azure DevOps services.
You will start by building high-quality scalable software targeting .NET, .NET Core and Node.js applications. Next, you will learn techniques that will help you to set up end-to-end traceability of your code changes, from design through to release. Whether you are deploying software on-premise or in the cloud in App Service, Functions, or Azure VMs, this book will help you learn release management techniques to reduce failures. As you progress, you will be able to secure application configuration by using Azure Key Vault. You will also understand how to create and release extensions to the Azure DevOps marketplace and reach the million-strong developer ecosystem for feedback. Later, the working extension samples will even allow you to iterate changes in your extensions easily and release updates to the marketplace quickly.
By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to break down the invisible silos between your software development teams, and transform them into a modern cross-functional software development team.

What you will learn

Set up a team project for an Agile delivery team, importing requirements from Excel
Plan, track, and monitor progress using self-updating boards, Sprint, and Kanban boards
Unlock the features of Git by using branch policies, Git pull requests, forks, and Git hooks
Build and release .NET Core, SQL and Node.js applications using Azure Pipelines
Automate testing by integrating Microsoft and open source testing frameworks
Extend Azure DevOps Server to a million developer ecosystem

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone looking to succeed in DevOps. The techniques featured in this book particularly apply to all roles of the software development lifecycle including developers, testers, architects, configuration analysts, site reliability engineers and release managers. The book will also be useful if you are a new user who wants to learn how to get started with Azure DevOps Server 2019 or an experienced user who wants to understand how to launch a project into a modern and mature DevOps-enabled software development team.