DevOps is a combination of culture, practices, and tools, merging development and IT operations to continuously deliver quality software at high velocity. Organizations using Microsoft Azure can leverage the popular cloud service to implement DevOps capabilities for the rapid building and delivering of software products. In this course, you will discover Azure and its DevOps capabilities, beginning with an introduction to DevOps and Azure, Azure DevOps Server. You will compare Azure-hosted DevOps to onsite DevOps. Then, you will explore essential Azure services like Boards, Pipelines, Repos, Test Plans, Artifacts, and the Azure extensions marketplace. Finally, you will examine Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Monitor, and DevOps tools integration in Azure. After course completion, you'll be able to define key components, practices, and principles of Azure DevOps services.

Modern operations personnel need to become more literate in more developer-like thinking and mindsets for the modern software solution deployments and practices. Organizations using Microsoft Azure can leverage DevOps practices using Azure's comprehensive set of services for implementing DevOps practices. In this course, you will explore a practical approach to implementing DevOps practices using Microsoft Azure, beginning with demonstrations on planning with Azure Boards, building a pipeline, connecting to a project, and working with pipelines. Then you will learn how to work with Repos, create and execute test plans, and use Azure Artifacts. Finally, you will discover how popular DevOps platforms Ansible, Jenkins, and Chef Automate can be integrated with Azure.