Introduction to Azure DevOps
Adora Nwodo · 2023
This chapter introduces Azure DevOps and the different services that Azure DevOps offers. Azure DevOps supports a collaborative culture and methodologies that bring together software developers, project managers, and contributors to develop software. Although the cloud and on-premise offerings for Azure DevOps have some differences, they share some similarities as well. OData support makes it easy for teams to instantly query the analytics service through the browser. Azure DevOps has two offerings. It can be used either on the cloud as a software-as-a-service platform using Azure DevOps Services or as an on-premise tool using Azure DevOps Server. Azure DevOps features include Azure Boards, Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Test Plans, and Azure Artifacts. Continuous monitoring is an essential part of DevOps, and Azure Application Insights is a tool to integrate with the Azure DevOps toolchain for application observability purposes.