The demand for cloud is increasing perpetually. Catalyzed by the pandemic chaos, companies are keen to adopt cloud technologies to ward off productivity dips. Taking into consideration the emerging needs, Azure has come out with various cloud solutions. One such solution that most companies are harnessing for optimal performance is Azure DevOps.
Azure DevOps is one of the most productive tools that Microsoft has molded. Azure has made its DevOps offering versatile by perennially refining it with new features once every three weeks. With its diverse array of features, the Microsoft tool has gained popularity in the DevOps community.
Let’s look at why Azure DevOps has become the go-to solution in this cloud computing era.
The wide variety of productivity tools
Every other major cloud tech offers an array of productivity features and tools. However, Azure DevOps’s variety gives tough competition to any other DevOps offering.
Let’s look at the most powerful productivity tools of Azure DevOps.
Pipeline
Pipeline, as its name implies, is a brainstorming assembly line of sorts. It allows the developers and operations team to develop and deploy software or containers at speed. This steady improvement is possible with the Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD), which the Pipeline sports.
The feature’s strength lies in its support for collaboration between teams. The Pipeline is easy to configure, and it allows the DevOps team to export to other cloud techs such as AWS and GCP. It is compatible with any programming language. The agile nature of Azure is wholly ingrained in the Pipeline.
Boards
Sprint planning and deployment are made easy with Azure Boards. Right from the ideation, one can track the evolution of software until its release. The Boards allow the teams to collaborate better as the scrum master can glean vital stats from the Board. Also, Microsoft provides insights into the software’s progress, using the analytics tools that Azure hosts.
Repos
Repos is short for ‘repository’. Git is one of the most extensive resources that coders use to program software. Underscoring its focus on productivity, Microsoft acquired GitHub and thoroughly utilized the armory GitHub came with. While allowing the developers to use Git applications, Microsoft has created the repository in Azure. The Azure Repos supports all the Git clients and allows the users to collaborate better by having conversation threads for every code they develop.
DevTest Labs
Building test environments is a cakewalk. By supporting both Windows and Linux, developers can minimize costs as they automate the testing and shutdowns. With DevTest labs, developers can create test environments and routines that are apt for their requirements. The icing on the cake is that these scenarios are reusable. Post testing, the team can integrate the tested software using Pipeline’s CI/CD feature.
Azure Artifacts
Hosting, storing, and sharing software packages is effortless with Artifacts. From Maven to NuGet, Artifacts allows the team to store the code in universal packages. This storage option outdates the binary storage of Git. With the universal package storing and sharing, complex tasks in the DevOps lifecycle are simplified.
Capping it off
From Boards to Artifacts, the DevOps team has an expansive suite of Azure productivity tools at their disposal. Given Microsoft’s global presence and Azure’s compatibility with various operating systems and programming languages, DevOps doesn’t have to work tirelessly. Buttressed by GitHub, Azure DevOps holds the key to unlock the underlying potential of the organization’s DevOps team.
Secured with Microsoft’s Software Development Lifecycle (SDL), Azure DevOps is the tool that can optimize your organization’s performance. However, with Azure unpacking a new feature every three weeks, organizations are compelled to rope in a consultant.
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