Azure DevOps Explained

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Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: DevOps Principles and Azure DevOps Project Management
Chapter 1: Azure DevOps Overview
	Introducing DevOps
	Understanding DevOps principles
		Principle 1 – Customer-centric action
		Principle 2 – Create with the end in mind
		Principle 3 – End-to-end responsibility
		Principle 4 – Cross-functional autonomous teams
		Principle 5 – Continuous improvement
		Principle 6 – Automate everything
	Introducing Azure DevOps key concepts
		Plan
		Develop
		Deliver
		Operate
		Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
		Agile development support
		Version control
		Infrastructure as Code
		Configuration Management
		Monitoring
	Discovering Azure DevOps services
		Azure Boards
		Azure Repos
		Azure Pipelines
		Azure Test Plans
		Azure Artifacts
		Extension Marketplace
	Introducing the scenarios
		Creating the starter project
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Managing Projects with Azure DevOps Boards
	Technical requirements
	Understanding processes and process templates
	Creating an organization
	Creating a project
	Creating and managing project activities
		Work Items
		Backlogs
		Boards
		Sprints
		Queries
	Summary
	Further reading
Section 2: Source Code and Builds
Chapter 3: Source Control Management with Azure DevOps
	Technical requirements
	Understanding SCM
	Exploring branching strategies
		GitHub Flow
		GitLab Flow
		Git Flow
	Handling source control with Azure DevOps
		Cloning a remote repository
		Importing a GitHub repository into Azure DevOps
		Working with commits, pushes, and branches
		Protecting branches with policies
		Cross-repo policies
	Working with pull requests
		Creating a pull request from the Azure DevOps pull request page
		Creating a pull request from a work item
		Creating a pull request after pushing a branch
		Creating a pull request from Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio
	Handling a pull request
	Tagging a release
	Summary
Chapter 4: Understanding Azure DevOps Pipelines
	Technical requirements
	Implementing a CI/CD process
	Overview of Azure Pipelines
	Understanding build agents
		Microsoft-hosted agents
		Self-hosted agents
		When to use a Microsoft-hosted or a self-hosted agent
	Overview of the YAML language
		Scalars
		Collections and lists
		Dictionaries
		Document structure
		Complex object definition
	Creating a build pipeline with Azure DevOps
		Pipeline definition with the classic editor
		YAML pipeline definition
	Retention of builds
	Multi-stage pipeline
	Building a pipeline with GitHub repositories
		Executing jobs in parallel in an Azure Pipeline
		Agents on Azure Container Instances
	Using container jobs in Azure Pipelines
	Summary
Chapter 5: Running Quality Tests in a Build Pipeline
	Technical requirements
	Benefits of automatic testing
	Introduction to unit testing
	Running unit tests in a build pipeline
		Downloading the source code
		Creating the pipeline
	Introduction to code coverage testing
	Performing code coverage testing
	Assigning test results to work items
	Introduction to Feature Flags
	Using Feature Flags to test in production
		Creating a new .NET Core application
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 6: Hosting Your Own Azure Pipeline Agent
	Technical requirements
	Azure pipeline agent overview
	Understanding the types of agents in Azure Pipelines
		Microsoft-hosted agents
		Self-hosted agents
	Planning and setting up your self-hosted Azure pipeline agent
		Choosing the right OS/image for the agent VM
		OS support and pre-requisites for installing an Azure Pipelines agent
		Creating a VM in Azure for your project
		Setting up the build agent
	Updating your Azure pipeline to use self-hosted agents
		Preparing your self-hosted agent to build the Parts Unlimited project
		Running the Azure pipeline
	Using containers as self-hosted agents
		Setting up Windows containers as Azure pipeline agents
		Setting up Linux containers as Azure Pipelines agents
		Using Azure Container Instances as agents
		Environment variables
		Planning for scale
		Creating an Azure VM scale set
		Setting up Azure pipeline agents with VM scale set
	Summary
Section 3: Artifacts and Deployments
Chapter 7: Using Artifacts with Azure DevOps
	Technical requirements
	Introducing Azure Artifacts
	Creating an artifact feed with Azure Artifacts
	Producing the package using a build pipeline
		Adding the sample project to the PartsUnlimited repository
		Creating the build pipeline
	Publishing the package to the feed from a build pipeline
		Setting the required permissions on the feed
	Consuming the package in Visual Studio from the Artifacts feed
	Scanning for package vulnerabilities using WhiteSource Bolt
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 8: Deploying Applications with Azure DevOps
	Technical requirements
	An overview of release pipelines
	Creating a release pipeline with Azure DevOps
		Creating the Azure DevOps release
		Configuring the release pipeline triggers for continuous deployment
	Creating a multi-stage release pipeline
	Using approvals and gates for managing deployments
		Creating approvals
		Using gates to check conditions
		Using deployment groups
	YAML release pipelines with Azure DevOps
	Summary
Section 4: Advanced Features of Azure DevOps
Chapter 9: Integrating Azure DevOps with GitHub
	Technical requirements
	An overview of Azure DevOps and GitHub integration
	Integrating Azure Pipelines with GitHub
		Setting up Azure Pipelines and GitHub integration
		Testing continuous integration
		Adding a build Status badge
	Integrating Azure Boards with GitHub
		Setting up Azure Boards and GitHub integration
		Adding an Azure Boards Status badge
		Linking Azure Boards work items to GitHub objects
		Updating work items from GitHub
	Overview of GitHub Actions
	Summary
Chapter 10: Using Test Plans with Azure DevOps
	Technical requirements
	Introduction to Azure Test Plans
	Exploratory testing
		Installing and using the Test & Feedback extension
	Planned manual testing
	Test plans, test suites, and test cases
		Managing test plans, test suites, and test cases
	Running and analyzing a manual test plan
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 11: Real-World CI/CD Scenarios with Azure DevOps
	Technical requirements
	Setting up a CI/CD pipeline for .NET-based applications
		Introduction to the sample application
		Preparing the pre-requisite Azure infrastructure
		Setting up an Azure DevOps project
	Setting up a CI/CD pipeline for a container-based application
		Introduction to the sample app
		Setting up the required infrastructure
		Setting up Azure Repos for the voting application
		Setting up the CI pipeline
		Setting up the CD pipeline
		Simulating an end-to-end CI/CD experience
	Azure Architecture Center for DevOps
	Summary
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