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You're reading from Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook Proven recipes to accelerate your DevOps journey with Azure DevOps Server 2019 (formerly TFS)

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788839259

Length 456 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

Azure

Concepts

DevOps

Authors (3):

Tarun Arora

Utkarsh Shigihalli

Tarun Arora

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Planning and Tracking Work FREE CHAPTER

2. Source Control Management

3. Build and Release Agents

4. Continuous Integration and Build Automation

5. Continuous Testing

6. Continuous Deployments

7. Azure Artifacts and Dependency Management

8. Azure DevOps Extensions

9. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Build and Release Agents

The build system in Azure DevOps Server known as Azure Pipelines is an open source, cross-platform, extensible, task-based execution system with a rich web interface that allows us to author, queue, and monitor builds. The new JSON-based build system was first introduced in TFS 2015, and it has since been rewritten for the .NET Core CLR as one code base in C#. The modern platform continues to evolve through the open source ecosystem, with new features and enhancements rolling out every other week. The build system is set to evolve further with the new multi-phase builds and a build-definition-as-code functionality that was introduced through YAML-based builds in Azure DevOps. These features have been recently introduced into Azure DevOps Server with the update 1 of Azure DevOps server 2019. In the following screenshot you can see the evolution...

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Authors (3)

Tarun Arora

Tarun Arora is obsessed with high-quality working software, continuous delivery, and Agile practices. He has worked on various industry-leading programs for fortune 500 companies in the financial and energy sectors. For many years, Tarun has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Visual Studio and Development Technologies. His core strengths are designing application architecture for cloud scale and everything DevOps. He was recognized as an MVP by Microsoft in 2014 for going over and above in supporting the product teams and community with his contributions. Tarun is an active open source community contributor, speaker, and Blogger. Follow Tarun on Twitter @arora_tarun for the latest and greatest updates in DevOps.

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Shigihalli

Utkarsh Shigihalli is passionate about technology and has a keen interest in developing tools and extensions. Currently working for Avanade in the United Kingdom, he has experience in the areas of Azure, DevOps, Agile, and Architecture. Over the years he has worked for many top companies as an architect, independent consultant, and as a DevOps coach in India, the United States, Netherlands, and United Kingdom. He has been awarded as Microsoft Most Valuable Professional five times. He regularly writes at Visual Studio Geeks and you can follow him on Twitter at @onlyutkarsh.

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