Introducing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps is a Microsoft Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables you to deliver continuous value to your customers. By creating an account there, you will be able to easily plan your project, store your code safely, test it, publish the solution to a staging environment, and then publish the solution to the actual production infrastructure.

The automation of all the steps involved in software production ensures the continuous enhancement and improvement of an existing solution in order to adapt it to market needs.

You can start the process moving in your Azure portal. If you don’t know how to create an Azure portal account, then please check Chapter 1, Understanding the Importance of Software Architecture. The steps to create an Azure DevOps account are quite simple:

1. Select Create a resource and then DevOps Starter:

Figure 3.1: DevOps starter page

2. As soon as you click Create, you can choose from...