In addition to Azure DevOps and App Center, there are other tools that can be used for deploying and releasing software. GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins, which were discussed in the previous chapter for executing builds, can also be used for releases. Besides those, Octopus Deploy is also a commonly used tool that integrates well with Azure DevOps.
Other tools
Octopus Deploy
Octopus Deploy is a deployment automation tool that is based on the concept of running a series of tasks on one or more target machines.
Octopus reaches these machines through a tentacle (an agent) that is installed on these machines. In Octopus Deploy, it is possible to define applications and environments and assign one or more machines to each of those. To...