Automating steps in Azure is a great solution to ensure consistency in your deployments and save time. It reduces errors when applications need to be deployed between different environments in a Development, Testing, Acceptance, and Production (DTAP) architecture. It also saves a lot of time when resources need to be deployed repeatedly, such as multiple development VMs for a team of developers.
Azure offers different solutions and methods in order to design a successful automation strategy, which are described in the following sections.
