Azure DevOps CI/CD – Full Professional Content Outline
Azure DevOps CI/CD – Full Professional Content Outline
Introduction to Azure DevOps
What is Azure DevOps?
Key services: Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Test Plans, Artifacts
Role of CI/CD in modern DevOps workflows
Benefits of Azure DevOps for organizations
Understanding DevOps culture and automation principles
MODULE 1: Source Control with Azure Repos
1.1 Git Fundamentals
Git architecture and lifecycle
Branching strategies: GitFlow, Feature Branching, Release Branching
Pull requests, code reviews, and merge policies
1.2 Azure Repos Integration
Creating repositories
Enforcing branch policies
Integrating with IDEs (VS Code, Visual Studio)
Repo permissions and security best practices
MODULE 2: Continuous Integration (CI)
2.1 CI Basics
What is Continuous Integration?
Importance of automated builds
2.2 Azure Pipelines for CI
YAML vs Classic pipelines
Pipeline architecture (Agents, Pools, Jobs, Tasks)
Hosted vs self-hosted agents
Creating CI pipelines for:
.NET
Node.js
Java
Python
Docker images
2.3 CI Best Practices
Build triggers
Build validations
Managing secrets with Azure Key Vault
Static code analysis (SonarCloud, ESLint, PMD, StyleCop)
Automating unit tests
MODULE 3: Artifacts & Package Management
3.1 Introduction to Azure Artifacts
NuGet, npm, Maven, Python packages
Universal Packages
3.2 Artifact Feeds
Creating and publishing packages
Versioning strategies
Artifact retention and cleanup
Securing feeds
MODULE 4: Continuous Delivery & Deployment (CD)
4.1 CD Core Concepts
Deployment strategies
Release vs environment pipeline
Multi-stage YAML pipelines
4.2 Deployment Strategies
Blue-Green Deployment
Rolling Update
Canary Releases
Ring-based deployments (progressive exposure)
4.3 Deploying to Azure Services
Azure Web Apps
Azure Functions
Virtual Machines
AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
Azure Container Apps
App Configuration & Key Vault integration
4.4 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Integration
ARM Templates
Bicep
Terraform
Executing IaC in pipelines
MODULE 5: Testing & Quality Gates
5.1 Automated Testing
Unit tests
Integration tests
UI tests (Selenium, Cypress)
5.2 Quality Checks
Policy validations
SonarCloud quality gates
Test coverage reporting
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