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Master build and release management with Team Foundation Service and Visual Studio Team Services to facilitate the continuous delivery of software updates to your development team.You'll receive detailed, practical guidance on automating website deployments in Azure App Service, database deployments to Azure platform, Micro Services deployments in Azure Service Fabric, and more. Each deployment is structured with the aid of hands-on lessons in a given target environment designed to empower your teams to achieve successful DevOps. This book provides lessons on how to optimize build release management definitions using capabilities, such as task groups. With the help of practical scenarios, you’ll also learn how to diagnose and fix issues in automated builds and deployments. You’ll see how to enhance the capability of build and release management, using team services/TFS Marketplace extensions and writing your own extensions for any missing functionality via hands-on lessons.What You Will LearnAutomate deployment to Azure platform, including Web App Service, Azure SQL and Azure Service FabricTest automation integration with builds and deploymentsPerform Dynamic CRM deployment handling and package management with TFS/VSTSExamine requirement to production delivery traceability in practical terms Review cross platform build/deployment capabilities of TFS/VSTS. Who This Book Is ForBuild/Release Engineers, Configuration Managers, Software Developers, Test Automation Engineers, System Engineers, Software Architects and System/Production Support Engineers or anyone who handles and involves in the software delivery process.

Gain the essential knowledge to use VSTS/TFS effectively to empower your Agile teams. This book provides a deep analysis into issues Agile teams may face and how to overcome them by adopting and implementing the proper tools.Rather than just review VSTS/TFS features, this book provides proven solutions to the challenges in building better Agile teams. You'll see how to handle small teams and how to facilitate large teams to support large scale projects. You'll also learn to work with distributed teams in different geo locations, which will deepen your ability to get successful project/product outcomes from your teams. Special focus is given to creating long term sustainability to effectively manage a backlog/portfolio backlog. You'll explore how to work with stakeholders closely to better understand a project's requirements and review how to perform the post execution analysis and planning for next development cycleand forecasting.What You'll LearnHandle large teams and distributed teams with VSTS/TFS.Run Agile team functionsReview requirements to delivery traceability, with visibility and accountabilityOvercome challenges and avoid common pitfalls with Agile teamsWho This Book Is ForScrum masters, project managers, team leads, Agile team members or anyone who handles and involves in the enterprise software delivery process.

Get started with functional testing of both web apps and Windows apps using different test frameworks.

Understand and explore the features and management of Azure Boards with this book, which also covers Azure Boards configuration and advanced administration. This book starts by setting up projects with Azure DevOps and gives an overview of Azure Boards and its features. You will then learn to set up team projects and how to effectively use Azure Boards to plan and execute work. Hands-on Azure Boards explains customizations, where you will understand the available options to track your work considering different scenarios. Next, you will learn visualizing with queries, charts, and dashboards along with reporting of Azure Boards. The author gives you hands-on lessons to set up Azure Boards and shows you how to handle multiple modules that are taken care of by different teams. You will also explore the security options in Azure Boards as well as a detailed demonstration of working with the REST API and CLI. Finally,you will work with useful extensions for Azure Boards and see how to use them more effectively and efficiently. After reading this book, you will be able to work with the Azure Boards capabilities available in Azure DevOps on-premise server and services to improve your software delivery process. What You Will LearnPlan and manage work with Azure BoardsUse the REST API and command line interface with Azure BoardsExtend Azure Boards with useful extensions to enhance its capabilities Customize Azure Boards to adapt it to your processReport and visualize work progress with Azure BoardsWho This Book Is ForAnyone working in Azure DevOps developing applications targeting any platform using any language.

Use Azure Repos to manage your code in both centralized and distributed version control systems. This book will show you how to work with Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) and distributed version control (Git), while exploring their best practices. You'll start with an introduction to Azure Repos, focusing on TFVC and Git, and then gradually transition to hands on lessons of working with TVFC. Next, you'll see how to set up and work with TFVC branches and tracking systems followed by usage of command line and security in TFVC Repos. Create and work on Git Repos in Azure DevOps and use branching with Azure Git Repos and Git command line in Visual Studio and vscode. The book then explores security in Git Repos and advanced options you can use to import from external Repos. With Hands-on Azure Repos as your guide, you'll be able to work with these version control tools on any platform and with any language.What You'll LearnIntegrate Azure Repos with Azure Boards to enable tracking work with code.Create guidelines to tackle difficult situations in using Azure ReposClone Azure Repo to local using Visual Studio and vscodeWork with shelvesets, code reviews and lock typesPerform activities using REST API with Azure ReposWho This Book Is ForSoftware developers, tech leads and architects.

Build, package, and deploy software projects, developed with any language targeting any platform, using Azure pipelines.The book starts with an overview of CI/CD and the need for software delivery automation. It further delves into the basic concepts of Azure pipelines followed by a hands-on guide to setting up agents on all platforms enabling software development in any language. Moving forward, you will learn to set up a pipeline using the classic Visual Editor using PowerShell scripts, a REST API, building edit history, retention, and much more. You’ll work with artifact feeds to store deployment packages and consume them in a build. As part of the discussion you’ll see the implementation and usage of YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) build pipelines. You will then create Azure release pipelines in DevOps and develop extensions for Azure pipelines. Finally, you will learn various strategies and patterns for developing pipelines and go through some sample lessons on building and deploying pipelines. After reading Hands-on Azure Pipelines, you will be able to combine CI and CD to constantly and consistently test and build your code and ship it to any target.What You Will LearnWork with Azure build-and-release pipelines Extend the capabilities and features of Azure pipelinesUnderstand build, package, and deployment strategies, and versioning and patterns with Azure pipelinesCreate infrastructure and deployment that targets commonly used Azure platform servicesBuild and deploy mobile applications Use quick-start Azure DevOps projectsWho This Book Is ForSoftware developers and test automation engineers who are involved in the software delivery process.