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Azure DevOps is a product from Microsoft that provides tools around CI/CD, collaboration, and agile project management. Other names are Team Foundation Server, TFSOnline, Visual Studio Online (VSO), and Visual Studio Team Services.
Azure DevOps is a comprehensive suite of tools from Microsoft designed to facilitate continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), enhance collaboration, and streamline agile project management. It integrates various functionalities, including Azure Boards for tracking work, Azure Repos for source control, Azure Pipelines for automating builds and deployments, and Azure Test Plans for managing testing efforts. This platform is pivotal for organisations aiming to deliver value predictably and sustainably, as it fosters a culture of collaboration and transparency across teams.
By providing a unified environment for development and operations, Azure DevOps enables teams to adopt best practices in agile methodologies and DevOps principles, ensuring that software delivery is efficient and responsive to changing business needs. Its long-term, systemic approach supports continuous improvement and learning, allowing organisations to adapt quickly to market demands while maintaining high-quality standards. The integration of tools within Azure DevOps reduces silos, enhances communication, and promotes a shared understanding of project goals, ultimately driving better outcomes and fostering a culture of innovation. This capability is essential for organisations striving to achieve operational excellence and maintain a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving landscape.
NKD Agility helped SLB unify 800+ engineering teams by consolidating DevOps systems, standardizing processes, and improving visibility, collaboration, …
Manage Agile projects effectively with Azure Boards. Track work, optimise planning, and improve team collaboration.
Explains how audience-based deployment and testing in production enable faster feedback, safer rollouts, and higher software quality by targeting real …
Explains why a “Blocked” column in Azure DevOps hinders workflow, and suggests using tags and tracking to manage blocked work more effectively and …
Automating builds, tests, and deployments with Azure Pipelines.
Learn how to migrate Azure DevOps projects step by step, including tool setup, configuration, handling common issues, and ensuring a smooth transfer …
Learn how to use Azure DevOps Migration Tools for efficient, large-scale migrations, including setup, configuration, best practices, and community …
Velocity measures how quickly teams turn ideas into value, using build, test, deploy, and feedback times—not just story points—to track real delivery …
Azure DevOps Services offer cloud tools for teams to plan, develop, and deliver software efficiently, with Azure Repos enhancing collaboration and …
Managing source control with Azure Repos for modern software development.
Continuous delivery is achievable for any software, regardless of complexity. Success depends on investment in automation, quality, and process …
Explore proven strategies from Azure DevOps for building resilient, reliable software systems—covering transparency, automation, telemetry, incident …
A complex software project unified 80+ teams across 9 countries by adopting Azure DevOps, streamlining processes, and achieving a single engineering …
Step-by-step guide to building an automated Release Management pipeline for professional developers, covering build, deployment, environment setup, …
Explains how to use a single Team Project and Team Field in TFS to streamline cross-team work item tracking, reporting, and collaboration across …
Learn how to customise Azure DevOps to support Scrum teams, manage backlogs, plan sprints, and improve agile workflows with practical setup and …
Step-by-step guide to creating a Build vNext build definition in Visual Studio Online, covering task setup, options, triggers, variables, and build …
Learn how to set up a Build vNext Agent for Visual Studio Online or TFS 2015, including prerequisites, VM setup, agent configuration, and pool …
Step-by-step guide to setting up a standard Azure environment for Release Management, including VMs, storage, networking, and Application Insights for …
Step-by-step guide to migrating source code from Perforce to Git on VSO, covering repository setup, dependency management, build processes, and key …
Explains how Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server support compliance by enabling traceability, audit trails, and linking code changes to …
Explains how to log Elmah error reports as work items in Team Foundation Server, including attaching error logs, using templates, and retrieving error …
Explains how to resolve TFS build errors caused by missing write permissions for the Project Collection Build Service on orchestration plans, …
Personal experiences and lessons on using Azure DevOps, covering its evolution, migration strategies, custom tools, and practical advice for …
Learn key steps, common pitfalls, and best practices for migrating data from legacy TFS systems to Azure DevOps, including identity alignment, …
Learn how to avoid common mistakes in Azure DevOps, improve agile workflows, maintain traceability, and simplify processes for better team …
Learn how to automate code synchronisation between VSTS/TFS and GitHub, enabling seamless DevOps workflows for open-source projects with flexible …
Explains how Visual Studio Online streamlines enterprise software development with cloud-based tools, continuous updates, scalability, security, and …
Learn about Azure DevOps migration, including common scenarios, challenges, solutions, and best practices for planning, testing, and ensuring a smooth …
Learn how to use Azure DevOps to set up and customise Caman boards for clear workflow visualisation, shared rules, and effective work management in …
Provides a step-by-step PowerShell script for migrating and updating TFS process templates, including customisations, work item types, categories, and …
Learn how to customise Team Foundation Server 2013 to add a multi-level Portfolio Backlog hierarchy by editing work item types, categories, and …
Step-by-step guide to upgrading a process template in TFS by deleting all existing work items, archiving queries and reports, and importing new …
Step-by-step guide to migrating from Team Foundation Server (TFS) to Azure DevOps, covering tools, validation, common issues, account alignment, and …
Explores how automation in testing, deployment, and validation streamlines development, reduces technical debt, and builds confidence for teams and …
Explains how feature flags enable safe, incremental software releases, support continuous delivery, and use user feedback to improve features before …
Explains why treating bugs as tasks in Azure DevOps is an anti-pattern, its impact on transparency, quality, and planning, and offers guidance for …
Explains how using a flat backlog structure—rather than a hierarchy—improves agility, prioritisation, and value delivery in Scrum and Kanban teams.
Learn how to automate test execution during deployments using Release Management for Visual Studio 2013, including setup steps, environment tips, and …
Tagging build servers in TFS helps manage dependencies, assign builds to suitable agents, and streamline workflows across teams and regions for …
Detailed walkthrough of a complex Team Foundation Server migration, covering remediation, hardware moves, upgrades, user management, and validation in …
Step-by-step guide to upgrading Team Foundation Server 2008 to 2010, including in-place upgrade, build server update, and migrating to a new domain …
Guidance on structuring projects in Team Foundation Server 2010 using Areas, Iterations, source code organisation, work item queries, and build naming …
Learn how to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve stuck or infinitely queued builds in Team Foundation Build, including tips for monitoring and …
Explains how to reserve a build agent in Team Foundation Server 2012 using custom activities, agent tagging, and workflow changes to ensure reliable, …
Explains how to configure TFS to manage teams using a custom team field instead of area paths, enabling flexible team-product assignments and …
Step-by-step guide to upgrading TFS 2008 and WSS v3.0 with SfTSv2 to TFS 2010 and SharePoint 2010, including process template migration and data …
Explains how to use Build vNext's capabilities and demands system in VSO/TFS 2015 to match build agents with required tools and configurations for …
Covers new features and upgrade steps for Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2, including improvements in backlog, test, release, and version …
Learn key strategies and expert advice for migrating to Azure DevOps, including handling database complexities, validation, and when to seek external …
Explains how to configure Test Plans for web access in TFS 2012.2, focusing on Area Path, team field settings, visibility issues, and workarounds for …
Step-by-step guide to installing and configuring TFS 2012 with Lab Management, including SQL Server, SCVMM integration, troubleshooting, and …
Step-by-step guide to upgrading TFS process templates by renaming and importing work item types, preserving data, updating fields, categories, …
Step-by-step guide to upgrading from TFS 2010 RC to RTM, including backup, uninstall, install, configuration, SharePoint and build server updates, and …
Learn how to build a custom WPF work item control for Visual Studio Team System, enabling WPF UI integration in work item forms using a generic …
Using Blocked columns on Kanban boards hides workflow issues, causes task stagnation, and reduces transparency. Use tags to indicate blockages and …
Learn how to use VSTS sync migration tools for flexible, selective TFS to VSTS migrations, including setup, configuration, field mapping, and …
Learn how to set up and manage nested team structures in Visual Studio ALM and TFS using Area Paths or Team Fields for flexible project organisation …
Guidance on recovering from accidental bulk changes to TFS work items via Excel, including finding affected items, restoring data, and preventing …
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