- Learn to create and configure release pipelines in Azure DevOps for automated deployment workflows.
By the end of this module, you're able to:
Explain Azure Pipelines release management terminology and concepts.
Describe build and release tasks and their deployment capabilities.
Implement release jobs and configure deployment workflows.
- Learn release strategy best practices, approval workflows, and gate configurations for automated deployments.
By the end of this module, you're able to:
- Analyze key considerations for designing effective release strategies.
- Define release pipeline components and configure artifact sources.
- Create comprehensive release approval workflows.
- Implement and configure release gates for quality assurance.
- Learn environment provisioning, service connection configuration, and automated testing infrastructure setup.
By the end of this module, you're able to:
Provision and configure target environments for deployment workflows.
Deploy securely to environments using service connections.
Configure functional test automation and implement availability testing.
Set up comprehensive test infrastructure for quality assurance.
- Learn to create and manage task groups, variable groups, and custom build and release tasks for modular Azure pipelines
By the end of this module, you're able to:
Create and manage task groups for reusable pipeline components.
Implement variable groups for centralized configuration management.
Configure release variables and stage variables for environment-specific deployments.
Develop custom build and release tasks for specialized pipeline requirements.
- Learn to implement automated health monitoring, configure event notifications, set up service hooks for pipeline monitoring, and establish quality gates for comprehensive release management
By the end of this module, you're able to:
- Implement automated health inspection systems for continuous monitoring and proactive issue detection.
- Create and configure event-driven notification systems for real-time pipeline feedback.
- Configure comprehensive notification frameworks across Azure DevOps and GitHub platforms.
- Develop service hooks for automated pipeline monitoring and integration workflows.
- Distinguish between release artifacts and release processes while implementing quality control mechanisms.
- Evaluate and select appropriate release management tools for organizational requirements.
