How to Establish a CI/CD Pipeline with Azure DevOps: A Comprehensive Guide

The CI/CD pipeline is utilized in Azure DevOps to create, test, and deploy a project continuously. With the help of this guide, you would be able to set up CI/CD pipeline in your Azure DevOps.

Understanding Azure DevOps

We are sure that you already understand what Azure DevOps is, but just for a quick overview, here’s the definition:

Azure DevOps is a service collection offered by Microsoft. It helps develop services that allow your development team to plan, communicate, support, develop, and deploy apps.

Here are some services that developers can use with Azure DevOps:

• Pipelines
• Repos
• Boards
• Artifacts
• Test Plans

Understanding CI/CD Pipeline

Azure DevOps is usually known for offering quick and reliable releases, so continuous integration and deployment are essential in DevOps. In Continuous Integration(CI), a team of developers keeps sharing code in a shared repository. The integrated code is built through this shared repository and passed through unit, acceptance, and integration tests.