Microsoft Azure DevOps? Start Here!
Are you excited to start exploring Azure DevOps? Or are you studying for Microsoft Azure DevOps AZ-400 certification? Or even just curious to test the features of Azure DevOps? In any case, I have good news!
Besides, if you have already worked with Visual Studio Team System — also known as VSTS — in the past, the news is even better!
That’s because Microsoft Azure DevOps is the evolution of the Visual Studio Team System, also known as VSTS.
It is Microsoft’s SaaS offering for a set of tools and features for the development pipeline, the Products pillar of Microsoft on their DevOps definition:
DevOps is the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to your end users — Donovan Brown, Microsoft
Important note: Azure DevOps, besides the name, is not a service offered by Azure, and you don’t depend on having an Azure account to use it.
Azure DevOps Services
The Azure DevOps includes the services Azure Board, Azure Repo, Azure Pipelines, Azure Artifacts, and Azure Test Plans. Microsoft offers a free tier of Azure DevOps on its basic plan up to 5 users, which includes all the tools, except Azure Test Plans.
