Creating a Development Pipeline in Azure DevOps

Business requires continuous value creation. When products are delivered to satisfied customers, value is created. When the process silos are completed, value is not created. So, the focus must shift from silos to end-to-end value streams.

The core idea is to create a repeatable, reliable, and incrementally improved process to get software from concept to customer.

Azure Pipelines’ purpose is to enable a constant flow of changes to production via an automated software production line. A pipeline divides the software delivery process into different phases. Each phase aims to check the quality of new features from different angles to validate new features and prevent bugs from affecting users. A pipeline also provides feedback to the team. Also, everyone involved in delivering new features can see all the changes.

Azure Pipelines is a full-featured service used to build cross-platform continuous integration (CI) and continuous...