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Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions

By : Henry Been, Maik van der Gaag
Book Image

Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions

By: Henry Been, Maik van der Gaag

Overview of this book

Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions helps DevOps engineers and administrators to leverage Azure DevOps Services to master practices such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), containerization, and zero downtime deployments. This book starts with the basics of continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated deployments. You will then learn how to apply configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) along with managing databases in DevOps scenarios. Next, you will delve into fitting security and compliance with DevOps. As you advance, you will explore how to instrument applications, and gather metrics to understand application usage and user behavior. The latter part of this book will help you implement a container build strategy and manage Azure Kubernetes Services. Lastly, you will understand how to create your own Azure DevOps organization, along with covering quick tips and tricks to confidently apply effective DevOps practices. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the knowledge you need to ensure seamless application deployments and business continuity.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting to Continuous Delivery
6
Section 2: Expanding your DevOps Pipeline
12
Section 3: Closing the Loop
15
Section 4: Advanced Topics

Asking for direct feedback

One very straightforward way to collect user feedback is by just asking for it. Over the last few years, more and more applications have been enriched with feedback mechanisms built into the application. Other approaches that are commonly used are publishing a public roadmap and engaging with customers directly.

Advantages of in-product feedback

Collecting feedback in-product is a good way to get started with direct user feedback. Examples of in-product feedback are grading a specific view or action, giving a thumbs up or down, or sending a happy or sad smiley face.

Collecting in-product feedback has the following advantages:

  • It is one of the easiest ways for customers to give feedback, taking virtually...