{"id":364,"date":"2026-01-28T02:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=364"},"modified":"2026-01-28T02:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:59:01","slug":"what-is-azure-devops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"What is Azure DevOps? (Beginners Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this blog, you will learn how to start working in Azure DevOps<\/a> in a step by step manner.<\/p>\n

In this beginner’s guide, you will learn the following.<\/p>\n

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  1. What is Azure DevOps?<\/li>\n
  2. Components of Azure DevOps<\/li>\n
  3. Advantages of Azure DevOps<\/li>\n
  4. Set up of Azure DevOps Organization and Project<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Let us start by looking into what Azure DevOps is.<\/p>\n

    What is Azure DevOps?<\/h2>\n

    Azure DevOps<\/strong><\/a> is a Software as a Service (SaaS)<\/strong> and is part of the Azure Cloud. <\/p>\n

    It provides a set of tools to manage the entire software lifecycle, from planning to deployment. It is similar to GitLab CI\/CD.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Now, we can move to the components of Azure DevOps.<\/p>\n

    Components of Azure DevOps<\/h2>\n

    If you want to get started with Azure DevOps, you should know about the following key components.<\/p>\n

    The following image illustrates the workflow of how these Azure DevOps components align the entire software development lifecycle.<\/p>\n

    \"Azure<\/figure>\n

    Let us start by knowing about the Azure Boards, where all the work begins.<\/p>\n

    1. Azure Boards<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    This service is to plan the project and work in the Agile method, like organizing tasks, features, bugs, etc, similar to Jira boards.<\/p>\n

    2. Azure Repos<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    This is for storing our code in central private storage and is a version control system, similar to GitHub, BitBucket, etc.<\/p>\n

    3. Azure Pipelines<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    This service is to automate the building, testing, and deployment of our application, similar to CI\/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.<\/p>\n

    4. Azure Test Plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    This is for creating test cases and tracking them for the project.<\/p>\n

    5. Azure Artifacts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    It is a private storage to store our software packages and libraries for our application.<\/p>\n

    These are the components of the Azure DevOps. <\/p>\n

    In the next section, we can look into the difference between Azure DevOps Server vs Service, where most of them get confused initially.<\/p>\n

    Azure DevOps Server vs Azure DevOps Service<\/h2>\n

    Azure DevOps Server is designed to run the full Azure DevOps service on your own servers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    It is suitable for organizations that want to run Azure DevOps on-premises<\/strong><\/a> due to strict security and compliance requirements.<\/p>\n

    On the other hand, the Azure DevOps service is managed by Microsoft, so we do not have to worry about the underlying infrastructure. All the resources and servers will be managed by Microsoft.<\/p>\n

    In the next section, we will look at why you might choose to use Azure DevOps.<\/p>\n

    Advantages of Azure DevOps<\/h2>\n

    The main advantage of Azure DevOps is that you can manage the entire software lifecycle in one place. This includes planning, coding, testing, and releasing the software.<\/p>\n

    Another benefit is that you do not need to manage the infrastructure yourself, because it is handled by the Azure cloud.<\/p>\n

    Let us look at some more advantages:<\/p>\n