The previous blog post explored the initial steps of setting up Azure DevOps, creating projects, and navigating the Overview section. Now, let’s delve deeper into the other core sections of the Azure DevOps interface, Boards, and Repos, each playing a crucial role in your development lifecycle. Read the first part of the blog here: A […]
Posts Tagged ‘Azure DevOps’
A Beginner’s Guide to Azure DevOps
Introduction Azure DevOps is a complete collection of tools and services that assist in the development, testing, and deployment of software applications. There is a list of services presented, which includes version control, agile planning, build automation, and release management all with integration on a single platform. In this beginner’s guide, we’ll take a look […]
Understanding the Dynamics: Microsoft Hosted Agents vs. Self-Hosted Agents in DevOps
DevOps has revolutionized the software development lifecycle, emphasizing collaboration, automation, and efficiency. In the realm of DevOps, the use of build and release pipelines is essential to streamline the process of delivering high-quality software. Two crucial components in this process are Microsoft Hosted Agents and Self-Hosted Agents. In this blog, we’ll delve into the dynamics […]
Deploying Azure Infrastructure With Terraform Using Azure DevOps Pipelines
In this blog post, my objective is to provide a comprehensive walkthrough of the elements required for effectively implementing Azure Infrastructure with Terraform using an Azure DevOps Pipeline. The main purpose is to assist you in grasping the concept of automating the deployment and maintenance of your cloud infrastructure residing in Azure. Before delving into […]
Observations From Making the Move From Jira to Azure DevOps: Key Differences, Pros and Cons
It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as Star Wars. I have “gone to the dark side” of project management platforms by dipping my toes in the Azure DevOps pool (spoiler alert, come on in! The water is fine). And while these two platforms can even be integrated with one […]
Bitbucket CI/CD Pipelines for Optimizely CMS 12
A big reason behind this post is because this topic, even though very relevant, has very little to no context available online so far. There are posts about this being possible and very generic build pipelines for .net core deployments to azure, but none describing how to build Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines for Optimizely CMS 12 […]
Top 3 Reasons for a QA Environment
Imagine as a Quality Analyst, you begin your day of testing. You log into Sitecore Content Editor, create a page, name it, and open it in Experience Editor but receive a white screen “Our Services are unavailable.” You investigate and see a deployment happening to your environment, which is DEV. All this has taken 10 […]
Managing External Project Dependencies
I like to look at projects as if they are puzzles. All the pieces are established, but as a project manager, you must figure out the most appropriate and logical sequence to complete the bigger picture. An Iteration Plan is a helpful tool that can help to organize and visualize the sequence of work. In […]
Sitecore Headless DevOps Best Practices – Part 3
Welcome back for the final post in my series on DevOps Best Practices related to Sitecore Headless implementations. In Part 3 we are going to look at the continuous deployment of our Sitecore and Next.js applications following a zero downtime model. If you haven’t checked out Part 1 and/or Part 2, I would recommend pausing […]
Sitecore Headless DevOps Best Practices – Part 2
Welcome back to my series on DevOps Best Practices related to Sitecore Headless implementations. In Part 2 we are going to create the build pipelines for our Sitecore and Next.js solutions and see how they can be included in the PR process. If you haven’t checked-out Part 1 yet, I recommend doing so before continuing […]
How to Create and Execute a Test Plan, Test Suite, and Test Cases in Azure DevOps
This blog will describe how to construct a test plan in Azure DevOps, and how users may create test suites and test cases within that plan. The distinctions between a test plan, a test suite, and a test case are the following: Test Plan: The test suites are listed in the test plan. Test Suite: […]
How to Create a Test Plan Using Azure DevOps
Azure Test Plans, a service launched with Azure DevOps, provides a browser-based test management solution for exploratory, planned manual, and user acceptance testing. Azure Test Plans also provides a browser extension for exploratory testing and gathering feedback from stakeholders An Azure DevOps test plan is divided into three sections: Test Plan – The container to group […]