Getting Started with Application Lifecycle Management in Azure is an intermediate-level course designed to help developers and IT professionals streamline the software development process using Azure DevOps. As modern applications evolve rapidly, success depends on your ability to integrate, test, and deploy seamlessly across teams and environments. In this course, you’ll learn practical strategies for implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, managing agile workflows with Azure Boards, and automating quality checks to deliver reliable releases faster. Through guided demos, scenario-based exercises, and real-world project examples, you’ll explore how Azure DevOps enables collaboration from planning to production. Whether you’re coordinating across development teams, optimizing delivery cycles, or improving release quality, this course equips you to build a robust, scalable ALM framework that drives continuous improvement.
In this lesson, you'll master the end-to-end application lifecycle management using Azure DevOps. We'll cover how to automate software delivery, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and streamline task tracking and sprint management with Azure Boards. You’ll learn to implement and evaluate CI/CD pipeline designs to ensure faster, more reliable software releases. By the end, you’ll be equipped to manage the entire software development lifecycle—from planning to deployment—enhancing collaboration and driving continuous improvement with Azure DevOps.
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3 vidéos•Total 16 minutes
Introduction and Welcome•5 minutes
Optimizing CI/CD Pipelines with Azure DevOps•6 minutes
Mastering Task Tracking and Sprint Management with Azure Boards•6 minutes
2 lectures•Total 11 minutes
Welcome to the Course: Course Overview•6 minutes
Streamlining Application Delivery with Azure DevOps•5 minutes
1 devoir•Total 12 minutes
HOL: Implementing CI/CD Pipelines in Azure DevOps•12 minutes
Lesson 2: Mastering Agile Project Management with Azure Boards
Module 2•1 heure à terminer
Détails du module
In this lesson, you will master the key concepts of agile project management using Azure Boards, a powerful tool for tracking and managing tasks, sprints, and user stories. You'll learn how to plan, prioritize, and visualize project work, ensuring better collaboration and alignment among teams. Additionally, we will explore how Azure DevOps helps manage the full application lifecycle, from planning and development to testing and deployment, ensuring seamless integration and improved release efficiency. Through hands-on activities and real-world examples, you'll gain valuable skills in managing agile projects, handling dependencies, and ensuring effective collaboration across development and operations teams. By the end of this lesson, you will be equipped to streamline project workflows, optimize software delivery, and enhance team collaboration using Azure DevOps.
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3 vidéos•Total 15 minutes
Managing Projects Effectively with Azure Boards•6 minutes
Getting Started with Application Lifecycle Management in Azure DevOps•5 minutes
Seamless Integration: Managing Code Changes and Dependencies Across Environments with Azure DevOps•5 minutes
2 lectures•Total 10 minutes
Mastering Agile Project Management with Azure Boards•5 minutes
Azure Boards and Agile Project Management•5 minutes
1 devoir•Total 10 minutes
HOL: Managing Agile Projects with Azure Boards•10 minutes
Lesson 3: Mastering End-to-End Application Lifecycle Management with Azure DevOps
Module 3•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
In this lesson, we will focus on mastering end-to-end application lifecycle management using Azure DevOps. You will learn how to leverage Azure DevOps tools to automate and optimize the entire software development pipeline—from planning and development to testing, deployment, and monitoring. You’ll gain insights into continuous integration, continuous delivery, and version control, which will help ensure a smooth, efficient flow from code creation to production. With real-world examples and hands-on activities, you will explore the best practices for accelerating software delivery, implementing infrastructure as code, and streamlining collaboration across development and operations teams. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to enhance software quality, improve release efficiency, and drive continuous improvement in your application lifecycle management.
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What does application lifecycle management with Azure DevOps mean in this course?
In this course, application lifecycle management with Azure DevOps means organizing planning, coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring as one connected process instead of separate activities. The focus is on using Azure DevOps to create a traceable, repeatable flow across teams and environments.
When would you use application lifecycle management with Azure DevOps?
You would use this approach when software work needs to move through repeated cycles of planning, code changes, testing, and release without relying on ad hoc coordination. The course frames it as useful when teams want clearer tracking, more automation, and fewer disconnected steps.
How does application lifecycle management with Azure DevOps fit into a broader workflow?
It sits across the software delivery workflow by linking work tracking, version control, automated checks, and deployment into one process. In the course, it acts as the structure that connects early planning to later release work so teams can follow changes from idea to production.
How is application lifecycle management with Azure DevOps different from using separate tools and manual handoffs?
Application lifecycle management with Azure DevOps connects the stages of software work so planning, code, tests, and releases are visible together. That is different from using separate tools and manual handoffs, where progress and dependencies are harder to trace across the lifecycle.
Do you need any prerequisites before learning application lifecycle management with Azure DevOps?
A basic understanding of software development processes, agile methods, and CI/CD concepts is helpful before learning this approach. You do not need deep Azure DevOps experience, but it helps to be comfortable following how work moves from planning into testing and deployment.
What tools, platforms, or methods are used in this course?
The course centers on Azure DevOps, mainly through Azure Boards, Azure Pipelines, and Azure Repos. The main methods are agile work tracking and CI/CD automation.
What specific tasks will you practice or complete in this course?
You practice setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines, organizing backlogs and sprints, and tracking code changes with version control. You also connect work items, builds, tests, and deployments into a repeatable end-to-end workflow and evaluate where bottlenecks or collaboration gaps appear.