Mastering Azure DevOps Deployments with GitFlow

Name: Mastering Azure DevOps Deployments with GitFlow
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Setup your Azure DevOps repositories with Gitflow and learn how to expand the process to deploy to all environments

Created byRyan Hodgson

Last updated 8/2024

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What you'll learn

Structure repos and branches in line with Gitflow
Setup branch policies
Setup build validations for deployments
Create pull requests

Course content

3 sections • 11 lectures • 1h 12m total length

Introduction1:54
Master git flow in Azure DevOps through branches and pull requests, define environment review policies, validate pipelines, and deploy resources across UAT, pre-production, and production with YAML pipelines and tagging.
What is GitFlow?5:26
Mastering azure devops deployments with gitflow covers develop and main branches, feature and hotfix work, and releasing through environments with release branches, tagging, and merges to main.

Create project, branches and do pull requests with Gitflow8:26
Create a git repo in Azure DevOps, establish main and develop branches with git flow, open a feature branch and pull request to develop, then release via pipelines into production.
Expand on Gitflow, setup environment branches and review policies5:49
Master Azure DevOps deployments with GitFlow by expanding environment branches—from develop to test, QA, UAT, pre-prod, and main—and enforce controlled merges through branch policies, build validation pipelines, and automatic reviewers.
Create branch validation pipelines for deployments across environments10:15
Enforce cross-environment approvals with branch validation pipelines and Azure DevOps policies, ensuring only develop reaches test, only test reaches UAT/QA, and only Pre-prod reaches main.
Setup YAML file, generate code with ChatGPT and create service connection8:02
Create a release pipeline from develop and generate a YAML script with ChatGPT to deploy resources. Configure an Azure DevOps service connection with workload identity federation and assign subscription permissions.

Create resource deployment pipelines and deploy via PR to develop and test10:53
Create resource deployment pipelines and deploy via pull requests from a feature to develop and test. Use triggers for test, UAT, pre-prod, and prod with build validations and branch policies.
Test branch validations are working and deploy up to UAT and Preprod5:56
Validate and deploy from test to UAT and Pre-prod with automated branch checks, approvals, and resource deployments, then complete merges into production.
Deploy to prod and branch tagging2:16
Deploy to production via a preprod pull request, validate the main branch, and complete the pipeline across environments. Tag main branch as v1.0 and branch from that tag.
Setup automatic reviewers with users and groups10:17
Configure branch policies to automatically include reviewers for pull requests on the develop and test environments, enforcing required approvals using Azure AD or Azure DevOps groups.
Project wide branch policies and outro3:33
Automate branch policy enforcement across repositories by protecting current and future branches that match a pattern like develop, and require minimum reviewers, comment resolution, build validation pipelines, and automatic reviewers.

Requirements

Azure DevOps
PowerShell
YAML
Azure AD / Entra ID
Git
Chat GPT

Description

In today's fast-paced development environment, efficient version control and collaboration are crucial to the success of any software project. Our course, "Mastering Azure DevOps Deployments with GitFlow," is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to streamline your development processes by leveraging the power of GitFlow within Azure DevOps.

This course is perfect for developers, DevOps engineers, project managers, or anyone involved in the software development lifecycle who wants to ensure their projects are managed with precision and efficiency. You will learn how to set up Azure DevOps repositories that follow the GitFlow branching model, which is renowned for its ability to handle large and complex projects with ease.

Throughout this course, you will:

Understand the fundamentals of GitFlow: Learn the principles behind GitFlow and why it's an ideal branching strategy for modern development teams.
Configure Azure DevOps repositories: Step-by-step guidance on setting up your repositories in Azure DevOps to align perfectly with GitFlow practices.
Master branch management: Discover best practices for creating and managing branches, merging code, and resolving conflicts to maintain a clean and organized codebase.
Implement approval gates and branch policies: Learn how to enforce quality control by setting up approval gates and branch policies, ensuring that only the highest quality code is merged.
Automate build validation pipelines: Reduce errors and speed up development by automating build validations, catching issues early in the process.

By the end of this course, you'll not only have a solid understanding of how to set up and manage Azure DevOps repositories using GitFlow, but you'll also be able to optimize your development workflow, enhance team collaboration, and ensure your projects are delivered on time and with high quality.

Enroll today and take the first step toward mastering the art of repository management in Azure DevOps with GitFlow!

Who this course is for:

People wanting to learn how to structure deployments to multiple environments safely using Gitflow

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Course content

Overview2 lectures • 7min

Creating repos, branches and policies4 lectures • 33min

Deploying up the environments and additional features5 lectures • 33min

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