Azure DevOps

What differentiates Azure DevOps from other similar products?

Azure Devops provides a platform for building a CI/CD (Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment) pipeline. One can develop and deploy the their applications using this platform easily. Azure Devops also provides platform for ticket management wherein a user can raise a request and the same can be worked upon accordingly by the team.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure DevOps is a great platform for development, integration and deployment. It allows you to manage projects in Agile manner using Scrum or Kanban boards. The Change Requests can be raised and assigned as per the workflow. Azure can be be integrated with Repository tool like Git and the code can be build, test and deploy using the Azure Devops tool.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Azure Devops is a great platform and there is nothing to dislike. Platform is stable and reliable. Azure Devops is a cloud based platform and can integrate with Jira using connectors. Azure Repos is used for code repository and version management. Azure Pipelines is used for build and release management. Azure Boards are used for project issue tracking and management.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would surely recommend others to use Azure Devops.

What differentiates Azure DevOps from other similar products?

What sets Azure DevOps apart from the other similar products in the market is the fact that it provides the users a complete suite of tools that cover planning, development, testing, delivery, and monitoring. This is very useful, since a wide array of tools and techniques are covered on one single platform, so you don't need to work with multiple other applications for different things. This end-to-end approach by Azure DevOps therefore makes the ALM easier since it reduces the need to integrate multiple disjointed tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Azure DevOps is how seamlessly it integrated with the other Microsoft tools, and makes working on projects a lot easier and smooth. The smooth integration of Azure DevOps with Microsoft Visual Studio is very crucial to development projects and increases team productivity substantially. Along with this the CI/CD pipelines of Azure DevOps are robust and have automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

What do you dislike most about this product?

This is a great product, but it also has a steep learning curve. This is especially true for users and teams who are not familiar with the Microsoft products and development tools. If you are looking to customize workflows, it might take some time as it has some complexity to it, which can be resolved by undergoing proper training on the software.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For someone considering to get Azure DevOps, I would strongly recommend to undergo some training on the product to ensure that you are well prepared for the application and your team can fully utilize the product's potential. This is very important, since there is a steep learning curve associated with the product, and therefore trainings will ensure you are able to utilize the wide array of features Azure DevOps has to offer.

What differentiates Azure DevOps from other similar products?

Azure devops is an all in one platform and combines Jira, Github and CI tool all in one. It’s easy to use and very reliable platform

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that there is one environment where we can achieve all we need to plan and develop our applications

What do you dislike most about this product?

Support is not the best as all tickets ends up with tier 1 support and it takes long time to get an expert help

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are in Azure cloud, Azure devops should be your next purchase