DevOps on the Microsoft Stack

§This book tells you everything you need to know to help your organization implement DevOps on the Microsoft platform, both on the people and the tooling side. You will learn how to use Visual Studio, Visual Studio Online and Azure to implement a complete DevOps process in your company. You will learn about Agile Project Management, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Automatic Testing and Monitoring and see how all these areas fit together.§§DevOps is important for organizations that want to make the best use of their resources and avoid costly mistakes. Teams that embrace DevOps deploy code up to 30 times more frequently than their competition and less than 50% of their deployments fail according to Puppet Labs 2013 State of DevOps survey.§§Readers will learn how to help their organization implement DevOps, covering the tooling they will need and how to make everything work together while following best practices. The focus is not only on technology but also on the cultural issues that developers will face when implementing DevOps. It does so by incorporating both technical content with a story line that illustrates the reactions and situations encountered in a realistic setting. The author's goal is to help you to successfully implement DevOps in your projects and organization.§§