Azure DevOps Services Overview

Azure DevOps is a cloud-hosted suite of developer tools from Microsoft that covers the full software delivery lifecycle. It combines project management, source control, build and release automation, test management, and artifact storage into one integrated platform. Teams using Azure DevOps can plan sprints, commit code, run automated builds, deploy to production, and track quality metrics — all from a single service with deep integrations to other Azure services.

Azure DevOps comprises five services: Azure Boards (Agile work item tracking — epics, stories, tasks, bugs), Azure Repos (unlimited Git repositories or legacy TFVC), Azure Pipelines (CI/CD automation for any language, platform, and cloud), Azure Test Plans (manual and exploratory testing, test cases, and quality metrics), and Azure Artifacts (universal package feed for NuGet, npm, Maven, Python, and container images).