Introduction
This module explores the critical release strategy recommendations organizations must consider when designing automated deployments.
It explains how to define components of a release pipeline and artifact sources, creates approval, and configure release gates.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, students and professionals can:
- Explain things to consider when designing your release strategy.
- Define the components of a release pipeline and use artifact sources.
- Create a release approval plan.
- Implement release gates.
Prerequisites
- Understanding of what DevOps is and its concepts.
- Familiarity with version control principles is helpful but isn't necessary.
- Beneficial to have experience in an organization that delivers software.
- For some exercises, you need to create an Azure DevOps Organization and a Team Project. If you don't have it, see Create an organization - Azure DevOps.