Exercise - Create an Azure DevOps organization and project

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This exercise is written to use the Cronus sample company from the US version of Business Central. You might need to make adjustments to the steps if you use the sample company from your country or region.

Scenario

You are a developer and are responsible to set up a DevOps environment. Your company chose Azure DevOps as their application lifecycle management tool. You need to create an Azure DevOps organization and create a new project.

Tasks

  • Create a new Azure DevOps organization

  • Create a new project in DevOps

Steps

  1. Open your favorite web browser (preferably Microsoft Edge).

  2. Open the webpage Azure DevOps Services.

  3. Select the blue Start free button.

  4. Log in with your Microsoft Account (such as Live.com or Hotmail.com) or your Organizational Account (Microsoft 365 Account or Azure Active Directory Account).

  5. Select the blue Continue button to get started with Azure DevOps.

  6. This will automatically create a new organization. You can always select the link New organization to create another one.

  7. Select the Organization Settings button at the bottom left to change the name of your organization (if you need to).

  8. Azure DevOps will ask you to create project before you can continue. Enter Hello Business Central as the project name.

  9. Set the visibility to Private.

  10. In the Advanced section, set the Version Control to Git, and the Work Item Process to Basic.

  11. Select the blue Create Project button.