Category: Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps Q&A Series – Part 2

 

Welcome to Part 2 of our Azure DevOps Q&A series. This section focuses on two of the most essential building blocks of any DevOps workflow — Azure Repos and Azure Pipelines.

In the first half, we’ll explore everything you need to know about Azure Repos — including Git fundamentals, real-world branching strategies, pull requests, merge policies, and repository-level security.

The second half is dedicated to Azure Pipelines — where we’ll cover YAML pipelines, CI/CD concepts, pipeline structure (stages, jobs, steps), agent pools, approvals, artifacts, and other automation practices used in real-world deployments.

Whether you’re building applications, provisioning infrastructure, or managing enterprise DevOps platforms, this part will help you confidently manage code and automation workflows within Azure DevOps.

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Azure DevOps Q&A Series – Part 1

This article is the first installment of a 3-part Q&A series designed to help you master Azure DevOps — whether you’re just starting out or already working as an experienced DevOps engineer.

Each part of the series is structured to cover core concepts, real-world practices, and often overlooked details in a question-and-answer format, making it easy to read and quick to reference.

    • 🟦 Part 1 (this article): DevOps Basics, Azure DevOps Organizations, Projects, and Azure Boards
    • 🟨 Part 2: Azure Repos, Git, Branching Strategy, Pull Requests, Repo Security, and YAML Pipelines
    • 🟥 Part 3: Azure DevOps Artifacts, Environments, Licensing Models, DevSecOps, Extensions, and Best Practices

🔖 Bookmark this series for continuous reference — whether you’re preparing for interviews, upskilling in your role, or leading a DevOps transformation.

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Azure DevOps Workload Identity Federation Explained: A Deep Dive

With the growing need for secretless, secure, and scalable authentication methods in CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps has introduced a powerful feature called Workload Identity Federation. This approach allows Azure DevOps pipelines to authenticate to Azure without using secrets, by leveraging industry-standard protocols like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC).

In this article, we’ll dive deep into how it works, why it’s needed, and how it enables federated access even when you’re using Managed Identities — which are already secretless.

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