Azure Pipelines Tutorial: What is It, Key Features & Examples

Azure Pipelines, part of the Azure DevOps suite, is a cloud-based service designed to automate building, testing, and deployment of code projects. It supports continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD), integrating with Azure Repos, Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, and Azure Test Plans. Azure Pipelines manages deployments through pipelines with defined stages, approval controls, and rollback capabilities. It works with various programming languages and platforms, including Python, Java, JavaScript, .NET, and Terraform. The tool is aimed at automating the process of building your code projects, which can involve tasks like compiling code, running unit tests, and creating artifacts (executable files or packages) for deployment.