Henry Been - Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions: Learn about Azure DevOps Services to successfully apply DevOps strategies

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Henry Been has been working in IT for over ten years. He is an independent architect, developer, and trainer in a number of companies. With many of these companies, he has embarked on a journey implementing practices such as continuous integration and deployment, infrastructure as code, trunk-based development, and implementing feedback loops.

Alongside his work, he creates online training courses for A Cloud Guru, and frequently speaks at meetups and conferences. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP award in 2019.

Maik van der Gaag is an architect and trainer at 3fifty, an experienced consultancy company with a strong focus on the Microsoft cloud. He has over 15 years' experience of providing architecture, development, training, and design expertise. During his career, he has worked on a variety of projects, ranging from cloud transformations to DevOps implementations.

He loves to share his knowledge, which was also one of the reasons why he founded the Dutch Cloud meetup. Maik is a public speaker, writes blogs, and organizes events.

Adin Ermie is an experienced Microsoft Azure Subject Matter Expert who brings passion and enthusiasm to everything he does. With expertise in emerging technologies and innovation, he utilizes his knowledge and insatiable drive for learning at the cutting-edge of developments in cloud operations to help his clients and their customers become market leaders rather than followers of trends.
Adin specializes in hybrid-cloud architecture and implementation technologies, including Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) via Azure Resource Manager and Terraform, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), Cloud Governance, and Cloud Management & Security.

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As the speed at which IT products are being created and delivered is ever more important when it comes to companies succeeding, the demand for IT professionals with a thorough understanding of DevOps is increasing year on year. In this book, Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions, you will learn about the Microsoft tools that help to make this possible. Besides this, the knowledge that you acquire will help you to embrace DevOps and improve the way you continuously deliver value to your end users.

This book targets software developers and operations' specialists interested in implementing DevOps practices on the Azure cloud. Application developers and IT professionals with some experience in software development and development practices will also find this book useful. Some familiarity with basic usage of Azure DevOps would be an added bonus.

In addition to this, the best part is that you can also use this book as one of your references for the AZ-400 exam, as the topics covered are along similar lines.

The book comprises four parts. The chapters are in the recommended reading order and each chapter builds upon the previous one. The order of the chapters is such that it matches the order in which you would implement the different aspects in the real world. However, it is possible to pick and choose, especially once you have gone through the first part in its entirety.