A successful DevOps deployment strategy is not a project. It’s a new way of doing business. At Tridius, we understand the importance of combining Microsoft Azure and a deployment strategy to achieve your business goals.
Azure DevOps: Structuring Your Business
Before DevOps, developing and operating software were considered two jobs, assigned to two separate IT technicians.
It was the developer’s job to write the software while the operation technician deployed it. Although both parties had two different goals, it was intended for the two to work together to implement a successful software and deployment strategy.
DevOps was created to break down the barrier between software developer and operations technician, resulting in a shared understanding and group collaboration for system reliability and software quality.
But to have a successful DevOps deployment, business goals within each department should align in order for the software to communicate with the operations system.
And that’s what a successful DevOps deployment strategy does—by combining software development with IT operations, DevOps can shorten a system’s deployment life while providing fixes, new features, and updates.
DevOps Practices
If you’re contemplating utilizing a DevOps deployment strategy, you should consider defining some business goals you’d like to achieve from using it. Goals can be as simple as to increase your profit margin or improve efficiency. You can also choose to aim for more ambiguous goals, such as role definition or project ownership.
Once you implement your goals, it’s crucial to have continuous discussions with your employees to ensure your DevOps strategy is working toward achieving them.
At Tridius, we recommend that our customers use the Agile Method in order to assist teams in responding to unpredictable situations and stay on task.
When starting a DevOps deployment strategy, it’s essential to remember that while you are using project management tools in conjunction with your strategy, you are not completing a project. Instead, try to think of your strategy as a continuous process, resulting in successful tools and methods you’ll use for years to come.
Microsoft Azure DevOps Services
Agile is the principle behind strategy success at Tridius, but Microsoft Azure is the key tool to get there. These two work hand-in-hand to create seamless project management solutions for your business.
Azure has several project management features that are essential to achieving your business goals:
- Azure Boards: Allows you to plan, track, and discuss work across your team
- Azure Pipelines: Easily build and push images and containers to fruition
- Azure Repos: Incorporates validations and extensions from the marketplace
- Azure Test Plans: Allows you to test and ship products
- Azure Artifacts: Creates hosting and sharing packages
Azure DevOps Benefits
When you choose Tridius to implement Microsoft Azure for your business needs, you access enterprise-grade reliability with 24/7 support. Microsoft also guarantees new Azure features every three weeks, and you can manage your onsite environment with a Team Foundation Server. Azure has all the features you need for rapid and responsive deployment.
Azure is essential when running any business, but Microsoft has documented great results in specific industries, such as healthcare, food preparation, and manufacturing.
Design a DevOps Strategy With Tridius
Effectively putting DevOps into place and giving you an understanding of your deployment strategy is a Tridius specialty. Whether you need a summary of how Azure works or a step-by-step breakdown, our experienced technicians have all the tools to answer your questions.
