Administering Azure DevOps Server 2022 (ADS2022)

This three-day course provides students with the knowledge and skills to deploy, configure, and manage Microsoft Azure DevOps Server and related software components.

This course is intended for experienced administrators with a background in either software development or system administration. Team leaders, lead developers, and other accidental Azure DevOps Server administrators are also encouraged to take this course.

1. Introduction to Azure DevOps Server
   1. Introduction to Azure DevOps Server
   2. Editions, components, and configurations
   3. Azure DevOps Server vs. Azure DevOps Services
   4. Azure DevOps Server support of ALM and DevOps
   5. Administrator responsibilities and tasks
   6. Hands-on lab
2. Planning/Deploying Azure DevOps Server
   1. Planning the deployment
   2. System requirements, software, and accounts
   3. Installing and configuring Azure DevOps Server
   4. Troubleshooting
   5. Installing Visual Studio Community Edition
   6. Hands-on lab
3. Configuring Azure DevOps Server
   1. Administrator roles and tools
   2. Understanding and managing project collections
   3. Understanding and managing projects
   4. Selecting a work item process
   5. Configuring and securing projects
   6. Renaming and deleting a project
   7. Hands-on lab
4. Client Applications
   1. Azure DevOps Server Administration Console
   2. Visual Studio Team Explorer
   3. Web portal
   4. Command-line and third party tools
   5. Licensing and Client Access Licenses (CAL)
   6. Stakeholder (free) access level
   7. Hands-on lab
5. Version Control
   1. Introduction to Azure Repos
   2. Overview of Git and/or TFVC (legacy)
   3. Integration with Visual Studio
   4. Basic and advanced Git and/or TFVC workflows
   5. Branching, merging, and resolving conflicts
   6. Controlling access via repository permissions
   7. Hands-on lab
6. Building and Releasing
   1. Introduction to Azure Pipelines
   2. Configuring pipeline agents and agent pools
   3. Creating and queuing a build pipeline
   4. Monitoring and managing a build
   5. Running automated tests in a pipeline
   6. Measuring code coverage in a pipeline
   7. Practicing Continuous Integration (CI)
   8. Using YAML to create/configure a pipeline
   9. Introduction to Azure Artifacts
   10. Creating and using a private NuGet package feed
   11. Creating a release pipeline
   12. Creating and deploying a release
7. Upgrading, Integrating, and Migrating
   1. Upgrading Azure DevOps Server
   2. In-place vs. migration upgrade
   3. Pre-production dry runs for complex upgrades
   4. Deprecated features in Azure DevOps Server
   5. Performing post-upgrade tasks
   6. Using the Azure DevOps Migration Tools
   7. Integration with other ALM/DevOps tools
   8. Understanding and using service hooks
   9. Migrating to Azure DevOps Services
8. Advanced Administration
   1. Monitoring the health of Azure DevOps Server
   2. Web-based diagnostic tools
   3. Options for high availability and scalability
   4. Scaling up vs. scaling out Azure DevOps Server
   5. Moving/Splitting project collections
   6. Disaster recovery, backup, and restore
   7. Using PowerShell to manage Azure DevOps Server
9. Customizing and Extending
   1. Customizing work tracking
   2. Creating and using an inherited process
   3. Using work item templates
   4. Extending Azure DevOps Server
   5. Using the Azure DevOps Server REST API
   6. Configuring and using the Analytics service
   7. Creating a custom report in Power BI

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following is required for this Azure DevOps Services class: