We use all the DevOps features and services, like reports, Boards, Pipelines, Artifactory, etc. The interface is interactive and intuitive. The platform visuals and workflow are straightforward in Azure DevOps.
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The platform visuals and workflow are straightforward
Pros and Cons
- "We use all the DevOps features and services, like reports, Boards, Pipelines, Artifactory, etc. The interface is interactive and intuitive. The platform visuals and workflow are straightforward in Azure DevOps."
- "We use all the DevOps features and services, like reports, Boards, Pipelines, Artifactory, etc. The interface is interactive and intuitive."
What is most valuable?
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using Azure DevOps for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
DevOps' stability is great. No problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The infrastructure is good so far, and expanding our user base isn't a problem. Microsoft takes care of the infrastructure.
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What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are billed for a single license, no matter how many users.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Azure DevOps eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
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Ingeniero de DevOps at Babel Software
Great serverless technology that makes it quicker and faster to deploy .NET applications
Pros and Cons
- "It's a pretty problem-free solution."
- "Azure services like serverless technology make it quicker and faster to deploy .NET applications, for example, and similarly, the Azure Portal is faster to put in services with specific functionality, making these kinds of features quicker to deploy and great for putting in functionalities that are specific."
- "When we don't have some permissions, we have to research how to get them."
- "When we don't have some permissions, we have to research how to get them, and it's not obvious."
What is our primary use case?
I use it to, for example, build applications. Not just Subnet - also Java or in OGS. I deploy Windows applications and also mobile applications with Visual Studio App Center and Azure DevOps.
What is most valuable?
Azure services like serverless technology make it quicker and faster to deploy .NET applications, for example. Similarly, the Azure Portal is faster to put in services, for example, with specific functionality. These kinds of features are faster to deploy and to put in functionalities that are specific, which is great.
I like the Azure keyboard. Keyboard permits use, for example, connection streams in secret, in a safe manner.
Sometimes I use also Azure SQL Database cloud, the serverless functionality. It's also very attractive because you can use something like a GP, like the protection of the data on the cloud. You can put a lot of information there, maybe not with banks, however, with other kinds of clients.
The ability to have cognitive services is good. For example, I use a lot of Azure DevOps, for example, Cloud, Azure DevOps Cloud, and analytics views with, for example, Power BI on-premise if you have Power BI as a service. There is a lot of pipeline potential with Azure DevOps deploying, for example, Containers, to Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service, and also a lot of Azure Container repositories and Azure Container instances. This is great for quickly deploying SonarQube in a container. These kinds of things are very attractive.
It's a pretty problem-free solution.
What needs improvement?
When we don't have some permissions, we have to research how to get them. It's not obvious. For example, deploying in order to do the connections, we need permissions for quotes or quotas. A specific quota might depend on an account. Sometimes we don't have the kind of support we need to work things out easily.
When you deploy in Yaml Pilot, for example, you need to note in Yaml how to associate the piling, the release with the word items. We need more information about how this is possible and more flexibility to make it happen.
What other advice do I have?
My organization is a Microsoft partner.
I have Microsoft certifications. I always develop in Visual Studio, .NET, or Core, and now I work with Azure DevOps and also in Azure Portal.
I deployed in a hybrid environment as the clients have a lot of things on-premises. For example, the databases I use, for example, Redgate, plus Azure DevOps, or Apex with Azure DevOps, to deploy databases. In some cases, a lot of banks prefer their data on-premise. In other cases, I deploy to Azure App Services, for example, in the cloud. Also, I see things with Amazon Web Services and telephone, like multi-cloud.
I would rate the solution at a ten out of ten as it never gives me any problems.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Head of Tourism Development at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It allows us to manage a project and follow up with our business, development, and testing teams
Pros and Cons
- "DevOps is easy to use because we can arrange each task in a project and follow up with the testing, development, and business teams. We manage everything through this."
- "DevOps is easy to use because we can arrange each task in a project and follow up with the testing, development, and business teams, and we manage everything through this."
- "I want DevOps to have more automated reminders about tasks that don't need management. We don't have reminders, so a project manager must track the tasks. It's not automatic."
- "I want DevOps to have more automated reminders about tasks that don't need management. We don't have reminders, so a project manager must track the tasks."
What is our primary use case?
We use DevOps for backlogs and work items. We divide our releases into many sprints to keep our development on time, and we use DevOps to manage tasks for development or business teams.
What is most valuable?
DevOps is easy to use because we can arrange each task in a project and follow up with the testing, development, and business teams. We manage everything through this.
What needs improvement?
I want DevOps to have more automated reminders about tasks that don't need management. We don't have reminders, so a project manager must track the tasks. It's not automatic.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using Azure DevOps for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
DevOps is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
DevOps is scalable. About 70 people use the solution on average.
How was the initial setup?
Another team handles the implementation, so I wasn't involved. I'm on the business team. Two engineers are responsible for deploying and managing DevOps.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay for a yearly license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Azure DevOps eight out of 10. I prefer Jira, but both solutions are very nice.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
SDET at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Ability to run tests and has automation tools but integration process could be improved
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is that we can run integrations with DevOps. From a QA perspective and a testing perspective, we can run those tests and integrate automation tools. Then we can run those tests as part of the deployment process. Every time we are deploying something, it automatically runs all the tests."
- "The most valuable feature is that we can run integrations with DevOps, and from a QA and testing perspective we can run those tests, integrate automation tools, and run those tests as part of the deployment process so that every time we are deploying something it automatically runs all the tests."
- "Something that could be improved is the initial setup with the integration of ReadyAPI."
- "Something that could be improved is the initial setup with the integration of ReadyAPI."
What is our primary use case?
Our only use case with DevOps was for integration with ReadyAPI.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is that we can run integrations with DevOps. From a QA perspective and a testing perspective, we can run those tests and integrate automation tools. Then we can run those tests as part of the deployment process. Every time we are deploying something, it automatically runs all the tests.
What needs improvement?
Something that could be improved is the initial setup with the integration of ReadyAPI.
For how long have I used the solution?
I used this solution for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability is fine. I was getting some errors, but that was due to my side of things.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is fine.
How was the initial setup?
I would rate this solution 6 out of 10.
I did have some issues due to our organization, but it would be different for everyone. My advice is to reach out to support if you have any problems.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
API | SOA | Integration | Application | Internet of Things Solution Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Great all-round functionality with a very good project management feature
Pros and Cons
- "Great project management feature and Git-based repository."
- "The solution offers great features including the project management feature and the Git-based repository, and there is also the Azure pipelines and release artifact so you have all the functionality in one tool."
- "The UI could be improved."
- "The only area that requires improvement is the interface."
What is our primary use case?
We provide this solution to our clients. The company we're currently assisting has had a lot of issues using Jenkins and decided to move the CI/CD pipelines to Azure DevOps. I'm a solution architect and we are partners with Microsoft.
What is most valuable?
The solution offers great features including the project management feature and the Git-based repository. There is also the Azure pipelines and release artifact so you have all the functionality in one tool. It's also a relatively cheap solution.
What needs improvement?
The only area that requires improvement is the interface.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is good.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy. We had a team of three engineers dealing with implementation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing costs are very reasonable compared to other solutions. It's a good price.
What other advice do I have?
My only advice would be to go for the cloud version of DevOps, it's a better product.
I rate the solution eight out of 10.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Product Owner at Day Insurance
The software covers the whole development cycle, from requirements analysis to deployment
Pros and Cons
- "Azure DevOps is complete and meets all of your expectations. You can develop your own plugins to customize it however you want, so it's highly flexible. We develop personalized plugins or use ones that other programmers create for the Azure Marketplace."
- "Azure DevOps is complete and meets all of your expectations."
- "Microsoft could focus on refining the reporting and dashboard elements of Azure DevOps to improve it."
- "Microsoft could focus on refining the reporting and dashboard elements of Azure DevOps to improve it."
What is our primary use case?
We use Azure DevOps for the entire lifecycle of software development, starting with requirements analysis. After that, we use it to continue the process of development and deployment.
What is most valuable?
Azure DevOps is user-friendly. The UI and the UX are perfect. Their software covers the whole development cycle, from requirements analysis to deployment. In particular, it's helpful in the requirements analysis phase. You can apply your methodology or Agile framework from the beginning. After choosing the framework, like Agile or Scrum, Azure DevOps provides many features, like user stories, tasks, managing boards, and those kinds of things.
Azure DevOps is complete and meets all of your expectations. You can develop your own plugins to customize it however you want, so it's highly flexible. We develop personalized plugins or use ones that other programmers create for the Azure Marketplace.
This makes up for any possible deficiency in Azure DevOps features. If you want some capability that Azure DevOps doesn't provide, you can develop your plugin or customize any part of it. The options for customization make it worthwhile for any software development.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft could focus on refining the reporting and dashboard elements of Azure DevOps to improve it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with DevOps for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
DevOps is totally stable. And if there are any problems, Microsoft patches them as soon as possible.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
When you enter into Microsoft ecosystem, you can scale any part of the product in this ecosystem. For example, you can connect Azure DevOps to Microsoft SharePoint for knowledge or document management. You can connect Azure DevOps to OneDrive for storage. You can connect it with Skype for chatting or Outlook.
How are customer service and support?
We don't use support from Microsoft. We mostly solve problems by searching for solutions on sites like GitHub and that kind of thing.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I've used Atlassian products like Jira, Confluence, and HipChat, but I prefer Azure DevOps and the Microsoft ecosystem.
How was the initial setup?
It is effortless to set up DevOps. All Microsoft products are user-friendly and easy to install. If you run into any obstacles, you can use Microsoft library or MSDN for any further help that you need. Microsoft provides a lot of wizards that you can use to solve your problem.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Devops Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Provides great agile management of projects, is stable with good customer support
Pros and Cons
- "Provides agile management of projects."
- "The solution is easily scalable because it runs on the cloud and everything is managed by Microsoft."
- "Reporting across multiple projects could be improved."
- "Reporting across multiple projects could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for planning, pipeline management and testing, as well as using it as a CI/CD tool.
What is most valuable?
I like the agile management of projects, running stand-ups and the like. The pipeline management feature is great.
What needs improvement?
We'd like to see an improvement in reporting across multiple projects. The same applies to improving program visibility so that project managers can get that pane of glass to assist with their work. It would be a big win for a lot of users as well as a good addition to the tool.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using this solution for close to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable. There are still the occasional issues but on average it's very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is easily scalable because it runs on the cloud and everything is managed by Microsoft. We don't do anything in terms of increasing capacity so when more users are added the increased capacity is automatically managed.
How are customer service and support?
We haven't made a lot of calls to technical support but when we have their response has been good and quick.
How was the initial setup?
We have a DevOps engineer who carried out the implementation for us and I believe it was relatively easy.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner
Process Manager at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees
User-friendly, good performance, has good support, and connects well with PowerBI
Pros and Cons
- "We are able to generate many different types of reports from Azure."
- "It is easy to use, we are able to generate many different types of reports from Azure, it connects well to PowerBI, and the performance is good."
- "There are certain features, and reporting that can only be used in PowerBI, but not directly in DevOps."
- "There are certain features, and reporting that can only be used in PowerBI, but not directly in DevOps."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for project management and delivery.
What is most valuable?
It is easy to use.
We are able to generate many different types of reports from Azure. It connects well to PowerBI.
The performance is good.
What needs improvement?
They could have more reporting features added to the dashboard. There are certain features, and reporting that can only be used in PowerBI, but not directly in DevOps.
We would like to have the same calculated reports that can be accessed in PowerBI, available in Microsoft Azure DevOps.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Microsoft Azure DevOps for the last two and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Azure DevOps is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is easy to scale. We have approximately 250 employees in our organization who use this solution.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have contacted technical support. They provided us with a fast resolution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are using Azure, and TFS now. We are also planning to migrate to AWS as well.
How was the initial setup?
The installation was easy.
We have an IT team of four to manage and deploy this solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.
I would rate Microsoft Azure DevOps an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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