This document discusses how continuous delivery practices are reshaping application lifecycle management. It promotes using cloud-based development and test environments to improve code quality, increase delivery speed, and reduce costs. Specific tools mentioned include Azure for infrastructure automation, Visual Studio Release Management for deployment automation across hybrid environments, and Application Insights for production monitoring.

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3. Source: Continuous Delivery Is Reshaping The Future Of ALM, Forrester Research, Inc., July 22, 2013
40%
still release quarterly or less often!

5. “A working product after every check-in”
Continuous Integration
Delivery delays
Non-working/low-quality code
Incomplete solutions
Rework
Flexible Build > Deploy > Test workflows
Code quality gates & check-in policies
Release management
Cloud development and test environments

6. DEMOCloud Build and CI with Microsoft Azure

7. Cloud DevOps
Code Repository
Developers
Build Test Deploy
Monitor and Improve
Azure

8. “Infrastructure at your fingertips”
Environment Provisioning
Delivery delays due to hardware procurement
Cost/effort required to stand up environments
Under-/over-utilization of physical infrastructure
Cloud development and test environments
Automated infrastructure provisioning
Infrastructure as Code

9. Improve Quality
Deliver higher quality releases by testing your applications in a ‘production-like’ environment to understand how they will handle real-world usage.

10. Azure Compute Services
Speed of development and ease of maintenance
Degree of customizability
Virtual Machines
Cloud Services
Websites
Mobile Services
Directly move your
VMs to the cloud
Full control of
multi-tier apps
Deploy and scale
in seconds
Accelerate mobile
backend development

11. DEMOCloud Dev and Test Environments

12. Infrastructure as Code
PowerShell DSC
Build templates to manage configurations.
Integrate templates with Release Management to automate configuration of on-premises and cloud environments.
Parameters allow reuse of templates.
Server configuration is managed through templates.
Parameters make the template re-usable.

14. “Deploy the same code every time, everywhere, in the same way”
Release Management
Increase delivery cadence
Increase predictability and consistency when deploying
Reduce complexity when deploying to hybrid environments
Release planning
Automated environment management
Release automation workflow

15. “Deploy the same code every time, everywhere, in the same way”
Release Management

16. Visual Studio Release Management

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18. Define Release Plans and Templates
Define groups that can create, edit and view release templates.
Define required approvals for each release stage.
Define stage types for a given environment.
Granular control for the entire release process
Seamless integration with Visual Studio Build process

19. Define a release workflow and activities for each of your applications.
Use built-in actions for deployment or create your own w/ PowerShell.
Use built-in actions or define your own
Define release workflow and activities per environment
Define Release Plans and Templates

20. Flexible ReleaseApproval Workflow
A simple way to request and provide approvals.
The approver can start, stop, approve, reject, restart, retry, abandon or reassign releases.
Simple way to request and provide approvals
Trigger actions based on approvals

21. ReleaseVisibilityand Transparency
View release pipeline, status and issues.
Monitor the progress ofeach release.
Check thestatus ofyour releases
Identify issues and patterns in your application deployment

22. DEMOVisual Studio Release Management

24. Create, Update and Delete Release Pipeline Workflow
Approve stages and sign-off on release
Deploy to Server
No CAL Required
Release Management Client available at no additional cost.
Free
CAL waiver for a user who just wants to approve a stage

25. “Integrated and accessible Analytics”
Monitor
Production outages
Scaling issues
Unknown usage patterns
Bugs in production
System Center
Application Insights
Intellitrace in Production
Developers
Testers
IT Ops

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