Azure DevOps Pipelines with Terraform and Stages

In this video, we build an Azure DevOps pipeline with stages to deploy resources built with Terraform.  We start by reviewing the environment including the code and the storage account used for the backend Terraform data.  We add the Terraform extension to DevOps and create a multiple stage Azure DevOps pipeline with tasks to initialize, verify plan and apply the Terraform configuration.  Next, we create a second pipeline to run the destroy command to clean up the deployment.

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Azure DevOps and Bicep Pipelines

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In this video, we build on DevOps repos by creating an Azure DevOps pipeline that deploys Azure Bicep template files.  We start by creating a service connection, allowing DevOps to deploy resources to Azure.  Next, we create multiple pipeline jobs, splitting the deployment into two parts, or jobs, that run sequentially.  One job deploys resources to Azure and the other removes the resources.  A dependency is used to only run the second job if the first is successful.  Azure Bicep files are used for this example.  We review the modular deployment then create a parameters file to set configuration parameters for the deployment.

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Azure DevOps and PowerShell Pipelines

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In this video, we build on DevOps Repos by crating a PowerShell file and running it within a PowerShell based DevOps pipeline.  A pipeline is an automation tool built into Azure DevOps that supports continuous integration, continuous development (CI/CD).  We review creating a starter pipeline, edit the pipeline to conclude inline PowerShell commands and a PowerShell Script.  We then add variables to the pipeline and change the trigger to only run manually. 

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Image Builder and WVD Session Hosts with One Azure DevOps Pipeline

This video picks up where the last two DevOps videos left off.  We use one Azure DevOps Pipeline and multiple jobs to build an updated image with Azure Image Builder, then deploy new Virtual Machines, Windows Virtual Desktop Session Hosts in this example, with the updated image.  We also go over addressing Image Builder failures in the DevOps pipeline.

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Deploy Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Session Hosts with Azure DevOps

In this video, we go over using an Azure DevOps pipeline to automate building and Deploying Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Session Hosts.  This Azure DevOps tutorial builds on previous videos and demonstrates how to use Azure ARM Templates and parameter files to deploy WVD Session Hosts.  Next, the ARM template and parameter file is used in an Azure DevOps pipeline along with PowerShell and Azure Key Vault secretes to securely automate the deployment of Session Hosts based on the latest Shared Image Gallery (SIG) image.

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Azure DevOps Pipeline and Image Builder

In this video, we go over using an Azure DevOps pipeline to automate the image build process with Azure Image Builder.  This Azure DevOps tutorial goes over using Azure DevOps with VS Code to manage files.  We then build a YAML pipeline with Azure CLI, ARM template deployments and PowerShell to build an image.

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Azure DevOps, Git and VS Code

This video provides an introduction to using Azure DevOps Git repos with VS Code.  We go over installing and configuring Git, then cloning a repo to the local workstation.  We also go over using Git Push to push changes to the DevOps repo and using Git Pull to update the local repo with remote changes.

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