Using Azure DevOps Pipelines follows a similar approach to GitHub Actions for deployment, emphasizing a consistent 'build once, deploy everywhere' pattern. Conditional Bicep deployment with an envType parameter ensures specific configuration for each environment. The shift from local file backups to CI/CD artifacts enhances deployment effectiveness due to characteristics like cross-job compatibility, automatic cleanup, better traceability, and platform integration. This methodology reflects industry standards and includes multi-stage pipelines in Azure DevOps for effective resource management and approval workflows.
The infrastructure approach is identical to our previous GitHub Actions implementation, using conditional Bicep deployment with a single envType parameter that drives environment-specific resource configuration.
Using native CI/CD artifact systems provides advantages like cross-job compatibility, automatic cleanup, better traceability, and platform integration with built-in security and access controls.
This artifact-based approach represents the industry standard for 'build once, deploy everywhere' patterns and works seamlessly across modern CI/CD platforms.
Azure DevOps pipelines require a different approach than GitHub Actions but achieve the same outcome, demonstrating a multi-stage pipeline for better isolation and approval workflows.
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