DevOps Project makes it easy to get started on Azure. It helps you launch an app on the Azure service of your choice in a few quick steps. DevOps Project set you up with everything you need for developing, deploying and monitoring your app.

Creating a DevOps Project provisions Azure resources and comes with a Git code repository, Application Insights integration and a continuous delivery pipeline setup to deploy to Azure. The DevOps Project dashboard lets you monitor code commits, builds and, deployments, from a single view in the Azure portal.

Key benefits of DevOps Project:

• Get up and running with a new app and a full DevOps pipeline in just a few minutes
• Support for a wide range of popular frameworks such as .NET, Java, PHP, Node, and Python
• Start fresh or bring your own application from Github
• Built-in Application Insights integration for instant analytics and actionable insights
• Cloud-powered CI/CD using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)

DevOps Projects are powered by VSTS and gives you a head start in developing and deploying your applications.  From the initial starting point a DevOps Project provides, you can very easily:

• Customize your build and release pipeline – ex. add a test environment to your pipeline to validate before going to prod
• Use pull requests to manage your codeflow & keep your quality high
• Test and build each commit before you merge your code to raise the quality bar
• Track your Project backlog and issues right along with your application