Context

(I am trying to take over an application that the initial developer has left undocumented and almost no knowledge transfer. So, I’m exploring it bit by bit and I am not necessarily aware of the reasons for past decisions.)

The backend is .Net WebApi solution based on Entity Framework developed with Visual Studio and hosted in Azure Web Applications Deployment slots.

The frontend is an Angular/Nx application developed in Visual Studio Code and hosted on Azure Storage Accounts.

Both parts has a Staging and a Production environment (in addition to local environment).

The codes are also on a GitHub repository.

But many aspects of intended deployment are unknown.

Issue

After some reading and watching some videos, I think that Azure Pipelines could be a solution here.I went to portal.azure.com and search for Pipelines. Pipelines list is empty and I cannot create on from there.I went to dev.azure.com but when I clicked on “Sign in”, I was redirect to portal.azure.com .I went back to dev.azure.com an tried the option “Start for free” (or something like this). Then it asked for a company name.I stopped there because this is getting too confusing and I don’t want to create a wrong account in the name of the company.

Question

Should the company be able to use Azure deployment Pipelines , or is Azure DevOps a completely different beast and we should create a new account for this?

How am I supposed to create the pipeline?

And if you have any extra information that would help to solve the issue, it is welcome.

(Also, after this, if I went back to dev.azure.com , I was redirected to a blank page. But this seems to be solved now.)

(I tried to ask it on Azure Q&A, but it got instantly dismissed (at posting time) “violating Code of Conduct”. I checked the “Code of Conduct”, but can’t pinpoint the reason, no idea.)

​ Context(I am trying to take over an application that the initial developer has left undocumented and almost no knowledge transfer. So, I’m exploring it bit by bit and I am not necessarily aware of the reasons for past decisions.)The backend is .Net WebApi solution based on Entity Framework developed with Visual Studio and hosted in Azure Web Applications Deployment slots.The frontend is an Angular/Nx application developed in Visual Studio Code and hosted on Azure Storage Accounts.Both parts has a Staging and a Production environment (in addition to local environment).The codes are also on a GitHub repository.But many aspects of intended deployment are unknown.IssueAfter some reading and watching some videos, I think that Azure Pipelines could be a solution here.I went to portal.azure.com and search for Pipelines. Pipelines list is empty and I cannot create on from there.I went to dev.azure.com but when I clicked on “Sign in”, I was redirect to portal.azure.com .I went back to dev.azure.com an tried the option “Start for free” (or something like this). Then it asked for a company name.I stopped there because this is getting too confusing and I don’t want to create a wrong account in the name of the company.QuestionShould the company be able to use Azure deployment Pipelines , or is Azure DevOps a completely different beast and we should create a new account for this?How am I supposed to create the pipeline?And if you have any extra information that would help to solve the issue, it is welcome. (Also, after this, if I went back to dev.azure.com , I was redirected to a blank page. But this seems to be solved now.) (I tried to ask it on Azure Q&A, but it got instantly dismissed (at posting time) “violating Code of Conduct”. I checked the “Code of Conduct”, but can’t pinpoint the reason, no idea.)  Read More

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