Apr 20
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Still deploying apps manually or relying on “click ops”? In this fast-paced @VisualStudioLive session from Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2026, Allen Conway shows how to modernize your deployment workflow using CI/CD with Azure DevOps and Infrastructure as Code. Learn how to automate builds, provision Azure resources, and deploy web apps reliably using pipelines, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, and Bicep so your deployments are repeatable, scalable, and production-ready. 🔑 What You’ll Learn • Why manual deployments (“click ops”) don’t scale • The fundamentals of CI/CD with Azure DevOps pipelines • How Infrastructure as Code (IaC) enables repeatable deployments • Differences between ARM templates and Bicep • How to build and deploy web apps automatically from source control • Structuring YAML pipelines for build, release, and provisioning • Using deployment slots (dev, QA, staging, production) in Azure • How to provision Azure resources declaratively • Best practices for moving from manual to automated deployments • How AI tools (like Copilot) can accelerate DevOps workflows ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction + software deployment then vs. now 02:35 Moving to CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code 03:15 Provisioning strategies: Azure Portal, scripts, and IaC 05:36 Idempotent deployments and why IaC matters 07:40 Azure DevOps pipelines and architecture 11:30 YAML pipelines: triggers, build, and artifacts 14:33 Provisioning Azure resources (ARM templates + Bicep) 17:30 Deploying to Azure App Service and deployment slots 18:08 Demo: CI/CD pipeline execution and Azure deployment 19:29 Key takeaways and next steps 👤 Speaker Allen Conway (@TheEclecticDev) Principal Consultant, Xebia | Microsoft MVP (.NET & Web) 🔗 Links • Explore more VS Live! Las Vegas sessions: https://aka.ms/VSLiveLV26 • Join upcoming VS Live! events: https://aka.ms/VSLiveEvents #azure #devops #copilot #vslive