Session Abstract

Usual scenario is that there is hurry and creating pipelines are dropped away from project early in sales phase or at least in rushed UAT testing and production release. Finally, the DevOps pipelines are done, but consultants are too afraid to use them or cannot find the error messages. It would be better to have “some” pipelines, but IT and technical persons belittles Power Platform pipelines. This session will provide exploration of both Azure DevOps pipelines and Power Platform pipelines. Main thing is that if you have only one development environment, DevOps pipelines features will never be used since there is always one package going from one environment to another. This session demonstrates scenarios where there could be multiple development environments and DevOps pipelines compared to more streamlined scenario, where there is only one dev, test and prod environment. Session outcome will present the corner stones when to select Power Platform or DevOps pipelines. There is no point of shoot a fly with a cannon just because preparing to possible integration and automated testing scenarios on some other phase which is not actually decided yet. Power Platform pipelines have it’s advantages, Copilot notes from the solutions and user friendly user interface. Coming Dataverse and Git integration will also remove doubts that source codes won’t we available with Power Point pipelines. Key Takeaways: • Understand the core functionalities and features of Azure DevOps pipelines and Power Platform pipelines. • Learn the advantages and disadvantages with different amount of development environments. • Gain practical experience through hands-on demonstrations and setup guidance. • Discover best practices and lessons learned from real-world case studies. Join us for this insightful session to deepen your understanding of Azure DevOps and Power Platform pipelines and learn how to choose and implement the best solutions for your organization's needs.

Note to event organizers

Session content is always refreshed when technology and choices evolves. Based on blog post https://www.karlex.fi/power-platform-or-azure-devops-pipelines/ More information and 18y experience in https://www.karlex.fi/introduction-karl-johan-spiik/

Karl-Johan Spiik

Karl-Johan has done 17 years projects with Microsoft technologies. Past four years he has been working with the Power Platform, particularly with Power Automate, and have extended its capabilities with Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 products as well as Azure resources. Karl-Johan has completed about 100 projects with various industries and organization sizes as role of architect and Scrum Master. Latest projects with AI Builder, Azure OpenAI and Copilot Studio.

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