Azure DevOps Release Gates and Azure Policy Integration

3 posts · Nov 2017 – Mar 2021

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Azure DevOps Release Gates integrate with ServiceNow Change Management for automated change request creation and approval before stage promotion, enhancing governance and providing bi-directional traceability. This builds upon existing release gate functionality and Azure Policy integration.

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Mar 2021Controlling Release Pipelines with Gates and Azure Policy ComplianceThis post details how to configure Azure DevOps Release Gates to integrate with Azure Policy compliance checks. It demonstrates a scenario where a release pipeline is configured to fail if an Azure Policy (specifically, a policy denying deployments to a certain region) is violated. The post guides users through setting up the Azure Policy, assigning it, configuring the Release Gate in Azure DevOps to 'Check Policy Compliance', and observing the failure and subsequent success after removing the policy assignment.
Jan 2019Include ServiceNow Change Management in Azure PipelinesThis post introduces the ServiceNow Change Management extension for Azure DevOps, enabling the addition of ServiceNow Change Management as a release gate in Azure Pipelines. It details how to create a change request in ServiceNow before a production stage and how to update the change request with deployment status using a dedicated task. The integration aims to automate the change management process, reduce errors, and improve deployment agility by linking Azure Pipelines releases with ServiceNow.
May 2018What’s new in VSTS Sprint 134 UpdateThis post announces the general availability of Release Gates in VSTS Sprint 134, which automate deployment progression between environments. It highlights default gates like Query Work Items and Query Azure Monitor Alerts, and notes that the release gates are extensible, with examples of third-party gates for Twitter Sentiment and GitHub Issues. It also mentions integration for VSTS with Azure Stack for hybrid application development.
May 2018Release Gates – Enable Progressive Exposure and Phased DeploymentsThis post announces the general availability of Release Gates for all VSTS users, enabling data-driven approvals for phased deployments. It highlights four default gate types and the extensibility for custom gates via the VSTS marketplace or custom development. The post also showcases customer adoption examples, including integrations with ServiceNow, GitHub issues, Twitter sentiment analysis, and HIPAA compliance procedures.
Nov 2017Release Gates: Releases with continuous monitoring built inThis post introduces the 'Approval gates in releases' preview feature in Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). It allows for automated continuous monitoring of application health signals (e.g., Azure Monitor alerts, work items) before promoting a release to the next environment. Gates are configurable with sampling intervals, delays before evaluation, and timeouts. Built-in gates for Azure Monitor and Work Items are provided, with extensibility for other systems via Azure Functions. The post details how to add gates to release definitions, illustrating scenarios with successful, resolved, and unhealthy deployments.
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