Azure DevOps Pipelines

1. What is the purpose of branch policies in Azure Repos?

To enforce coding standards To prevent direct pushes to the main branch To create multiple repositories To manage pull request reviews

2. In Azure DevOps, what does the validation build NOT do?

Compile code Deploy to production Run unit tests Check EF model consistency

3. What is a key advantage of defining a pipeline as code in `azure-pipelines.yml`?

It allows manual intervention during builds It can be code-reviewed and versioned It automatically configures branch policies It runs without any approval requirements

4. What is required for deployment to the production environment in Azure DevOps?

No approvals needed A clickable approval from a named approver Immediate deployment without validation Automatic deployment based on commit history

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