Azure DevOps Services and Azure DevOps Server are two versions of the same product. Azure DevOps Services are the cloud based solution that provides a scalable, reliable, and globally available hosted service. It is backed by a 99.9% SLA, monitored by 24—7 operations team, and available in local data centers around the world. Azure DevOps Server is the on-premises solution built on a SQL Server backend with which you have physical control over your data. Both solutions serve the same purpose: they cover the entire software development lifecycle and provide first class support for efficient DevOps practices.

In the session, we will present both solutions and analyze their strengths and weaknesses. We will compare all major critical feature areas: Azure Boards, Pipelines, Repos, and reporting. We will highlight the differences in the release cadence, licensing options and infrastructure as well. Based on this comparison, we will offer recommendations for choosing the right platform based on your needs.

No matter whether you are a small team or an enterprise, by using Azure DevOps Services you can configure continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) and be up and running within minutes. Once you have the hardware in place, setting up a Azure DevOps Server based development environment isn't difficult either. Interesting hybrid solutions can be built by mixing online and on-premises feature areas. High fidelity migration from Azure DevOps Server to Azure DevOps Services is fully supported. We will demonstrate and explain all the gory details of the migration and share with you all the learnings from our successful and failed migrations, so that you can skip the learning experience.

If your organization is currently using on-premises Azure DevOps Server, but are considering moving into the cloud based Azure DevOps Services, this session will show you how this migration is done, emphasise best practices, and share common gotchas to watch out for.

After this session, you will be able to make a fully informed decision when to choose the Server or the Service or a hybrid solution, and how to easily and efficiently move your data into the cloud.