Chapter 3 of 10 · Microsoft AZ-400
Pipelines: package management strategy
Azure Artifacts and GitHub Packages, feeds, views, upstream sources, and dependency and artifact versioning.
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Topics in this chapter
Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
- 1Package Management Tools, Feeds and Upstream SourcesAZ-400 packages: Azure Artifacts versus GitHub Packages, feeds and roles, upstream sources, the local, prerelease and release…Diagram6 min
- 2Dependency and Artifact VersioningAZ-400 versioning: semantic versioning and CalVer, version ranges, lock files, pipeline build numbers, GitVersion, immutable…5 min
About this chapter
What this chapter covers
Pipelines build things other pipelines and teams consume. This chapter is the first part of the build and release pipelines domain, which together is worth 50 to 55 percent of the exam. It covers where packages live (Azure Artifacts and GitHub Packages), how feeds, views and upstream sources control what consumers see, and how to version dependencies and pipeline output.
The key skill is choosing the package tool and the versioning scheme that keep builds repeatable and safe from unexpected upstream changes.
How the topics fit together
- Package management tools, feeds and upstream sources covers tool choice, feeds, views and upstream behavior.
- Dependency and artifact versioning covers SemVer, CalVer, version ranges, lock files and how pipelines number their output.
A package version should identify exactly one build. Never publish different content under the same version number.
How to use these pages
Each topic page has the same shape, so you can skim for what you need.
- What it is: the idea in plain words.
- How it works: the mechanism, with examples and tables.
- What to remember for the exam: the facts to memorise and how questions are phrased.
- Common mistakes: the classic traps.
- Check yourself: three questions to test your understanding.
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