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I designed and implemented the full deployment pipeline for SyncBeat using Azure DevOps:
Source control & pipeline trigger — code pushed to the repo automatically kicks off the CI/CD pipeline in Azure DevOps
Build & containerization — the app is built and packaged into a Docker image
Azure Container Registry (ACR) — the image is pushed to ACR as the central image store
Azure Web App — the pipeline deploys the container directly to Azure App Service, so every merge results in an automatically updated live app
Why it matters
This setup means zero manual deployment steps — a code change goes from commit to live in minutes, with a consistent, repeatable process. It's the same workflow small teams use to avoid "it works on my machine" problems and reduce deployment risk.
Tech stack
Azure DevOps · Docker · Azure Container Registry · Azure App Service · Git
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Totally gree, well said Kayode!