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Upgrading an Azure DevOps Server Deployment Version

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 1 hour and 45 minutes
Students: 40
Rating: 3.6/5
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Description

Upgrading your Azure DevOps Server deployment version come with many benefits such as bug fixes, security updates, and even the addition of new features.

In this lab, you will install a new version of Azure DevOps Server, upgrading from Azure DevOps Server 2019 to Azure DevOps Server 2020.

Note: Please be aware that this lab creates an Azure DevOps environment that can take up to fifteen minutes to become available. Please ensure you have enough time available before starting the lab.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:

  • Install a new version of Azure DevOps Server
  • Detach and attach collection databases from Azure DevOps Server
  • Upgrade an Azure DevOps Server deployment version

Intended Audience

  • Candidates studying for the AZ-400, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Exam
  • DevOps Engineers
  • DevOps Architects
  • Scrum Masters
  • Project Managers

Prerequisites

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

Updates

June 13th, 2023 - Resolved intermittent deployment failure

Environment before

Environment after

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Lab steps

Logging in to the Microsoft Azure Portal
Connecting to the Virtual Machine (RDP)
Detaching Collections from ADO Server 2019
Installing Azure DevOps Server 2020
Attaching Collections to the Upgraded Azure DevOps Server

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