Replacement Guide

How to Build Your Own Azure DevOps

Replace Azure DevOps with a custom build. Plan smarter, collaborate better, and ship faster with a set of modern dev services

Weekend Project
18 features6 integrationsOne weekend

Estimated Timeline

Based on 18 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.

1
Setup & scaffolding
2 hours
2
Core features
4-6 hours
3
Polish & deploy
2 hours

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Key Features to Replicate

Top features across 8 categories. See all 18 features

CI/CD(3 features)

Azure Pipelines

Build, test, and deploy with CI/CD that works with any language, platform, and cloud. Connect to GitHub or any other Git provider and deploy continuously

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Build, test, and deploy in any language to any cloud or on-premises, and run in parallel on Linux, macOS, and Windows

Docker Build Task

Easily build and release Docker containers using an open-source build task

Security(3 features)

DevSecOps Support

Empower developer, security, and operations teams to prioritize innovation and enhance developer productivity without sacrificing security

Embedded Security and Compliance

Built-in security features with 34,000 full-time equivalent engineers dedicated to security and over 100 compliance certifications

GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOpsPremium

Develop securely from inception to deployment with a suite of security testing tools native to Azure DevOps

AI(2 features)

Agentic DevOpsAI

Automate, optimize, and accelerate every stage of the software development lifecycle with AI agents

GitHub Copilot IntegrationAIPremium

Code, test, and modernize with help from the most widely adopted AI-developer tool

Project Management(2 features)

Agile Planning Tools

Deliver value to your users with proven, agile tools to plan, track, and discuss work across teams

Azure BoardsAI

Track work with configurable Kanban boards and integrate with GitHub Copilot to kick off tasks and generate code

Testing(2 features)

Azure Test Plans

Test and ship with confidence using manual and exploratory testing tools

Manual and Exploratory Testing

Test often, release with confidence, and improve overall code quality with manual and exploratory DevOps testing

AI Integration(1 features)

Azure DevOps MCP ServerAI

Enable GitHub Copilot to interact with and operate on work items, pull requests, test plans, builds, releases, and wiki pages in Azure DevOps projects

Infrastructure(1 features)

Managed DevOps Pools

Empower development teams to quickly spin up and customize Azure DevOps agent pools, making it easy to implement best security practices, help balance cost and performance, and adopt paths for common DevOps scenarios

Integration(1 features)

GitHub IntegrationAI

Take advantage of the latest innovations in AI and security through enhanced integrations between GitHub, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Copilot

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