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DevOps teams interested in a solution to quickly spin up app infrastructure environments with project-based templates
About Azure Deployment Environments
Azure Deployment Environments provides devs with self-service, project-based templates to deploy environments for any stage of development. Support collaboration and innovation with consistent environments and best practices, and encourage experimentation and InnerSource use while maximizing security, compliance, and cost efficiency. Deploy the right environment at the right time without worrying about backend processes. Provision complex environments in minutes without waiting for your platform engineering team by choosing from a curated set of templates built specifically for your projects. Spin up self-service environments directly from where you work—including the code repository, the CLI, or a custom dev portal—while automatically applying the right identities, permissions, and Azure subscriptions.
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