Deploying DevOps strategies on Microsoft Azure makes it easy to convert your network, virtual machines, databases, and more from infrastructure into code, enabling you to increase speed and reduce risk. We discussed the benefits of Sitecore DevOps on Microsoft Azure, including using Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to:

• Automate the build-out of Sitecore environments
• Automate code and content deployment
• Use Azure Resource Manager templates, PowerShell, and VSTS to provision Sitecore environments
  Automate Sitecore installations
• Move your Sitecore databases into Azure SQL