Azure DevOps · Cloud & On-Premise
Azure DevOps consulting — cloud, server, air-gapped.
Whether Azure DevOps Services in the cloud or Azure DevOps Server in your own data centre: we build, migrate and operate your platform — designed so your developers ship faster, not slower.
Scope of services
What we take care of around Azure DevOps
Setup & architecture
Fresh installation of Azure DevOps Server or setup of Azure DevOps Services: collection design, process templates, permission concepts, AD/Entra ID integration and governance done right from the start.
Upgrade & Migration
Upgrades of existing TFS/Azure DevOps Server installations and migrations between server and cloud — planned, tested, with minimal downtime for your teams.
Pipeline-Design (CI/CD)
YAML pipelines with templates, environment and approval concepts, multi-stage deployments and secrets management — maintainable instead of organically grown.
Build agent architectures
Self-hosted agent pools for on-premise and isolated networks: scaling, maintenance strategy, toolchain versioning and clean separation by security zone.
Operation & support
Ongoing care of your platform: patch management, performance tuning, backup/recovery concepts and troubleshooting — supporting your team, not acting as a black box.
Legacy modernisation
Replacing historic build chains (FinalBuilder, InstallShield, XAML builds) with modern, versioned pipelines — step by step, without a big bang.
TFVC → Git
TFVC-to-Git migration without data loss.
Many established .NET shops still work on TFVC — and keep postponing the migration because history, branches and well-rehearsed processes depend on it. We have done these migrations several times and know where the pitfalls are.
- Branch structure analysis: what needs to come along, what can be archived? Not every 15-year-old history belongs in the new repo.
- Migration tooling & dry runs: migrate in a test environment first — including validation of the history.
- Branching strategy for Git: trunk-based or release flow, matched to your release cycle instead of textbook dogma.
- Team transition: training and pairing in the first weeks so the switch actually lands in daily work.
Why with xeam
- 01On-premise is not an edge case for usAzure DevOps Server, self-hosted agents and isolated networks are our daily business — not the exception.
- 02Developer perspectiveWe optimise for fast builds and clear feedback loops — not just infrastructure metrics.
- 03Security & compliance built inWe factor in DevSecOps and KRITIS requirements from day one — see DevSecOps & KRITIS.
- 04Azure DevOps or GitHub?When the interplay pays off and where agentic AI really takes hold — our objective analysis Azure DevOps vs. GitHub.
Next step
Azure DevOps: build, migrate or clean up?
Briefly describe your starting point — server or cloud, team size, compliance context. You'll get an honest assessment, not a pitch.
info@xeam-solutions.com