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General Board / Re: Implement Central DB Repository With Version Control Using Azure DevOps?

« on: October 25, 2024, 03:46:42 am »

Thanks for the input, Geert.
I assumed that Azure DevOps functionality would mirror the setup I tested on my homelab:
- one instance of a stand-alone database server (containing one database per EA project)
- one instance of a stand-alone version control server (containing one remote repo per EA project)

My assumption (which is probably incorrect) was that there would be one instance of Azure DevOps that would act as the database server and another that would act as the version control server.  From your response, it sounds like both capabilities could be handled in the same instance of Azure DevOps.

I am new to Azure DevOps and its capability so I apologize if this is overly simplistic.
In any case, I am reaching out to my IT team to see if they can sandbox a setup that we can do some testing with.

Thanks again.

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General Board / Implement Central DB Repository With Version Control Using Azure DevOps?

« on: October 25, 2024, 01:02:11 am »

We only recently started using EA for system modeling in the past year, and have been using file replicas of a master QEA file for collaboration.  We have evolved to enough users that a central DBMS and version control is likely warranted.  I have read the existing documentation and successfully implemented a setup using MariaDB as the DBMS and a Subversion server for version control. 

However, I am now looking to implement a setup on our local network and the IT team wants to host everything in Azure DevOps for both the SQL database and version control.  As best I can tell, Azure DevOps version control is the evolution of Team Foundation Version Control which is supported by EA but I have never used before.

Is using Azure DevOps for both the DBMS and version control supported?
Would the instructions for implementing be any different than described in the documentation?
Or is my IT department trying to force a square peg into a round hole?

Thanks.