Sound familiar?

  • Releases are manual and risky, so they get scheduled for late at night.
  • Environments drift apart, so “it worked in test” doesn't mean much.
  • A pipeline change breaks a report, and an executive is the first to notice.
  • Nobody can say exactly what's deployed where, or who changed it.
  • Security and compliance checks happen at the end, if they happen at all.

What you'll get

  • Automated build, test and release pipelines for applications and data.
  • Identical environments, created from code in minutes.
  • Data tests and monitoring that catch problems before your reports do.
  • Every change versioned, reviewed and traceable.
  • Security and compliance checks built into every release.

One delivery pipeline, for apps and data

Software and data go through the same five stages. When both follow the same habits, releases get faster, reports stop breaking, and everyone can see what changed.

  1. 1Plan

    AppsWork tracked in one backlog, with a branching strategy everyone follows.

    DataData contracts with source owners: what arrives, when, and in what shape.

  2. 2Build

    AppsEvery commit builds automatically, with unit tests and code review.

    DataPipelines, notebooks and models in Git, built and checked on every change.

  3. 3Test

    AppsIntegration tests and security scans before anything is released.

    DataData tests for freshness, completeness, duplicates and schema changes.

  4. 4Release

    AppsApprovals and automated releases from development to test to production.

    DataFabric and Power BI deployment pipelines promote content the same way.

  5. 5Operate

    AppsAzure Monitor and Application Insights watch performance and errors.

    DataRun health, data freshness and failures alert the team in Microsoft Teams.

DevOps: Modern, Automated Software Delivery

We set up DevOps on Microsoft Azure so your teams can build, test and release applications quickly, safely and the same way every time.

CI/CD Automation

Build, test and release through Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, with approvals where they matter and none where they don't.

Infrastructure as Code

Azure environments defined in Terraform or Bicep, reviewed in pull requests and rebuilt identically every time.

DevSecOps

Code, dependency and configuration scanning in every build, with Azure Policy guarding what can be deployed.

Containers & Kubernetes

Applications packaged with Docker and deployed to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or Azure App Service.

Monitoring & Observability

Azure Monitor, Application Insights and dashboards that show how releases affect real users.

Safer Releases

Staged roll-outs and a tested rollback plan for every release, so a problem is contained and quickly reversed.

Automated software delivery pipeline

What changes: faster, smaller releases, fewer production incidents and a full record of every change.

DataOps: Tested, Governed Data Pipelines

We apply the same discipline to data, so pipelines, models and reports change safely and the numbers your business relies on stay right.

Tested and governed data pipelines

Version Control & CI/CD for Data

Microsoft Fabric Git integration and deployment pipelines, Power BI projects and dbt, so data changes are reviewed and released like code.

Automated Data Tests

Freshness, volume, uniqueness and schema tests that run with every change and every load, and stop bad data before it reaches reports.

Orchestrated Pipelines

Ingestion and transformation in Fabric Data Factory, Azure Data Factory or Databricks, with retries, dependencies and clear ownership.

Quality & Governance

Lineage, data quality rules and sensitivity labels with Microsoft Purview, aligned to how your business classifies data.

Data Observability

Run health, late or missing data and unexpected changes surfaced in one place, with alerts to the right people.

MLOps

Model registry, automated training and deployment, and drift monitoring with Azure Machine Learning and MLflow.

What changes: data that arrives on time, problems caught before they reach reports, and analytics changes released with confidence.

Measurable outcomes

Progress you can measure

We measure where you start, then report the same numbers as we go, so improvement is visible rather than anecdotal. The first four are the industry-standard DORA measures of software delivery; the last two do the same job for data.

  • Deployment frequency

    How often you release to production. Small, frequent releases carry less risk than big ones.

  • Lead time for changes

    How long a change takes from commit to production. Shorter means faster answers to the business.

  • Change failure rate

    The share of releases that cause a problem. Automated tests and checks bring it down.

  • Time to restore

    How quickly you recover when something goes wrong. Rollback and monitoring keep it short.

  • Data freshness

    Whether data arrives when people expect it. Agreed targets, monitored and alerted.

  • Data test coverage

    How much of your critical data is protected by automated tests, and how often they pass.

How we work

1

Assess

We review how you build, test and release today, and measure where you're starting from.

2

Automate

We build pipelines, infrastructure as code and data tests for a pilot product or data domain.

3

Prove

We compare the measures with the baseline and harden security, approvals and monitoring.

4

Scale & hand over

We turn the pilot into templates for every team, with documentation and training.

DevOps & DataOps Use Cases

How automation, testing and monitoring make software and data delivery faster and far more reliable.

Data teams

Automated testing and deployment for data pipelines

The challenge
Pipeline and report changes are deployed by hand, and a small mistake can break dashboards across the business.
What we build
Version control for all data assets, CI/CD with automated tests and controlled promotion from development to test to production.
The outcome
Confident, frequent releases and far fewer broken reports.
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Actions
  • dbt
  • Microsoft Fabric
Platform teams

Consistent environments with infrastructure as code

The challenge
Environments are built by hand, drift apart over time and are hard to rebuild after a problem.
What we build
Reusable Terraform or Bicep modules, policy checks in pull requests and automated provisioning for every environment.
The outcome
New environments in minutes, identical every time and fully auditable.
  • Terraform
  • Bicep
  • Azure Policy
  • Pull requests
Analytics teams

Data observability

The challenge
The first sign that data is broken is an executive asking why the numbers look wrong.
What we build
Freshness, volume and schema checks on key datasets, with alerts in Microsoft Teams and a run-health dashboard.
The outcome
Issues detected and fixed before anyone notices them in a report.
  • Data observability
  • Azure Monitor
  • Alerts
  • Microsoft Teams
Data science teams

MLOps for models in production

The challenge
Models built in notebooks never reach production, or quietly lose accuracy once they do.
What we build
A model registry, automated training and deployment pipelines, and drift monitoring that triggers retraining when needed.
The outcome
Models delivered reliably and kept accurate over time.
  • Azure Machine Learning
  • MLflow
  • CI/CD
  • Drift monitoring

Facing something similar? Talk to us about your use case.

What our clients say about us

Vilko Poznovia Vilko Poznovia Manager DS & ICT Indigo
Engagement
Data warehouse setup with a full DataOps implementation
Delivered
A streamlined deployment pipeline
Outcome
A markedly more secure environment

For our data platform, DATA LEAGUE and the team delivered a comprehensive data warehouse setup with a full DataOps implementation. The result was a markedly more secure environment and a streamlined deployment pipeline that has improved how we manage and release data infrastructure. The consultants brought deep technical expertise, clear communication, and a pragmatic approach to the engagement. We would not hesitate to recommend DATA LEAGUE to any organisation looking for a trusted data platform consulting partner.

  • Full DataOps
  • More secure
  • Faster releases
  • Clear and pragmatic

Frequently Asked Questions

DevOps combines software development and operations: code is version-controlled, tested automatically and released through continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), with infrastructure defined as code and monitored in production. DataOps applies the same ideas to data: pipelines, models and reports are version-controlled, tested automatically and released in a controlled way, so the numbers people rely on stay trustworthy. Most organisations need both, and they share the same tools and habits.

Yes. We set up Fabric Git integration and deployment pipelines, Power BI projects for source control, and automated tests on lakehouse and warehouse data, so analytics content moves from development to test to production as safely as application code.

DevOps and automation: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Bicep and Azure Policy.
Data: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, dbt and Microsoft Purview.
Applications: .NET, Azure App Service, Container Apps, AKS and Functions.
Monitoring and security: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Entra ID.

We set up CI/CD for not-for-profit organisations that cut deployment time by 60%, and automated data integration for several clients that brought report refresh times down from hours to minutes. Indigo's data warehouse, with a full DataOps implementation, is described in the testimonial above.

Usually not. We start with what you already use, such as Azure DevOps or GitHub, and add automation step by step. Where a change makes sense, we explain why and plan it with you.

Yes, that's the goal. We build reusable templates, document every pipeline and work alongside your team, so they can run and extend everything without us. Ongoing support is available if you'd like it.

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