Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305 Practice Question

Azure Pipelines satisfies every stated requirement. It is a fully managed CI/CD service within Azure DevOps that builds and deploys from Azure Repos without the need to provision agents when using Microsoft-hosted runners. Pipelines are described as YAML files checked in with the source code, can automatically trigger on commits or merges, integrate natively with Azure Key Vault for secret retrieval, and support multi-stage workflows with environment-based approvals before deploying to production.

Azure Automation State Configuration is intended for configuration management rather than end-to-end application CI/CD and lacks native build and approval features. Deployment Center with Local Git provides basic push-to-deploy functionality but no testing, release gating, or YAML pipeline definition. Azure Blueprints focuses on environment governance and policy enforcement, not application build and release pipelines.