DevOps in a Windows (Enterprise) World

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The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office adopts CI/CD, moves from centralized to GitHub/DVCS, and cuts VM provisioning from two–three weeks to minutes by automating Hyper‑V/SCVMM with shared PowerShell modules and consolidating pipelines on Azure DevOps. Change management shifts to a “guide, trust and verify” model that removes approval gates while remaining auditable. Organization has ~850 staff with ~200 in digital/change; outcomes include faster time‑to‑market, more experiments, and measurable data‑driven decisions.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:02United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
3. 7:29Cultural Challenges
4. 10:43How Did We Address This?
5. 13:45Outcomes
6. 15:55Process Challenges
7. 20:19Tooling Challenges

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