What is the primary purpose of Azure DevOps?

The primary purpose of Azure DevOps is to provide development and collaboration tools for software projects. Azure DevOps encompasses a suite of services that facilitate the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, developing, testing, delivering, and monitoring applications. It offers features such as version control, agile project management tools, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), and collaboration functionalities for teams.

By integrating these tools into a cohesive environment, Azure DevOps helps teams to work more efficiently and collaboratively, ultimately improving the speed and quality of software delivery. The focus on enhancing collaboration between development and operations (often referred to as DevOps) is a key element that supports small teams working on software widely through streamlined communication and tight integration of workflows.

The other choices focus on specific areas not directly aligned with the broader capabilities of Azure DevOps, such as network security, database management, and big data analysis, which fall outside of the main objectives of Azure DevOps services.