What is Agentic DevOps?
Software organisations want to use AI to develop faster, reduce manual work and make releases more reliable. That requires more than separate AI tools. AI needs to become part of the full software delivery lifecycle (SDLC), from coding and testing to security, deployment and optimisation.
DevOps is shifting towards Agentic DevOps: teams work with AI agents that support code generation, reviews, test scenarios, security checks and pipeline improvements.
This gives developers faster feedback, brings risks into view earlier and makes releases more consistent.
Learn more about Agentic DevOps.
What this specialization means
This confirms Intercept supports software organisations in adopting GitHub, Azure and AI-assisted development in a secure and structured way.
Microsoft only awards this specialization to partners that can prove they deliver this combination in practice across complex DevOps engagements. That requires experience with GitHub, Azure, AI-assisted development, security, governance and delivery at scale.
In practice, this means Intercept helps organisations to:
- Apply AI in the SDLC with GitHub Copilot
- Standardise workflows, repositories and pipelines
- Accelerate teams with direct feedback in pipelines
- Strengthen security and compliance with GitHub Advanced Security
- Automate quality checks in pipelines
- Migrate from DevOps tools, such as Azure DevOps, to GitHub, gradually or fully
Microsoft puts GitHub at the centre of software development
From 2026, Microsoft is positioning GitHub more clearly as an AI-first development platform for modern software development. Not only as a repository, but as the place where code, security, automation and AI come together.
GitHub is becoming an essential part of Microsoft’s strategy for the software delivery lifecycle (SDLC).
