Azure DevOps Build Version Updater | Automate Versioning in Pipelines

Published 04/09/2025

Description

Azure DevOps Build Version Updater tutorial for automating version numbers in build and release pipelines. In this video, I show how to install, configure, and use the Build Version Updater extension in Azure DevOps to automatically increment a predefined variable during pipeline execution. 0:00 - Introduction 0:17 - Description 4:41 - Sample Project 7:46 - Pipeline 10:11 - Marketplace 10:58 - Locally Installed 11:24 - Configuration 14:32 - Conclusion This extension is designed to help automate version handling in CI/CD workflows so you can reduce manual version changes and make build outputs easier to track. The Azure DevOps Marketplace page states that the task updates a predefined variable by 1 each time it executes and can be useful for automatically updating a version after a successful build or release. I walk through the general versioning context, create a sample pipeline, install the extension from the Azure DevOps Marketplace, and show how to configure it inside a real pipeline. The Marketplace documentation also notes that after installation you can add the “Build Version Updater” task to a build or release definition and configure it there. #AzureDevOps #BuildAutomation #Versioning Marketplace Link: l.samayas.eu/lxR69HrV4M?P=YT&V=21 Follow me on X: https://l.samayas.eu/jo3eaYEf3E?P=YT&V=21 Buy me a Coffee: https://l.samayas.eu/jX6xL7EWhd?P=YT&V=21 Studio Equipment Camera Sony Alpha ZV-E10 II: https://l.samayas.eu/k7y90TREl0?P=YT&V=21 Secondary Camera Obsbot Tail Air: https://l.samayas.eu/iFQu9WfmCw?P=YT&V=21 Elgato Prompter: https://l.samayas.eu/fHVrqqXtSc?P=YT&V=21 Microphone Rode Wireless GO II: https://l.samayas.eu/afBINjiBXN?P=YT&V=21