# Introduction

[PowerOn Pipelines](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=libum.poweron-pipelines) is an Azure DevOps (ADO) Extension which brings version control and managed releases via CI/CD pipelines to [Symitar](https://www.jackhenry.com/what-we-offer/operations/core-platforms/credit-union-core-platform), the Jack Henry™ credit union core platform.

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**A quick message from the founders...**\
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Howdy! We're very happy you're here—version control for the Symitar environment has been a hot topic amongst credit unions for some time. Unfortunately, due to the nature of custom code for the core, only a **select few** credit unions can say they have safe deployment practices for contributing PowerOn code 😕\
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Fortunately, we were invited to tackle the problem by a partner credit union and about a month or so later, we have the initial release of PowerOn Pipelines ✨ Head on over to [Libum Portal](https://portal.libum.io/) to subscribe, create an API key, and start governing your organization's PowerOn code today 🎉\
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\~Don & Dylan
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## Resources

* Jump right in to the [Quickstart](/poweron-pipelines/quickstart.md)
* Discover what's available in ADO with [PowerOn Pipelines Tasks](/poweron-pipelines/resources/tasks.md)
* See how we also mirrored support for [GitHub Actions](/poweron-pipelines/github-actions.md)
* Check out our [Libum Community](https://discord.gg/libum) on Discord
* Learn about our [privacy policy](https://libum.io/privacy)

## Key concepts

### PowerOn <a href="#poweron" id="poweron"></a>

PowerOn is a procedural language which provides a direct interface to the Symitar database. It offers record accessors which map directly to the Symitar Record Structure as well as some in-built utility functions to serve as tools when constructing a PowerOn or "specfile[^1]".

You can read more about PowerOn on the [Jack Henry eDocs](https://learnmore.symitar.com/edocs/#enus/GUID-EBB88D3C-A99F-4472-9E6B-6B382DADCD60.html).

### Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps is a cloud-based platform from Microsoft that provides developer services for supporting teams to plan work, collaborate on code development, and build and deploy applications. It offers integrated tools for source control, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), project tracking, and artifact management, enabling end-to-end DevOps workflows.

You can read more about Azure DevOps at [Microsoft](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/devops).

### CI/CD

CI/CD is a software development practice that automates building, testing, and deploying code. It helps teams deliver updates quickly and reliably by continuously integrating code changes and automatically delivering them to production.

[^1]: This is a legacy term which is synonymous with PowerOn.


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