A computerized system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more computer storage media storing computer-useable components for deploying a release to a production environment of a cloud computing environment, the computer-useable components comprising: a deployment manager that facilitates the development of the release by a DevOps personnel who does not have access to restricted data in the cloud computing environment to deploy the release, the deployment manager receiving the release and a release specification and storing the release and the release specification in a development storage outside of the cloud computing environment; wherein the release is at least one of a software update, a software patch, a firmware update and a firmware patch; wherein the release specification provide details of the release the development storage adapted to store the release prior to transferring the release to the cloud computing environment; a release storage at the cloud computing environment that is adapted to receive the release from the development storage and to store the release upon approval of the release by the operating personnel and upon approval of the release by the DevOps personnel and a deployment engine that is adapted to deploy the release to the production environment of the cloud computing environment in response to receiving the approval of the release by the operating personnel who has access to restricted data in the cloud computing environment. one or more processors; and one or more computer storage media storing computer-useable components for deploying a release to a production environment of a cloud computing environment, the computer-useable components comprising: a deployment manager that facilitates the development of the release by a DevOps personnel who does not have access to restricted data in the cloud computing environment to deploy the release, the deployment manager receiving the release and a release specification and storing the release and the release specification in a development storage outside of the cloud computing environment; wherein the release is at least one of a software update, a software patch, a firmware update and a firmware patch; wherein the release specification provide details of the release the development storage adapted to store the release prior to transferring the release to the cloud computing environment; a release storage at the cloud computing environment that is adapted to receive the release from the development storage and to store the release upon approval of the release by the operating personnel and upon approval of the release by the DevOps personnel and a deployment engine that is adapted to deploy the release to the production environment of the cloud computing environment in response to receiving the approval of the release by the operating personnel who has access to restricted data in the cloud computing environment. a deployment manager that facilitates the development of the release by a DevOps personnel who does not have access to restricted data in the cloud computing environment to deploy the release, the deployment manager receiving the release and a release specification and storing the release and the release specification in a development storage outside of the cloud computing environment; wherein the release is at least one of a software update, a software patch, a firmware update and a firmware patch; wherein the release specification provide details of the release the development storage adapted to store the release prior to transferring the release to the cloud computing environment; a release storage at the cloud computing environment that is adapted to receive the release from the development storage and to store the release upon approval of the release by the operating personnel and upon approval of the release by the DevOps personnel and a deployment engine that is adapted to deploy the release to the production environment of the cloud computing environment in response to receiving the approval of the release by the operating personnel who has access to restricted data in the cloud computing environment.