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Highlights from Microsoft Build 2021 | Digital Event

on July 9, 2021

I’m happy to announce a Highlights from Microsoft Build 2021 digital event next Thursday, July 15. Please join me and other local experts as we look to provide key insights from the event that will help you expand your skillset, find technical solutions, and innovate for the challenges of tomorrow.

Here are the topics that will be covered:

  • .NET 6 and ASP.NET Core 6 and C#10
  • Internet of Things
  • DevOps
  • Kubernetes
  • Power Platform
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Azure Functions
  • Entity Framework
  • Power BI

For more details about this event, please visit https://www.meetup.com/CTTDNUG/events/279130746/

Enjoy!

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How I Develop Locally With GitHub and Azure DevOps Repos — El Bruno

on May 24, 2020

Originally posted on The Frog Pond of Technology: A peer of mine recently asked about how I manage local code (projects, solutions, Git repos, etc.) that may or may not be synced to a cloud repository (GitHub, Azure DevOps, etc.) Since I previously blogged about How I Blog – Updated 2018 and I’m a fan…

How I Develop Locally With GitHub and Azure DevOps Repos — El Bruno
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Writing code and having fun with Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock | Azure Friday

on April 17, 2020

In this episode of Azure Friday, Isaac Levin joins Scott Hanselman to talk about building highly scalable applications and having fun with the Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock sample application. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock is a multi-language application built with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, deployed with GitHub Actions and running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). It also uses Machine Learning and Azure Cognitive Services (Custom Vision API). Languages used in this application include .NET, Node.js, Python, Java, and PHP.

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Source: Channel 9

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Publish Nuget packages in Azure DevOps Pipelines

on March 29, 2020

If you’re using Azure DevOps for your build, did you know you can also publish your NuGet packages?

Here is a great post that walks you through the process.

Enjoy!

In Azure DevOps, Pipelines can be used to build your solution, create a Nuget package and publish the Nuget package to the Nuget feed for further …

Publish Nuget packages in Azure DevOps Pipelines

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Moving an Azure DevOps repo to use Github Actions instead

on March 27, 2020

In this blog post, I am going to take an existing web application that resides in Azure DevOps and port it to build and deploy within GitHub and use …

Moving an Azure DevOps repo to use Github Actions instead
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Improved Continuous Delivery capabilities and caching for Azure Pipelines | Azure DevOps Blog

on November 6, 2019

Improved Continuous Delivery capabilities and caching for Azure Pipelines | Azure DevOps Blog
— Read on devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/improved-continuous-delivery-capabilities-and-caching-for-azure-pipelines/

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Introducing the Azure DevOps Service Status Portal

on December 5, 2018

Last week Microsoft introduced the Azure DevOps Service status portal which provides real-time insights into the current health of Azure DevOps regional feature status and provides additional details on specific events either current or historical.

When you go to the Azure DevOps Service status portal, the main dashboard shows you a 2-dimensional matrix mapping of the feature with geographic regions as shown below.

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To see current or historical events, click on the Status History link where you can filter the results by service type, categories, severity and then date range:

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Clicking on a particular event log will take you to the event log page which shows all details about the event, what was affected, when it was resolved, and then any workarounds that users can take if needed.

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REST APIs will be coming soon for users looking to build automated solutions to watch the service status.

For service health updates relating to Azure’s global services, please refer to the Azure Status page.

For more information on the new Azure DevOps Service status portal, please refer to the Azure DevOps Service Status documentation.

Enjoy!

References

Azure DevOps Service Status portal

Azure DevOps Service Status documentation

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Authenticate Azure DevOps against its own REST API

on December 4, 2018

toon vanhoutte

During Azure DevOps build and release pipelines, you might have the need to consult the Azure DevOps REST API.  This blog explains how you can easily perform the authentication that is required to call that REST API.

Enable OAuth Authentication

First of all, you need to check the option Allow scripts to the OAuth token.  This enables scripts and other processes launched by tasks to access the OAuth token through the System.AccessToken variable.  This setting is somewhere hidden in the Additional options of the Agent Job:

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Use the OAuth token inside the script

Within a PowerShell script you can now retrieve the System.AccessToken variable and use it to authenticate against the Azure DevOps REST API.  A simplified example:

#Set authorization headers Write-Host Set authorization headers $headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN" } #Invoke REST API Write-Host Invoke REST API Invoke-RestMethod $url -Method $method -Body $body -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json'…

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Azure DevOps rolls out a dark theme preview

on November 10, 2018

This week Azure DevOps finally rolled out one of their most requested feature, a dark theme. I use dark theme for just about any app that supports it, so this is a welcome addition to Azure DevOps. Keep in mind that this is just a preview and is still being refined.

To switch to Dark theme, go to your Azure DevOps portal and click on your user dropdown menu in the top right corner. Then click on Theme menu item.

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The theme options pane will then be displayed. Click on the Dark (preview) option to switch to the dark theme.

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Voila! DevOps in Dark theme.

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Switching to dark theme is a personal choice and is not something that is forced across your organization, which is nice. I recommend you give it a try and see for yourself.

Enjoy!

References

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/11/01/whats-new-in-azure-devops-sprint-142-update/

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Download e-book ‘Effective DevOps’

on September 26, 2018

DevOps is a culture and practice that unifies people, processes and tools across development and operations groups that aims to help deliver software faster and more reliably.

In this e-book from from O’Reilly, you get a practical guide for improving collaboration across teams, promoting efficient use of tools, and using the concepts of DevOps to work more effectively. You’ll also:

  • Explore the foundations and four pillars of effective DevOps: Collaboration, affinity, tools, and scaling.
  • Get an overview of DevOps, including the evolution, foundational terminology, and concepts.
  • Understand common misconceptions about DevOps and anti-patterns used in the practice.

See what it looks like to make effective changes in your organization using a DevOps mindset.

Download the e-book from here. This book was published on August 31, 2018.

Enjoy!

References

Microsoft Azure DevOps

Download e-book Effective DevOps

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