Why should I use Visual Studio ALM

I see many organisations looking at TFS and trying to make the decision on why should I use Visual Studio ALM. Often you already have some tools and you want to move to TFS, or you have TFS and you are evaluating other tools as part of a reorganisation.
Create log entries in Release Management

I have been working through my demos for NDC London next week. And I found it almost impossible to create log entries in Release Management where I wanted.
Create a Release Management pipeline for Professional Developers

Now that I have it configured I want to show how to create a Release Management pipeline for Professional Developers and Development Teams.
Create a Standard Environment for Release Management in Azure

Next week I will be speaking at NDC London 2014 and I have been working on my demo. Since Connect() everything for a little bit easier and I need to create an environment for Release Management for Visual Studio 2013.
Move your Azure VM to a Virtual Network

When I first completed configuring a DC in Azure for AAD integrated Release Management I did not add my virtual machine to a virtual network. And I really should have and in the usual poopyness that is servers you can’t move it. You effectively need to delete your VM leaving the disks and create a […]
Configuring a DC in Azure for AAD integrated Release Management

I will be speaking at NDC London: Second Look, Team Foundation Server & VSO and I am planning to be a little adventurous with the demo. For this I will be configuring a DC in Azure for AAD integrated Release Management so that I can do cloud demos. While potentially similar to the Brian Keller […]
NDC London: Second Look, Team Foundation Server & VSO

While I have spoken at many events in the USA while I lived there, and even did a few keynotes for the Visual Studio 2012 launch, I have been trying to figure out the scene here in Europe. As such I submitted to a few events and got accepted to speak at NDC London. My […]
Should I upgrade to TFS 2013 Update 2?

With the launch at Build of Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2 I wanted to make sure that the update goes seamlessly. So I am upgrading my demo box to both Windows Server 2012 R2 Update 1 and Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2. Recently the TFS updates have become so run of the mill […]
Building a release pipeline with Release Management with Visual Studio 2013

With the release of Visual Studio 2013 we now have release management built right into the product that we can use to build a scalable release pipeline. It’s not perfect but it does hit the spot.
Install Release Management 2013

Have you seen how easy it is to install Release Management 2013 and configure it with with Visual Studio 2013? See Martin install and configure the new Visual Studio 2013 Release Management Server, Client, and Deployment Agent all in under 10 minutes.