Creating nested teams in Visual Studio ALM
I just got a question on Teams without areas using Team Field in TFS and I decided that it warranted a bigger answer. The question was around creating nested teams and how to achieve it. Now, this applies to both Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Server if you are using area path, and only TFS if you are using Team Field.
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.
Join a machine to your azure hosted domain controller
Now that you have finished moving your Domain Controller Azure VM to a Virtual Network ] you need to be able to join a machine to your azure hosted domain controller.
Understanding TFS migrations from on-premise to Visual Studio Online
I have recently been doing a lot of migrations and Willy asked me to write a white-paper about understanding TFS migrations from on-premise to Visual Studio Online.
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. While in London for NDC 2014 I was in the same building as the filming of Mission Impossible 5. I worked on a TV show for my work experience at school and ended up with an IMDB profile and what always struck me was how much time was spent getting one a few minutes or even seconds of footage. If you ever get a chance to even be in the audience for a 30 minute comedy show, be warned… you will be there for at least 6 hours to get only 25 minutes of air time.
NDC London 2014: Why TFS no longer sucks and VSO is awesome
I was in London last week to do a talk on why TFS no longer sucks entitled “ Second Look, Team Foundation Server & VSO ”. I had a tone of preparatory work to do too make the demos smooth. The great god Murphy was however not smiling, but he was not angry. Some errors occurred, but no blue screens.
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.
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. I was speaking at NDC London 2014 this week and as my talk is all about how Team Foundation Server does not suck like it used to back before 2012 I need to demonstrate automatic environment deployments as part of my demos with a Release Management pipeline. This session is specifically geared towards users of 2005, 2008, or 2010 that got frustrated with the lack of some features. Specifically hierarchical work item relationships and teams among others. I want to show that the advances since the 2012 release of the product really make it worth considering again.
Configure a DNS server for an Azure Virtual Network
I just got done configuring a DC in Azure for AAD integrated Release Management and I need to now Configure a DNS server for an Azure Virtual Network. This will tell Azure that any servers that are added to this virtual network should use this DNS server. This should allow any machine added to this virtual network to be able to join the domain that we have configured.
Microsoft Surface 3 unable to boot from USB
Recently I had a crash of Windows 10 and while usually you can boot into recovery mode, Windows was uncooperative. This was when I found my Microsoft Surface 3 unable to boot from USB!
