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DevOps, Git, and Agile updates from the team building Azure DevOps

ARM Templates Or HashiCorp Terraform – What Should I Use?

November 24, 2020 Nov 24, 2020 11/24/20

Zachary Deptawa

There are many tools that can help tackle infrastructure as code including cloud or host agnostic options like HashiCorp Terraform as well as platform-specific options like Azure Resource Manager Templates. Which is right for you?

AzureFunBytes Short – Cloud Shell

November 23, 2020 Nov 23, 2020 11/23/20

Jay Gordon

The Azure Cloud Shell is one of my favorite things about using Azure. Many of the administrative tasks that I may have had to run from a local computer can now be done from a browser anywhere I can authenticate into my Azure account. I used to always worry about needing a computer that had a shell or a terminal program with my ssh key on it ...

Replacing “View YAML”

November 20, 2020 Nov 20, 2020 11/20/20

Matt Cooper

This sprint, we're replacing the "View YAML" experience. This is the feature which helps you migrate designer pipelines to YAML. The new version is more correct and covers more Classic Build features, which I'll cover in this post. It removes one useful quirk of the old implementation, so I'll share tips for anyone who depended on that quirk...

Static Web App PR Workflow for Azure App Service using Azure DevOps Pt 2 (But what if my code is in GitHub)

November 19, 2020 Nov 19, 2020 11/19/20

Abel

In part 1, I walked you you through how to set up that sweet pull request workflow for Static Web Apps if your app if your app is in Azure App Service and your code and pipelines are in Azure DevOps. Now I show you how to do the same thing if your pipelines are in Azure Pipelines, but your code is in a GitHub repo.

AzureFunBytes Short – Azure Containers (Kubernetes, Container Instances, More)

November 19, 2020 Nov 19, 2020 11/19/20

Jay Gordon

A container virtualizes the underlying OS and causes the containerized app to perceive that it has the OS—including CPU, memory, file storage, and network connections—all to itself. Because the differences in underlying OS and infrastructure are abstracted, as long as the base image is consistent, the container can be deployed and run anywhere

What’s New in Azure DevOps Docs For October?

November 16, 2020 Nov 16, 2020 11/16/20

Abel

Do you ever wonder what docs have been updated for Azure DevOps? We sure do, and now we track and report on it.

Things to consider when running visual tests in CI/CD pipelines: Container Pipeline Edition (Part 3)

November 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020 11/13/20

Jessica Deen

What is a container based pipeline? In short, it's a pipeline where *each* task runs in a container. The benefit of this is I don't need to spend time configuring my build server or build environment with *all* the necessary dependencies and binaries needed for my pipeline.

Delivery Plans 2.0 Public Preview

November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20

Dan Hellem

Welcome to the public preview of Delivery Plans 2.0. We have added Delivery Plans into the core product and included some great new features like work items spanning iterations and stakeholder access. Give it a try today and let us know what you think.