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AzureFunBytes – Modernizing Your Apps With Containers

Jay GordonDecember 28, 2020Dec 28, 202012/28/20

In this video, learn how to manage containers for deployment, options for container registries, and ways to manage and scale deployed containers. We’ll learn why to use containers, the advantages, and even demo a container creation.

AzureFunBytes – DevOps on Azure with Donovan Brown

Jay GordonDecember 1, 2020Dec 1, 202012/1/20

In this stream, Donovan Brown joins me to discuss the different methods of implementing DevOps on Microsoft Azure. We take a walk together through different workflows with GitHub Actions, Azure Web App Service, and more. Donovan helps me "rub some DevOps" on some deployment targets we'll spin up to ensure repeatable, reliable releases.

AzureFunBytes Short – Cloud Shell

Jay GordonNovember 23, 2020Nov 23, 202011/23/20

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 ...

Azure Web App Service and GitHub Actions (Video Tutorial)

Jay GordonOctober 23, 2020Oct 23, 202010/23/20

The video should help provide you with a great start on using this service with your Azure Web App Service. Utilizing resources like GitHub actions can help you on your journey to becoming a Microsoft DevOps Certified Expert.

Static Web App PR Workflow for Azure App Service Using Azure DevOps

AbelOctober 15, 2020Oct 15, 202010/15/20

The pull request workflow in Static Web Apps is super cool, but that only works for Static Web Apps and GitHub Actions.. This blog post walks you through how to implement the same PR workflow for Azure App Service using Azure DevOps

Azure Repos default branch name

Matt CooperAugust 6, 2020Aug 6, 202008/6/20

Azure Repos added the ability to choose a default branch for new repositories.

Introducing the New Pull Request Experience for Azure Repos

Apeksha AwasthiMarch 19, 2020Mar 19, 202003/19/20

Try out Azure Repos' mobile-friendly and faster pull request experience with new features like adding required reviewers per pull request, comparing multiple iterations, and accepting suggested changes within the pull request!

Supporting SHA-2 algorithm in SSH on Azure DevOps

Jimson Chalissery [MSFT]March 18, 2020Mar 18, 202003/18/20

With the release of OpenSSH 8.2 last month, connections to SSH servers using SHA-1 was disabled by default in the OpenSSH client. We understand that this move helps improve the security of SSH connections, by encouraging all users to adopt the SHA-2 class of algorithms, generally considered safer. However, this resulted in OpenSSH users not ...

Introducing Scalar: Git at scale for everyone

Derrick StoleeFebruary 12, 2020Feb 12, 202002/12/20

Git is a distributed version control system, so by default each Git repository has a copy of all files in the entire history. Even moderately-sized teams can create thousands of commits adding hundreds of megabytes to the repository every month. As your repository grows, Git may struggle to manage all that data. Time spent waiting for git ...

Updates to the Git Commit Graph Feature

Derrick StoleeNovember 11, 2019Nov 11, 201911/11/19

In a previous blog series, we announced that Git has a new commit-graph feature, and described some future directions. Since then, the commit-graph feature has grown and evolved. In the recently released Git version 2.24.0, the commit-graph is enabled by default! Today, we discuss what you should know about the feature, and what you can expect...

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