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AzureFunBytes – CI/CD on Windows with the Azure DevOps Starter Kit

Jay GordonJanuary 4, 2021Jan 4, 202101/4/21

In this video, Jay will walk you through using the Starter to start creating a demo website, make changes, and have them deployed automatically thanks to Azure DevOps.

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 ...

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...

Azure DevOps Demo Generator is now open source

Dave McKinstrySeptember 26, 2019Sep 26, 201909/26/19

The Azure DevOps Demo Generator is a community operated service that provisions template-based projects inside your Azure DevOps organization. Today we've published the source code for Demo Generator under the MIT License and welcome community participation. We've also enabled the ability to generate and use your own custom templates!

A Deep Dive into Git Performance using Trace2

Jeff HostetlerAugust 6, 2019Aug 6, 201908/6/19

A deep dive into using the new Git Trace2 feature to study Git performance problems on very large repos.

Bring your GitHub collaborators to Azure DevOps

Jimson Chalissery [MSFT]July 22, 2019Jul 22, 201907/22/19

Today we’re announcing the next step in the journey of making Azure DevOps and GitHub work great together. If you are an admin, sign into Azure DevOps with your GitHub identity, and you can now invite your GitHub team members.

Exploring new frontiers for Git push performance

Derrick StoleeMay 15, 2019May 15, 201905/15/19

In previous posts I've talked about performance improvements that our team contributed to the Git community. At Microsoft, we've been pushing Git to its limits with the largest and busiest Git repositories on the planet, improving core Git as we go and sending these improvements back upstream. With Git 2.21.0 and later you can take advantage ...

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