{"id":34526,"date":"2017-07-28T22:23:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T22:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/devops\/?p=34526"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:51:26","slug":"top-stories-from-the-vsts-community-2017-08-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/top-stories-from-the-vsts-community-2017-08-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories from the VSTS community &#8211; 2017.07.28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/image364.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/image_thumb346.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"57\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<strong>TOP STORIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudiogeeks.com\/extensions\/how-to-check-browser-type-and-its-version-in-vsts-extensions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HOWTO: Check browser type and its version in your VSTS\/TFS extensions<\/a> &#8211; Utkarsh Shigihalli\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">Ever wanted to check which browser (and browser version) your VSTS\/TFS extension is running on? In this blog post we will see couple of such methods which will help us to detect browser type and its version.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mattvsts.blogspot.com\/2017\/07\/so-many-things-i-like-in-new-release.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">So many things I like in the new Release Editor!<\/a> &#8211; Matteo Emili\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">Change is hard to swallow, it is the human nature and we cannot do anything about it so like every change, the new Release Editor can be a surprise for some.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.devmatter.com\/performance-testing-with-vsts\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Performance Testing with VSTS<\/a> &#8211; Jeff Bramwell\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">Earlier today I gave a talk at this year\u2019s Tulsa TechFest (love this conference!) on Performance Testing with VSTS On- and Off-Premises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.nwcadence.com\/vsts-authentication-aad-msa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VSTS Authentication: AAD or MSA?<\/a> &#8211; Colin Dembovsky\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">There are other authentication mechanisms such as SSH and Personal Access Tokens (PATs) but you need to first authenticate via AAD or MSA before you can use these other alternative mechanisms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.codeship.com\/how-to-identify-major-blockers-in-a-cicd-pipeline\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Identify Major Blockers in a CI\/CD Pipeline<\/a> &#8211; Matthew Setter\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">When your pipeline is in active use, how can you regularly identify and remove any significant blockers that work against it being as efficient and effective as possible?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.codewrecks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2017\/07\/22\/exclude-folders-from-sonarqube-analysis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exclude Folders from SonarQube analysis<\/a> &#8211; Ricci Gian Maria\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">Creating a build that is capable of perform a SonarQube analysis on a VSTS \/\u00a0 TFS is a really simple task, thanks to the two tasks that are present out-of-the box.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.bennymichielsen.be\/2017\/07\/27\/managing-settings-for-an-angular-app-with-vsts\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managing settings for an Angular app with VSTS<\/a> &#8211; Benny Michielsen\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">Trying to have one unified way of handling the settings gives two challenges: how to bootstrap the Angular app with dynamic settings and how to manage these during deployment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/intovsts.net\/2017\/07\/27\/update-appsettings-json-at-deploy-time-with-vsts-release-management\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Update appsettings.json at deploy time with VSTS Release Management<\/a> &#8211; Pieter Gheysens\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">Lately I have to deal more with .NET Core Web Applications to setup build and release definitions in VSTS. What always comes up is how to deal with specific application settings which must be updated for a specific environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/image530.png\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/image531.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/image_thumb438.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong> VIDEOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/csharperimage.jeremylikness.com\/2017\/07\/build-and-deploy-net-core-web-app-from.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web App Service on Azure<\/a> &#8211; Jeremy Likness\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">In less than ten minutes! This short video demonstrates just how straightforward it is to build and deploy a .NET Core app from Linux to an Azure Web App on Linux.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1V2hNtinRUA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IOT and Build Server<\/a> &#8211; Fanie Reynders\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">We are going to make use of Azure Functions, your favorite source-code repo (like VSTS) and a Raspberry Pi to create a simple lamp indicating the status of your builds on each check-in.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TIP<\/strong>: If you want to get your VSTS news in audio form then be sure to subscribe to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotfs.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RadioTFS<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/image366.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/image_thumb348.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<strong>FEEDBACK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? How could we do this series better?\nHere are some ways to connect with us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a comment below<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vsts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#VSTS<\/a> hashtag if you have articles you would like to see included<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. \u00a0TOP STORIES HOWTO: Check browser type and its version in your VSTS\/TFS extensions &#8211; Utkarsh Shigihalli Ever wanted to check which browser (and browser version) your VSTS\/TFS extension is running on? 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