{"id":36295,"date":"2017-09-22T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/devops\/?p=36295"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:51:10","slug":"top-stories-from-the-vsts-community-2017-09-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/top-stories-from-the-vsts-community-2017-09-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories from the VSTS community &#8211; 2017.09.22"},"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\" width=\"50\" height=\"57\" title=\"image\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/image_thumb346.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a>&nbsp;<strong>TOP STORIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2017\/09\/18\/vsts-in-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\">VSTS in Canada<\/a> &#8211; Brian Harry<br>We launched our latest Visual Studio Team Services instance in the Canada Central region. This adds to our instances in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Australia, and India.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myalmblog.com\/2017\/09\/retrospective-devops-using-vsts-azure-course\/\" target=\"_blank\">Retrospective \u2013 DevOps using VSTS and Azure course<\/a> &#8211; Anthony Borton<br>Last week I delivered the first run of my new DevOps using VSTS and Azure course in Kirkland, Washington. While my retrospectives are usually just for my personal improvement, I decided to start sharing my retrospectives to be more transparent\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dontpaniclabs.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/09\/19\/customizing-your-vsts-task-board\/\" target=\"_blank\">Customizing Your VSTS Task Board<\/a> &#8211; Andy Unterseher<br>The VSTS task board is a great way for developers and project managers to see development tasks in the current iteration. Here is how we customize our task board to add an additional step for work items.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/leanphoenix.blogspot.nl\/2017\/01\/vsts-private-build-server.html\" target=\"_blank\">VSTS &#8211; Private Build Server<\/a> &#8211; Jeffrey Opdam<br>This week I am helping a team that is hosting their code in Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS in short) and they want a continuous delivery pipeline, that builds and deploys their software on their internal servers which reside \u2018on premise\u2019.\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrum.org\/resources\/blog\/devops-cake\" target=\"_blank\">DevOps Cake<\/a> &#8211; Fran\u00e7ois Desrosiers<br>As the saying goes, it\u2019s not about the destination, it\u2019s about the journey. The same could be said about DevOps and its implementation in an organization. \n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deliveron.com\/blog\/keeping-confidence-your-shared-infrastructure-arm-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keeping Confidence in Your Shared Infrastructure ARM Templates<\/a> &#8211; Mike Douglas<br>Picking up infrastructure as code is much more than just building ARM templates. Use Git version control with branching and Pull Requests to deploying the networking infrastructure using a software delivery pipeline.\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nkdagility.com\/professional-organisational-change-ghana-police-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">Professional Organisational Change at the Ghana Police Service<\/a> &#8211; Martin Hinshelwood<br>In order to create any lasting and permanent change, a transformation is required. A departure from the old to a new modern and professional way to provide protective services to the public and uphold the law.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mickeygousset.com\/mygitjourney-issuing-commit-local-repository-using-git\/\" target=\"_blank\">#MyGitJourney \u2013 Issuing a Commit to My Local Repository using Git<\/a> &#8211; Mickey Gousset<br>Remember, the general workflow is: Working Directory &#8211; Staging &#8211; Local Repository &#8211; Remote Repository. I\u2019m ready now to move my files from the staging area to my local repository. This is referred to as a commit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alldaydevops.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Day DevOps 2017<\/a> &#8211; online community<br>All Day DevOps is a FREE online community responsible for creating the world&#8217;s largest DevOps conference. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/image_thumb229.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" title=\"image_thumb[2]\" style=\"margin: 0px;border: 0px currentcolor\" alt=\"image_thumb[2]\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/image_thumb2_thumb1.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a> RADIOTFS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotfs.com\/Show\/147\/NotThatCake\" target=\"_blank\">147<\/a> \/\/ Not That Cake<br>In this episode Greg, Josh and Gordon chat about TFS 2018 Upgrade Woops, VSTS 123, TFS 2017.3, VSTS in Canada, DevOps Days, Tricks and Tips and much more&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/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 href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotfs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">RadioTFS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/image366.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"47\" title=\"image\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/image_thumb348.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a>&nbsp;<strong>FEEDBACK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? How could we do this series better?<br> Here are some ways to connect with us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a comment below<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vsts\" target=\"_blank\">#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. &nbsp;TOP STORIES VSTS in Canada &#8211; Brian HarryWe launched our latest Visual Studio Team Services instance in the Canada Central region. This adds to our instances in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Australia, and India. 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