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Using Redis as ADAL token cache

September 20, 2016 Sep 20, 2016 09/20/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Marius Rochon  shows how to use Redis as ADAL token cache. Here is a sample TokenCache class implementation using Redis for use with the Active Directory Access Library (ADAL). The library is used for obtaining tokens from Azure AD or AD FS using the OAuth2 protocol. Continue ...

US Workshops, Webcasts, and Tech Talks – September 2016 Update

September 8, 2016 Sep 8, 2016 09/8/16
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Teams struggle to keep up with the latest technology trends, so training and knowledge transfer are important investments to build the expertise required for optimal application and infrastructure.  It’s a great way to proactively stay in front of technical gaps that can manifest in the form of implementation delays, architectural ...

Getting started with your DevOps journey

September 6, 2016 Sep 6, 2016 09/6/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Ilias Jennane  explains about navigating through the Dev Ops journey. You have probably started to hear all the noise about DevOps. Most likely you fall into one of the following categories: Regardless of which phase of that journey you’re actually in, there are ...

Five DevOps Must-Reads

September 2, 2016 Sep 2, 2016 09/2/16
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DevOps promotes the collaboration between developers and other IT stakeholders to optimize software delivery.  For many organizations, it’s a challenge for teams to come together with the right mix of priorities and expectations.  Application Development Manager, Dave Harrison, shares five of his favorite DevOps books. DevOps as a ...

Millennial Manager

August 24, 2016 Aug 24, 2016 08/24/16
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Unlike a lot of technical blogs, Premier Developer covers a range of both technical and business focused topics.  Why?  Simply put, developers need to understand the business and the business needs to understand developers.  This post is provided by Dan Simmons, a Technical Delivery Manager in Microsoft’s Modern Application Domain and a...

Building cross-platform Xamarin.Forms apps in VSTS

August 23, 2016 Aug 23, 2016 08/23/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Jim Blizzard shows how to navigate past some of the issues when setting up VSTS builds for a multi-project Xamarin.Forms solution. The other day I wanted to create a DevOps CI / CD pipeline for a simple Xamarin.Forms app that I’d created. The Visual Studio solution contains ...

Using the correct version of Android SDK Build-Tools with Xamarin Android

August 10, 2016 Aug 10, 2016 08/10/16
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Senior Developer consultant, Wael Kdouh, walks us through what it takes to get Xamarin.Android working with the latest “24” SDK Build-tools package. Google recently released a new final version “24” of the Android SDK Build-tools package. Of course, being a good citizen meant that I used the Android SDK Manager to update to the ...

US Workshops, Webcasts, and Tech Talks – August 2016 Update

August 8, 2016 Aug 8, 2016 08/8/16
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Premier Support for Developers provides access to a wide range of advisory and training options that include most popular developer technologies.  Options range from onsite, instructor-led workshops to remote training, and even access to a distinguished team of Developer Consultants for specialized advisory needs.  Content frequently ...

Single SignOn is easy, Single SignOut is not

August 5, 2016 Aug 5, 2016 08/5/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Marius Rochon talks about problems with single SignOut. Single Sign In relies on the token issuer holding on to a cookie, which tells it about the user identity after the first signin. The issuer can then respond to a request for token in whatever protocol it came in (WSFed, SAML...