May 2019

Enabling DevOps in A Hybrid Cloud Environment at DoD

Developer Support May 22, 2019 May 22, 2019 05/22/19

Learn how DoD leverages Azure DevOps to promote code from higher information level (IL) environment from a lower IL environment using Microsoft-Hosted and Self-Hosted Agents.

How Microsoft Tracks Santa

Developer Support May 21, 2019 May 21, 2019 05/21/19

In this post, App Dev Manager Casey Kriutzfield shed some light on the NORAD Tracks Santa Azure architecture allowing for some impressive page view metrics. I’m Casey Kriutzfield. One of the leads for NORAD Tracks Santa. For the past several years, we’ve been a key partner in the NORAD Tracks Santa website. Along with development, ...

Conflicting Principles; DevOps VS ITIL.

Developer Support May 20, 2019 May 20, 2019 05/20/19

On the surface DevOps and ITIL seem to be contradictory practices, with the former being more used in development work and the latter being more used for services/operations. However, if we drill down into their fundamentals you will find that DevOps cannot exist in its entirety without a framework such as ITIL.

Using Azure DevOps REST API with Node.js to retrieve repo permissions

Developer Support May 19, 2019 May 19, 2019 05/19/19

In this post, we will show you how to retrieve Azure DevOps permissions using the REST APIs with NodeJS. You can use this as a starter to consume other Azure DevOps REST APIs as documented at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/?view=azure-devops-rest-5.0.

Legacy Apps

Developer Support May 18, 2019 May 18, 2019 05/18/19

Many developers have had the opportunity to inherit code and applications. When that happens the first response is often to want to rewrite, refactor or kill it if it is using older or unsupported technologies. Oftentimes, we also have to consider modern design and improvement to existing technologies that have made the application obsolete.

Setting Up Permissions at the ListItem Level in SharePoint 2010 Using CSOM

Developer Support May 17, 2019 May 17, 2019 05/17/19

This article will examine one approach to set up permissions at a ListItem level in SharePoint 2010 using the Client-Side Object Model (CSOM) and ways to mitigate performance issues associated with ListItem management.

Insights to Application Awareness and Understanding

Developer Support May 16, 2019 May 16, 2019 05/16/19

Application Insights is an Azure-hosted service which provides for in-depth application monitoring, whether running in the cloud or on-premise. It provides powerful tools for monitoring, analysis, and diagnosis, with capabilities such as live metrics streaming, tracking response times and failure rates, and much more.

Azure DevOps Pipelines: Leveraging OWASP ZAP in the Release Pipeline

Developer Support May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019 05/14/19

As part of an organization’s automated Release pipeline, it is important to include security scans and report on the results of these scans. One tool used in the industry is the OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP).

Adding Authentication to Your App Easily with Azure AD

Developer Support May 12, 2019 May 12, 2019 05/12/19

Secure your applications with Microsoft Identity Platform couldn't be any easier. In this blog, we’ll walk through very quick steps to help you start experimenting with authentication capabilities using Azure AD identities.

Microsoft Security Risk Detection – What’s New

Developer Support May 10, 2019 May 10, 2019 05/10/19

MSRD is a self-service, AI-powered Dynamic Application Security Testing service that optimizes your web development cycle to identify and remediate bugs and security risks as they’re introduced into the codebase – not after they are already in production.

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