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Getting Started with Windows 10 IoT Core & Raspberry Pi 3B+
In this post, App Dev Manager, Robert Schumann shows how to get started with Windows 10 IoT Core with Raspberry Bi 3 B+. Jumping right in, let’s get a few matters out of the way upfront. Everything you need (to complete this article) You will need the HDMI cable to connect the Pi to a monitor for checking installation status. Likewise, having a USB keyboard and mouse for installation is suggested in case they’re needed for troubleshooting. Technically speaking, a lot of functionality can be accomplished through the browser or remote con...
Moving to the Cloud is NOT about the Cloud
One of the questions that I get asked very regularly by customers, colleagues, and friends is “Why do I need to move my … to the cloud?“ Almost every time this question comes up, the conversation very quickly gets into technical capabilities of the cloud, cost saving or the last service that this or that cloud vendor has released. These are all valid reasons, but that’s not what drives people, teams, or organizations.
Consider This When Planning your TFS to Azure DevOps Migration
Depending on what version of TFS you intend to migrate and what features you are using, there are a few things that in my opinion are “major” considerations because they have the potential of adding scope to your migration efforts. While you will find out about them as you read through the official migration guide, I believe there is value to knowing these things prior to embarking in such journey.
Angular How-to: Microsoft ADAL for Angular 6+ with Configurable Settings
Laurie Atkinson, Senior Consultant explains how to use the microsoft-adal-angular6 wrapper library to authenticate with Azure Active Directory in your Angular 6+ apps.
e-signature requirements in Azure DevOps service and Azure DevOps Server
The reason for this post is to help customers realize how to satisfy the CFR – Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, PART 11 ELECTRONIC RECORDS; ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES requirements with Team Foundation Server, Azure DevOps Service and Azure DevOps Server.
Exploring Blazor with Visual Studio 2019
In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Keith Beller walks use through Blazor, a new experimental framework for WebAssembly. What is Blazor? After 22 years of dominance as “the” native language for client-side browser interaction, JavaScript is facing new competition from other popular languages such as C/C++, Go, PHP, C# and others thanks to the growing adoption of WebAssembly or Wasm. All four major browser engines Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Edge now support WebAssembly. In fact, according to caniuse.com as of March 1st 2019 80.62% of users globally are using web browsers that support WebAssembly. Blaz...
Remediation of old versions of Visual Studio Isolated Shell
With this little tidbit of information, we were able to write a powershell script that iterates through a given folder recursively and identifies executables that are dependent on VS Isolated Shell.
Gathering real-time Perfmon Counters in a cluster
Performance (aka. Perfmon) Counters are critical to understanding the health of and diagnosing issues on Windows. In recent performance and scalability testing of a solution built on top of Azure Service Fabric, we collected Perfmon Counters across 15 VMs and sent them to Log Analytics. This was very helpful; however, there were times when we wanted them to be real time.
Accessibility Testing with Azure DevOps Pipelines
I was recently working with one of my customers to help them improve the usability of their applications as mandated by their IT staff. The goal was to create quality web applications that can be equally useful to all users including those with disabilities. Together, we reviewed many good tools and potential best practices, but we wanted something that would specifically run as part of the application release process.