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Using JOIN with MAX to write efficient queries

March 3, 2018 Mar 3, 2018 03/3/18
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In this post, Senior Application Development Manager, Alexei Govorine,  demonstrates how to use SQL JOIN and MAX in a query.How to join two SQL tables and display the latest results.Recently a customer has asked me to help them with a query design. The question was how to join two tables and display the latest results from one of them in ...

Monitoring a Java App Service Web App

March 2, 2018 Mar 2, 2018 03/2/18
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In the following article by Premier Developer consultant Kurt Schenk, he explains how to monitor a Java app using Tomcat running on Windows. When deploying a Java Azure App Service Web App, there are some great tools you can use for monitoring. Before describing these tools, I will first share some background about operating systems and ...

Microsoft Flow: Expose Public APIs via Custom Connector

February 28, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 02/28/18
Pam Lahoud
In this post we’d like to highlight an article from Premier Developer consultant Megan Meyer’s blog where she walks us through setting up a Custom Connector in Microsoft Flow in order to access data from her FitBit device.I love fitness trackers. I was excited to get the new Fitbit Alta HR, but some of my eagerness waned when I remembered ...

5 Ways to Reduce the Impact of Failure

February 27, 2018 Feb 27, 2018 02/27/18
Pam Lahoud
In the second post in his series on risk management in modern software development, Premier Developer consultant Assaf Stone further explores the concept of mitigating risk by reducing the impact of failures. In the previous post we discussed risk management, how many of us manage it today by attempting to control the likelihood of failure...

Git in Education

February 26, 2018 Feb 26, 2018 02/26/18
Pam Lahoud
In this post, Premier Developer consultant Brian Blackman introduces one of our training offerings – the Microsoft Git Solutions workshop.With Premier Support for Developers, our customers have access to many resources including education. Case in point is our Microsoft Git Solutions workshop. This educational opportunity is a two-day ...

Using VSTS Service Hooks in Release Management to add resource cleanup resilience

February 24, 2018 Feb 24, 2018 02/24/18
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In this post, Principal Consultant/App Dev Manager Lou Sawyer describes how to integrate webhooks and runbooks to cleanup failed Azure deployments. Release Management capabilities in Visual Studio Team Service are fantastic and offers extensibility points to make everyone's life easier. In this post, we'll be discussing the Service ...

Risk: You’re Managing it Wrong!

February 23, 2018 Feb 23, 2018 02/23/18
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The following post about managing risks in modern software development is from Premier Developer consultant, Assaf Stone.No offense, but despite your best intentions, you might not be handling risk properly. In this day and age, everything is software-dependent; even if you do not consider yourself a “software-firm” per-se, even if you are...

Enabling ALM Tooling in the Cloud for PubSec Customers

February 17, 2018 Feb 17, 2018 02/17/18
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In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Doug Owens explores cloud hosted TFS options for government organizations.(image) In sharing notes with peers within Microsoft, it becomes clear that many of our PubSec customers can benefit from improved Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and DevOps practices. The world-class features, low barriers to ...