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The Forgotten Roles in an Agile Transformation

October 9, 2017 Oct 9, 2017 10/9/17
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This post is provided by App Dev Manager Tuan Nguyen who spotlights the importance of Agile roles and contributions across the business.Most of the organizations I have been involved with that adopted Agile tend to treat non-developers as an afterthought. This is not surprising as Agile is usually driven by the IT department but it can be ...

Agile work in progress tracking: Are we there yet?

August 28, 2017 Aug 28, 2017 08/28/17
Monu Bambroo
In this post, Premier Developer consultant Ilias Jennane explains Agile Work in Progress Tracking. In almost every engagement I have with customers seeking guidance on how to effectively run an Agile development shop, the question of work in progress tracking comes up. However, the question comes in different “flavors”, often ...

Closing the gap between TFS and Scrum

July 2, 2017 Jul 2, 2017 07/2/17
Developer Support
This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Alexei Govorine who covers the use of scrum with TFS and spotlights TFS Version Control, Dashboards, and Markdown.IntroductionScrum is one of the most used agile frameworks that helps people address complex problems while delivering products of the highest possible value. For additional ...

A Smart Way to Host Your Training Labs

June 8, 2017 Jun 8, 2017 06/8/17
Developer Support
In this post, Application Development Manager, Wesam Darwish walks us through how to leverage Azure DevTest – a cost effective, consistent, and streamlined way for quickly deploying a virtual training lab in your environment. At Microsoft Premier Support for Developers, we provide a variety of training options and a wide range of ...

TFS automation – User management

May 27, 2017 May 27, 2017 05/27/17
Developer Support
In this post, Sr. Application Development Manager, Nandu Muralidharan introduces the TFS API set to help automate administrative tasks associated with managing users in Team Foundation Server. He also shares a set of helper components that he authored to assist developers in this space.   You can check out Nandu’s blog here. This is...

Scaling Agile using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services

April 4, 2017 Apr 4, 2017 04/4/17
Pam Lahoud
In the latest article on his blog, Premier Developer consultant Ilias Jennane discusses how to scale the Agile software development process for large organizations using Visual Studio Team Services. When the Agile Manifesto was written about 16 years ago, it had a simple goal and that is to uncover better ways of writing software. (image...

Premier Support Helps Keep Santa Flying

December 23, 2016 Dec 23, 2016 12/23/16
Developer Support
(image) Each year, NORAD Tracks Santa across the globe in an event that captures the heart of children and adults worldwide. Families can take part using a range of applications and devices to watch Santa’s progress in real time. Premier ADMs, Chris Mason, Bernard Apolinario, and developer consultant Geoff Gray share a glimpse of what goes ...

Web Test Plug-in for Authentication

April 19, 2016 Apr 19, 2016 04/19/16
Pam Lahoud
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Monu Bambroo gives us a step-by-step overview of how to add Authentication into your Web Performance and Load Test with Visual Studio. Web and Load testing are an essential part of application life cycle management. Within Visual Studio, we provide a great template to do web ...