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Moving to the Cloud is NOT about the Cloud

March 11, 2019 Mar 11, 2019 03/11/19
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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.

Safe On-Premises Releases Using VSTS

June 11, 2018 Jun 11, 2018 06/11/18
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Read on to learn how Premier Developer Consultant Ilias Jennane addresses the idea of safe releases and incremental feature rollout for on-premises releases using Visual Studio Team Services.I have recently interacted with many customers that were clearly under the impression that they should only consider DevOps practices if they are doing ...

The “P” in “PM”

May 16, 2018 May 16, 2018 05/16/18
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In the following post, Premier Developer Consultant Ilias Jennane sheds more light on the PM role and how it fits into the bigger picture of DevOps. In recent discussions with customers and colleagues about why large I.T. shops often struggle in adhering to Agile principles or becoming DevOps organizations, I couldn’t help but notice ...

A branching strategy for CI/CD using Git in VSTS

December 4, 2017 Dec 4, 2017 12/4/17
Pam Lahoud
In this post from his blog, Premier Developer consultant Ilias Jennane discusses a strategy that can be used for branching and merging using Git in VSTS in a continuous integration/continuous deployment environment.When it comes to Branching and Merging strategies, the internet is full of examples and “best practices”. I personally don’t...

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...