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Tips for Writing PowerShell Scripts to Use in Build and Release Tasks

April 13, 2016 Apr 13, 2016 04/13/16
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Premier Developer ALM Consultant Dave Burnison brings us this awesome collection of tips and tricks for using PowerShell in VSTS and TFS. You can now do almost anything in your build and release definitions in VSTS and TFS 2015. One of the most powerful ways to add your specific logic is to use the PowerShell task or the PowerShell on ...

On Prem IIS Web Application Deployment using VSTS RM vNext

January 26, 2016 Jan 26, 2016 01/26/16
Pam Lahoud
In his latest blog entry, Premier Developer Consultant Monu Bambroo demonstrates the new Visual Studio Team Services Release Management vNext tool for on premise deployments.  Here’s a quick peek at the blog, be sure to click the link at the end for the detailed step-by-step tutorial! Modern Lifecycle Development requires teams to be...

Visual Studio 2015 ALM VMs and Hands-On Labs Available

November 12, 2015 Nov 12, 2015 11/12/15
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If you looking to familiarize yourself with all the great new functionality in our 2015 ALM toolset, here’s an easy way to get started.  Check out the Visual Studio ALM VM 2015 (including both Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Server 2015) along with many popular demo scripts.  Don’t want to download the giant VM? ...

Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 1–Intro to the Schema)

September 30, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 09/30/15
Pam Lahoud
Premier Developer Consultant Geoff Gray comes to us this week with the first post in a new series from his awesome ‘Testing the Testing Strategy’ blog.  This series will focus on the structure of the Visual Studio Load Test results database and how you can derive insight on the performance of your application from this valuable data ...