Category: Build

Easy Release Versioning for .Net Projects using VSTS and TFS

Versioning. Here we are. Again. Over the years I have always worked hard to make versioning a foundational piece of every CI / CD solution I've setup. Reliable, logical versioning becomes key to long-term maintenance and troubleshooting efforts, and whatever you can do to make it a "no-brainer" is worth it (your future self will … Continue reading Easy Release Versioning for .Net Projects using VSTS and TFS →

Continuous Deployment for Docker with VSTS and Azure Container Registry

I've been watching with interest the growing maturity of Containers, and in particular their increasing penetration as a hosting and deployment artefact in Azure. While I've long believed them to be the next logical step for many developers, until recently they have had limited appeal to many every-day developers as the tooling hasn't been there, … Continue reading Continuous Deployment for Docker with VSTS and Azure Container Registry →

Continuous Deployment of Windows Services using VSTS

I have to admit writing this post feels a bit "old skool". Prior to the last week I can't remember the last time I had to break out a Windows Service to solve anything. Regardless, for one cloud-based IaaS project I'm working on I needed a simple worker-type solution that was private and could post … Continue reading Continuous Deployment of Windows Services using VSTS →

Deploying to Azure VMs using VSTS Release Management

I am going to subtitle this post "the missing manual" because I spent quite a bit of time troubleshoothing how this should all work. Microsoft provides a bunch of useful information on how to deploy from Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to different targets, including Azure Virtual Machines. Updated Nov 2017: it looks like Microsoft … Continue reading Deploying to Azure VMs using VSTS Release Management →

Create New Folder Hierarchies For TFS Projects using Git SCM

If, like a lot of people who've worked heavily with TFS you may not have spent much time working with Git or any of its DVCS bretheren. Firstly, a few key things: 1. Read and absorb the tutorial on how best to work with Git from the guys over at Atlassian. http://atlassian.com/git/tutorial/git-basics 2. Install the … Continue reading Create New Folder Hierarchies For TFS Projects using Git SCM →