Published on7 February 2018-4 min readEasy Release Versioning for .NET Projects using Azure DevOps and TFSbuildrelease-managementazure-devopstfsversioningnetOver the years I have always worked hard to make versioning a foundational piece of every CI / CD solution I've setup...
Published on23 October 2017-7 min readContinuous Deployment for Docker with Azure DevOps and Azure Container Registryazurebuildcontainersazure-devopsasp-netcontinuous-deploymentdockerLearn how to deploy an ASP.NET web API by packaging it in a container and using Azure DevOps for the deployment.
Published on4 October 2016-4 min readContinuous Deployment of Windows Services using VSTSnetautomationbuildrelease-managementcontinous-deploymentwindows-servicesdevopsSee how to build and deploy a .NET Windows Service from Visual Studio Team Services to a Windows Virtual Machine running in Azure.
Published on7 September 2016-5 min readDeploying to Azure VMs using VSTS Release Managementautomationbuildrelease-managementcontinous-deploymentwindows-servicesdevopsiaasvirtual-machineMicrosoft provides a bunch of useful information on how to deploy from Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to different targets...
Published on12 June 2015-1 min readTips on moving your Visual Studio Online from Microsoft to Organisational Accountsalmazurebuildtfspreviewuser-accessIf like me you've been a keen user of Visual Studio Online since it first came into existence way
Published on21 February 2013-4 min readCreate New Folder Hierarchies For TFS Projects using Git SCMalmbuildrelease-managementteam-foundation-servergitI think that as technology professionals and as citizens in a very tech-savvy world we assume the detail of what we do for a job can be explained...
Published on25 May 2012-7 min readThe Terrible Truth About Version 1.0.0.0netbuildciunit-testingrelease-managementdeploymentThe horror of not properly versioning your releases is fully explored within... enter if you are brave!
Published on6 May 2012-3 min readDr. Script or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Powershellnetbuildpowershellrelease-managementawsdeploymentbeastie-boysRead why you should pick up PowerShell skills as a .NET developer.
Published on12 April 2012-2 min readEasy Testing Of Your Web.Config Transformationsmsbuildtransformationnetasp-netbuildOne of the powerful features of ASP.NET 4.0 was the introduction of web.config transformations. See how you can test them easily!
Published on3 March 2012-4 min readConfigure Mercurial Pull with HTTP Authentication for Jenkins on Windowscruisecontroljenkinsmercurialmsbuildrelease-managementcibuildAs part of the journey our team is going on in 2012 I am looking to migrate our processes and tools to a more scalable and maintainable state.
Published on5 February 2012-5 min readGetting Web Deploy Working For Non-Admin Loginsiisbuildasp-netauthentication-issuesdeploymentweb-deploymsdeployIn this post we cover the steps to go through to get a non-Admin Windows user working for deployments with Web Deploy.
Published on25 January 2012-3 min readFixing Packaging Of Web Projects On Your .NET Build Servernetasp-netbuildrelease-managementOn my current project I'm running up the build and deployment environment and hit a roadblock that took me a little while to fathom.