Posts Tagged ‘Azure DevOps’

Sometimes purely looking at an Azure DevOps backlog or Board may not tell the right story in terms of progress made towards a specific goal. At first glance, it may seem like a horror story, but in reality, it is not the case. The data needs to be read or conveyed in the right way. […]

Out of the box, Azure DevOps provides black-and-white capabilities in terms of how it can be utilized to support a project and its code repository. Over time, teams establish and settle into work processes, often continuing to use those basic settings, which can lead to a mundane operation and, perhaps, risk losing sight of the […]

This blog offers a comprehensive guide to setting up Continuous Integration (CI) in Azure DevOps to automate the integration of SharePoint Framework (SPFx) code by leveraging Azure DevOps pipelines. This process aims to streamline development workflows, improve code quality, and ensure quicker code validation before deployment without any manual processing. Continuous Integration (CI) is the […]

This blog provides a detailed explanation of the technical approach for implementing Continuous Deployment (CD) processes within Azure DevOps. It focuses on automating the deployment of solutions to SharePoint environments. This approach not only speeds up the release cycle but also enhances reliability, minimizes errors, and ensures that updates are deployed quickly and effectively. Continuous […]

The previous blog post explored the initial steps of setting up Azure DevOps, creating projects, and navigating the Overview section. Now, let’s delve deeper into the other core sections of the Azure DevOps interface, Boards, and Repos, each playing a crucial role in your development lifecycle. Read the first part of the blog here: A […]

Introduction Azure DevOps is a complete collection of tools and services that assist in the development, testing, and deployment of software applications. There is a list of services presented, which includes version control, agile planning, build automation, and release management all with integration on a single platform. In this beginner’s guide, we’ll take a look […]

DevOps has revolutionized the software development lifecycle, emphasizing collaboration, automation, and efficiency. In the realm of DevOps, the use of build and release pipelines is essential to streamline the process of delivering high-quality software. Two crucial components in this process are Microsoft Hosted Agents and Self-Hosted Agents. In this blog, we’ll delve into the dynamics […]

In this blog post, my objective is to provide a comprehensive walkthrough of the elements required for effectively implementing Azure Infrastructure with Terraform using an Azure DevOps Pipeline. The main purpose is to assist you in grasping the concept of automating the deployment and maintenance of your cloud infrastructure residing in Azure. Before delving into […]

It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as Star Wars. I have “gone to the dark side” of project management platforms by dipping my toes in the Azure DevOps pool (spoiler alert, come on in! The water is fine). And while these two platforms can even be integrated with one […]

A big reason behind this post is because this topic, even though very relevant, has very little to no context available online so far. There are posts about this being possible and very generic build pipelines for .net core deployments to azure, but none describing how to build Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines for Optimizely CMS 12 […]

Imagine as a Quality Analyst, you begin your day of testing. You log into Sitecore Content Editor, create a page, name it, and open it in Experience Editor but receive a white screen “Our Services are unavailable.” You investigate and see a deployment happening to your environment, which is DEV. All this has taken 10 […]

I like to look at projects as if they are puzzles. All the pieces are established, but as a project manager, you must figure out the most appropriate and logical sequence to complete the bigger picture. An Iteration Plan is a helpful tool that can help to organize and visualize the sequence of work. In […]