Achieving Continuous Delivery with VSO and RMO (it is easier than you think) 14 January 2015 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Release Management Online (RMO) monitors the build definition configured to a release template. When the build is completed a release is automatically kicked off. This is a great step forward from the past where we had to use custom build templates or resort the CLI or REST API to trigger a build.&n... [More]
How to use VSO and RMO to deploy an Azure Website 21 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) This is a neat post because we are going to be using all three Azure offerings SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.& [More]
How to deploy the Fabriakam Call Center application with DSC 20 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Because there is not an Update 4 version of the Keller VM using the Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 Keller VM I will show you how to upgrade Release Management to Update 4 and create a vNext deployment for the Fabriakam Call Center application. First we have to uninstall Release Management Update 3. Lo... [More]
Trigger a vNext Release from team build 18 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Using Release Management you can implement true Continuous Delivery. With the latest update of Release Management you can trigger a release via a REST api call to Release Management. In this post I will share the script and build definition I used to trigger the release and how to use th... [More]
How to run Microsoft Test Manager Suite in vNext Deployment 18 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) While preparing to speak at TechEd Europe I really had to run Release Management and Desired State Configuration (DSC) through their paces. I already blogged about one of my challenges of implementing tokenization in a DSC based deployment here. I also wanted to run Coded UI tests as part of ... [More]
Release Management Error - Permission denied while trying to connect to the target machine 06 October 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I get the following error when I attempt a DSC release with Release Management: Permission denied while trying to connect to the target machine Demo on the port:5985 via power shell remoting. Solution: Don't overlook the obvious. Triple check the password of the account in the "De... [More]
Reschedule a defered release 30 September 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I accepted a release and deferred the deployment to a later date but now I want to change the date of the release. Solution: You have two options. If you simply want to release the code now you can click the Allow Deployment Now button on the release's log page. If... [More]
Missing WinRMPort in Server DNSName xxx 25 September 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem From Release Management I am getting the following error when I attempt a DSC deployment “Missing WinRMPort in Server DNSName xxx” Solution Make sure and include the port when adding a server to your environment.
Tokenization for DSC 05 September 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Update! This resources has been officially release by Microsoft here http://tinyurl.com/xReleaseManagement Update 3 of Release Management introduced Desired State Configuration (DSC) as a deployment option in addition to the deployer based solution. With DSC we can utilized the Local C... [More]
Speaking at Dog Food Conference 2014 24 August 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) If you don't have a chance to see me at TechEd Europe or St. Louis Days of .NET I will also be speaking at Dog Food Conference 2014. Cross-Platform Development with Team Foundation Server 2013 This session provides an overview of how cross-platform teams can utilize the power of Team Foundation S... [More]