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]
Does Team Explorer Everywhere support Git 30 September 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) While speaking at the Dog Food Conference I was asked if Team Explorer Everywhere (the TFS plugin for Eclipsed based IDE) supported Git source control. I actually did not know and promised to find out. It just so happens that the 2013 release of Team Explorer Everywhere does have support... [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.
Start-DscConfiguration access denied 25 September 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: When I try and execute Start-DscConfiguration I get the following error message: The WS-Management service cannot process the request. The WMI service returned an 'access denied' error. + CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimExcepti... [More]
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]
Speaking at St. Louis Days of .NET 2014 24 August 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Shortly after returning from speaking at TechEd Europe I will be speaking at St. Louis Days of .NET 2014. A Practical View of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 This session provides a detailed technical presentation of the functionality and architecture of Release Management for Visual St... [More]
Speaking at TechEd Europe 2014! 19 August 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) I am so excited to be speaking at TechEd Europe 2014. Come check out the following sessions: DEV-B310 A Practical View of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 BreakoutPrimary Speaker(s): Claude Remillard, Donovan BrownSpeaker Assistant(s): Proposed Speaker(s:) This session demos using De... [More]
I can't find PowerShell ISE on Windows 8.1 17 August 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I can't seem to find the PowerShell ISE on Windows 8.1. Solution: http://trekker.net/archives/where-is-the-powershell-ise-in-windows-8/