Do I have to publish an artifact from Jenkins to work with Release Management? 14 December 2015 Donovan-Brown Work (2) In this post I show you how to skip the downloading of artifacts as part of your release. [More]
How can I view my Jenkins artifacts contents in Release Management? 14 December 2015 Donovan-Brown Work (0) In this post I show you a few ways to view the contents of your Jenkins artifacts used with Release Management. [More]
So you want to trigger a VSTS release from an external build system 07 December 2015 Donovan Work (9) The goal of this post is to trigger a release in VSTS using PowerShell from an external build system. [More]
So you want to spin up a Windows VM during your build or release and copy files to it... 05 December 2015 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Spin up a Windows VM in Azure and copy files to it during your VSTS build or release. [More]
How to set the “default” configuration for a project. 25 June 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Being a Process Consultant specializing in TFS I teach many companies how to use Team Build. When you create a new build definition you have the option to set “Configurations to Build”. However, if you leave that value blank the build will build the “default” configurat... [More]
How do I convert a Web Site to a Web Application 30 January 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: We created our application using the Web Site project template and would like to change to a Web Application. Solution: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa983476(v=vs.100).aspx Explanation: Just don't use Web Sites! Why would I want my source code (all of my IP) on a server that... [More]
I can't connect to my load test repository. 06 December 2012 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: When I try to Open and Manage Results from my load test I get an error: Solution: Make sure your controller is configured with the full name to the database server instead of . or .\sqlexpress. Change to mySqlServer or mySqlServer\sqlExpress.
My web test data source is not loading all the columns from my csv file. 05 December 2012 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I have a data driven web test that calls other web test. The called web tests are also data bound to data loaded by the parent data source. When I run my test I was getting the following error: Request failed: Context parameter 'FluidManagement.FluidManagement_json#csv.spacer2' not ... [More]
How do I reset my Visual Studio Settings 04 December 2012 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I selected the wrong language when I started Visual Studio for the first time. Solution: From the Tools menu select Import and Export Settings.... From the Import and Export Settings Wizard select Reset all settings. Complete the wizard to reset your settings.
Custom Action causes install to fail 26 December 2011 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"... [More]