-
Azure DevOps YAML: Slides / Code from VSLive San Diego 2022
My slides and code samples from my Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines talk at VSLive San Diego 2022.
-
Streamlining Backlog Refinement with Azure DevOps
Scrum product backlog refinement with Azure DevOps can be greatly improved just by adding a couple of extra states to the Product Backlog Item or User Story work item types. Here’s how to do it.
-
Fixing the dreaded JsonConverter JsonException: “Converter read too much or not enough”
Last week I wrote about creating a JsonConverter to handle some funky data conversion problems I was experiencing using System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer’s Deserialize<T>() method. I had some JSON-formatted data coming back from Azure DevOps and when I was parsing it, there were some data type formats that System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer wasn’t especially happy about. The solution to the problem…
-
Fixing JSON parsing exception “value could not be converted” using a JsonConverter
I’ve been working on a tool lately to parse a bunch of work item data from Azure DevOps. Specifically, I needed to call the Work Item Updates REST service in order to get all the state value changes for a bunch of work items. Everything was fine until I needed to convert the JSON result…
-
Azure DevOps API Continuation Tokens / Graph API not returning all users
I was doing some work last week with Azure DevOps user and security management Graph APIs. The Graph APIs let you manage users, and groups, and group memberships and I needed to make some changes for a couple thousand user accounts. It was definitely worth automating. When I was working with the API call that…
-
Angular WebAPI Project using .NET Core gets ‘404 Not Found’ or runs on wrong port
My Angular / WebAPI application suddenly stopped working from Visual Studio and VSCode. Turned out that I was missing an environment variable.
-
Azure App Service Slot Swap is Hanging or Taking Forever
If your App Service Slot Swap is failing or taking forever, it might be a problem with the slot warmup checks. Here’s how to fix it.
-
Azure DevOps: Handling Pictures & Attachments the Azure DevOps Wiki
Are you trying to figure out how to deal with attachments in your Azure DevOps wiki? Here are some tips.
-
Fix: Can’t Log in to Azure VM using Azure AD Credentials
If you’re trying to log in to a virtual machine using your Azure AD (AAD) credentials, you’ll need to do these two things.
-
How to Migrate Azure DevOps to the Cloud
If you’ve decided that you need to do a full migration to Azure DevOps Services (aka. The Azure DevOps Cloud), there’s a tool for migration. And a guide. A 60 page guide. And then there’s the documentation. Let’s face it, migrating your on-premise Team Foundation Server or Azure DevOps Server to the cloud isn’t exactly…
Azure DevOps, Scrum, & .NET Software Leadership and Consulting Services
TOPIC TAGS
.NET Core ALM angular ASP.NET ASP.NET Core Azure App Services Azure DevOps Azure DevOps Pipelines backlog refinement C# Coded UI Continuous Deploy Design Patterns DevOps dotnet EF Core Entity Framework Flow Metrics Git github Leadership Load Tests Microsoft Project Server Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) MVC PowerShell QA Testing Scrum Security SQL SQL Server SSDT Team Build Team Foundation Server (TFS) Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) tfs build TFS Release Management tfs releases Unit Testing / Test-Driven Development (TDD) Visual Studio Visual Studio Code (VSCode) VSTS webapi Windows Azure YAML