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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…