For information how to set up a private Chocolatey repository on VSTS check this post Let me start by saying that I really like VSTS package management. Earlier I blogged about Release Views and I also like the integration with the whole build/release eco system. That said, I was quite annoyed when I noticed that I […]
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Trigger Release Pipeline only for Scheduled builds
March 30, 2017 
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Currently I am working on some build and release pipelines to deploy some websites automatically. I have some CI builds running, and some scheduled buils that are deployed automatically. This works fine, but there is some waste in the process. My CI build is the same as my scheduled build, with 1 major difference. I do […]
Continue reading Copy files (and run tests) on a remote machine back to the VSTS build and release agent
September 27, 2016 1 Comment
This week I was working on a script, running in my VSTS release pipeline that executed Pester tests on a remote machine. Running Pester tests on the VSTS Build and Release Agent work fine with one the awesome tasks on the Visual Studio Marketplace, but this was about running the tests remotely AND getting the […]
Continue reading Trigger a vNext release template from a build definition throws Http Error 500
February 23, 2015 4 Comments
Last week I was busy with some work on a vNext Release template. When my release worked I wanted to trigger that release from my build definition. Where as in the agent-based Release Management it was a matter of checking a checkbox and using a different Build Template that triggers this release, in the vNext […]
Continue reading Start with Visual Studio Release Management vNext–VS RM for Dummies
February 4, 2015 12 Comments
Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 3 came with Visual Studio Release Management vNext. vNext is, next to the deployments with agents, another way of doing deployments with VSRM. The most important thing in vNext is that you can do deployments to machines, without having to install an agent. This is because VSRM vNext uses Powershell […]
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Pushing to an Azure Container Registry from Azure DevOps
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Road To ALM – Episode 3 Local Credential Scanning
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Road To ALM – Episode 2 Credential Scanning in the pipeline
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Using Personal Access Tokens to access Visual Studio Online
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Using Custom Reports in TFS: Part 3 – How to set up my reporting environment and structure
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TFS as perfect tool for Scrum (Part 5) – Sprint Review and Retrospective
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