Tag Archives: Release

Only trigger a release when the build changed

May 1, 2017 by Rene van Osnabrugge 0 Comments

I created a Build task for this purpose as well. Check it out here!  Back in the early days, when we used XAML builds in TFS (wow that seems like ages ago!), we had the possibility to NOT execute a build when nothing changed in the source code repository. This checkbox “Build even if nothing has changed” […]

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ALM, Build, Release Management, Uncategorized, Visual Studio Online
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Copy files (and run tests) on a remote machine back to the VSTS build and release agent

September 27, 2016 by Rene van Osnabrugge 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 […]

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Build, Release Management, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized
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Release Management with InRelease

October 14, 2013 by Rene van Osnabrugge 0 Comments

Originally posted on Jasper Gilhuis:
In this post I will highlight the latest addition to the Visual Studio product suite, InRelease. This Release Management tool, which was recently acquired by Microsoft, is meant for bridging the gap between Development and Operations by providing a clear, repeatable, automated deployment procedure. This post has been written with…

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Articles, Release Management, Uncategorized
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Overview of Visual Studio 2013 RC posts

September 9, 2013 by Rene van Osnabrugge 0 Comments

Visual Studio 2013 has just launched. In the meanwhile a great number of bloggers and MVP’s have written great posts about the new features in the VS 2013 RC I will update this post with the latest links. Make sure you keep posted! Updated: 1-10-2013 Here you find an overview of a number of these […]

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News, Team Foundation Server
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