D.R.Y. and D.A.M.P. are acronyms that are used in the context of designing unit test suites. In contrast to the terms dry and damp they are not mutually exclusive though. […]

Hosted agents allow you to run automated builds using VSTS without bringing your own build infrastructure. This can be useful, if on-premises hardware is expensive, or if you are looking […]

Whenever people ask me this question, I tend to struggle to give a short and concise answer. Unfortunately this is one of these dreaded “it depends” situations, where it can […]

A customer asked me about load testing recently, which made me realise once again that the terms around both load- and performance testing are horribly overloaded and can mean different […]

Both newer versions of TFS and VSTS have a comprehensive REST API for permission assignments. While all relevant functions are there, it is not always easy to work the API […]

When I talk to people about DevOps, Metrics are a frequent topic of discussion. For many vendors of DevOps-related software this is another opportunity to throw their marketing machine on […]

Transitioning into a true DevOps culture is not easy. This is especially true in the enterprise space. That being said: Making the change is almost always worth it. How do […]

I have been wanting to write a series of posts around the softer aspects of DevOps for a while now. This is the first one in this new series of […]

A customer recently asked me for some help with setting up a controlled deployment process inside of Azure. Here is what they asked for: Allow everyone to create infrastructure from […]

I thought it might make sense to put a blog article out about this one based on some of the conversations I had with some of you. The main point […]