In this article, I will dig into branching. Branch in Git Branching can be considered a copy of entire repository. You typically use branch when you add some changes but keep the original project intact. If you can copy entire repository, then you can do whatever you want without worries too much, right? However if…
How Do I Catch Globalization Biases?
Last time I mentioned that we all have biases ingrained into our subconscious by our cultures, but I didn’t address how we avoid being tripped up by those problems in the first place. Unfortunately, it is difficult to be specific. I can say “did you know that some places tend toward a month/day date format…
Experiencing Data Access and Latency Issues for Many Data Types in North Europe – 09/29 – Resolved
Final Update: Friday, 29 September 2017 23:05 UTCWe’ve confirmed that all systems are back to normal with no customer impact as of 09/29, 21:00 UTC. Our logs show the incident started on 09/29, 13:30 UTC and that during the 8 hours that it took to resolve the issue, around 5% of customers experienced data access…
Last (Few) Weeks on DirectX Shader Compiler (2017-09-29)
On the HLSL side, we’ve kept on adding support for float16, improving coverage, and fixing bugs. We’ve also been helping partners get their downstream implementations correct and stable. The compiler itself is pretty stable at this point, so we’re looking into doing an out-of-band release at some point in the near future. The very first…
Using the latest NuGet in your build
NuGet (both the command-line tool and the accompanying tools built into Visual Studio) continues to iterate rapidly and add support for new .NET Core and .NET Standard target frameworks, among other improvements. Naturally, many users of Team Build in Visual Studio Team Services want to build those apps, and we’ve seen some support issues because…
Getting Started with the Azure AD B2B Invite API
This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager Nick McCollum, who introduces us to Azure Active Directory B2B collaboration. Azure Active Directory Business to Business (B2B) Collaboration enables your business partners to selectively access your corporate applications. In the original release of the product the invitation experience required a user to craft a comma-separated…
Top stories from the VSTS community – 2017.09.29
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. TOP STORIES Creating a CI/CD pipeline on Azure Container Services with Kubernetes and Visual Studio Team Services – Dimitris-Ilias GkanatsiosThis article will demonstrate how to implement a continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline for a multi-container app…
Build definition issues on Visual Studio Team Services – 09/29 – Mitigated
Final Update: Friday, September 29th 2017 22:09 UTC The hotfix rollout is now complete and most users should be able to see all their build definitions as of Friday, September 29 2017 21:38 UTC. In some cases, users may not see build definitions if their view is filtered to show a few, the work around…
Azure Machine Learning WorkBench
Getting Started with Machine Learning Workbench for Windows: Install the Azure Machine Learning Workbench on your computer running Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, or newer. Create Azure Machine Learning Preview Account https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/machine-learning/preview/quickstart-installation Download the latest Azure Machine Learning Workbench installer AmlWorkbenchSetup.msi. Double-click the downloaded installer AmlWorkbenchSetup.msi from your File Explorer. Finish the installation by following…
Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.6
Overview SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Oracle, MySQL, SAP ASE (formerly SAP Sybase ASE), DB2, and Access allows users to convert a database schema to a Microsoft SQL Server schema, upload the schema, and then migrate data to the target SQL Server (see below for supported versions). What is new? Each iteration of the…