Developer Support

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Strategic Partnerships in an Agile World

Bryan Towne, Sr. Application Development Manager, discusses the advantages of strategic partnership in this fast moving technical landscape.  You should expect more.  Here’s why. (image) What is a strategic partner? In the course of my professional career I have had interactions with customers of all types.  Some were small, ...

Can lessons learned in manufacturing apply to IT?

Our technology landscape has never been more diverse.  Developers are taking on an increasingly broad range of tools and skill sets under the flag of innovation and agility.  Senior ADM, Rob Reilly reflects on experiences in the manufacturing industry to ask important questions about efficiency, creativity, and maturity. https://www....

Visual Studio 2015 ALM VMs and Hands-On Labs Available

(image) If you looking to familiarize yourself with all the great new functionality in our 2015 ALM toolset, here’s an easy way to get started.  Check out the Visual Studio ALM VM 2015 (including both Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Server 2015) along with many popular demo scripts. Don’t want to download the giant VM?  Check ...

Team Foundation Server 2015 upgrade planning

The Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management blog is a great resource to help you stay informed of current announcements and guidance material. If you are in the process of planning your move to Team Foundation Server 2015, be sure and reach out to your ADM who can help with training, guidance, and support throughout the effort to ensure ...

Great Article on Understanding DevOps

Cross posted by Premier Developer Consultant Geoff Gray. We wanted to cross-post an article from Linked-In that does a great job of talking about what DevOps means. The author explains how DevOps is often misunderstood and explains a few key points that companies need to start understanding if they want their IT departments to start becoming ...

Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 1–Intro to the Schema)

Premier Developer Consultant Geoff Gray comes to us this week with the first post in a new series from his awesome ‘Testing the Testing Strategy’ blog.  This series will focus on the structure of the Visual Studio Load Test results database and how you can derive insight on the performance of your application from this valuable data ...

Results, Value, and Premier Support for Developers

In this post, Senior Application Developer Manager, Paul King reflects on how an ADM provides value and drives results into the software development lifecycle as an organization grows and matures. If you are reading this BLOG, you are learning about Microsoft Services and more specifically, Premier Support for Developers.  I want to ...