A simple explanation of private pipeline billing in VSTS
Update: Unlimited private pipelines are now free for Build!! [Read More]
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Octopus Deploy: Running deployment steps in parallel
When I first got started with Octopus Deploy I would setup projects to have one long deploy process that ran steps in serial. Each step would wait until finished before another one would start. Deploy times got longer and longer, so I set out to find a way to cut... [Read More] -
Gitflow and Visual Studio Team Services
This last year our team made the decision to move from Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) to Git. [Read More] -
VSTS Marketplace Extension: Queue Build(s) Task
Currently the TFS/VSTS build system has a pretty big bottleneck: tasks run in serial. For build steps that run PowerShell, I’ve implemented runspaces to run processes in parallel (Invoke-Parallel is amazing). However, that only works for one build step. The rest have to wait until it’s finished. [Read More] -
Using Task Groups in TFS/VSTS
When Microsoft announced Task Groups in TFS and VSTS, I couldn’t think of a practical use for them. When creating build definitions I always try to reduce the number of overall definitions by using prompted variables when possible, this way the user can modify the variable when queuing a build... [Read More]