Category azure - Tim Stanley

Migrating to .Net8

Nov 25, 2023

On November 14, 2023, Microsoft released .Net 8. After getting Visual Studio Professional 17.8 installed, updating to .Net 8 was easy.More...

Deriving Version Information from Git for Incremental Builds

Apr 24, 2023

If you want to generate a unique build number for each build in Azure Devops, Git, Team City, or other environments consistently, it can be challenging. This article is a summary of how to generate a unique build number when using git repositories, across multiple environments. More...

Building an Azure Dev Test Lab - Networking

Mar 11, 2023

This is part of a series on Building an Azure Dev Test Lab.

There are many things that can be done in Azure without setting up Azure Networking. But, there are also many reasons to setup a private Azure network. This article is a summary of what Azure Services are required to get Azure networking in place. More...

Building an Azure Dev Test Lab - Data Centers

Mar 07, 2023

This is part of a series on Building an Azure Dev Test Lab for software development.

Azure has Data Centers located all over the globe. But not all Data Centers have all the same features or price structure. Before you begin to setup Azure services, make sure the Data Center you select for your Azure Products and Services support what you will need and that you know the pricing. More...

Building An Azure Dev Test Lab - Azure Devops Migration

Feb 14, 2023

This is part of a series on Building an Azure Dev Test Lab for software development.

This is a summary of how to migrate from an on-site Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), aka Visual Studio Team Services, aka Azure Devops Server to Azure Git repositories. This article does not cover topics of Azure automated builds, automated tests, or automated deployments. These same steps would apply if migrating to GitHub Enterprise.More...

Building an Azure Dev Test Lab - Authentication

Feb 11, 2023

This is part of a series on Building an Azure Dev Test Lab for software development.

This is a summary of how to migrate from an Active Directory (AD) on premises system to Azure Cloud, how to migrate Active Directory users and groups to Azure using AD Cloud Sync, how to use a single sign-on for AD and Azure, how to enable Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for Azure authentication and set some appropriate security policies for MFA.More...

Building an Azure Dev Test Lab - Why Azure

Jan 10, 2023

This is part of a series on Building an Azure Dev Test Lab for software development.

What is Azure and why use it?More...