DevOps Interviews - Channel 9

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What's DevOps Interviews - Channel 9 about?

This is a series of interviews with thought leaders in DevOps with Donovan Brown. Donovan Brown is a Principal DevOps Manager with Microsoft. Follow @DonovanBrown

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DevOps Interviews - Channel 9 episodes:

02.02.2019
Self forming teams in Azure DevOps with Aaron Bjork
In this interview, Donovan Brown interviews Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about self-forming teams and the yellow sticky exercise. Self-forming teams at scale by Brian Harry Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @aaronbjork
01.03.2019
How the Azure DevOps teams plan with Aaron Bjork
In this interview, Donovan Brown interviews Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about Agile Planning. Measure What Matters, by John Doer Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @aaronbjork
04.23.2018
How VSTS Builds & Versions Their Own Microservices with TQ
In this interview, Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Architect TQ shows us how they designs and versions its own Microservices behind Microsoft Cloud-hosted DevOps service. [01:26] Versioning[04:12] Deprecating a version[12:18] Transformation into Microservices[14:21] How to find versions[20:00] Online Help[21:46] Version...
04.19.2018
How Windows, Windows Store, Xbox & Surface moved their 350gig source repo into Git hosted on VSTS
In this video Donovan Brown interviews Tony Seeley, Group Program Manager who works in the Windows and Devices Group (WDG), Engineering Systems team, overseeing the group managing the source control system which is used by thousands of users working on...
03.21.2018
How Windows, Windows Store, Xbox and Surface streamlined their planning process and centralized on VSTS
In this video Donovan Brown interviews Jill Campbell, Group Program Manager who works in the Windows and Devices Group (WDG), Engineering Systems team, overseeing the process and tools Windows uses to plan work across tens of thousands of employees and...
01.09.2018
Interview with Aaron Bjork (Release Notes)
In this interview, Principal DevOps Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about how the release notes for VSTS are generated for each release. [00:50] Set the stage[01:15] Release Notes Page[02:14] How are they created[02:40] DoD[03:12] Not...
12.14.2017
Interview with Munil Shah (Quality)
In this interview, Director of Engineering Munil Shah returns to share insights on how our quality practices had to change to support of Visual Studio Team Services. [00:43] Quality in the Cloud cadence[02:00] Types of tests[03:59] New Approach[05:37] Shift Left[07:09]...
12.06.2017
Interview with Munil Shah (Safe Deployment Questions Answered)
In this interview, Director of Engineering Munil Shah returns to answer the questions asked about Safe Deployment of Visual Studio Team Services. [00:32] Deployment Rings[05:39] RM Deployment Definition[08:30] Ring 4a[11:35] Branching / CI[14:14] Hot Fixes[16:54] Cherrypicking changes[17:46] We never delete...
11.22.2017
Interview with Edward Thomson (Git in VSTS)
In this interview, recorded live from Ignite 2017, Senior Cloud Developer Advocate Damian Brady interviews Senior Program Manager Edward Thomson about Git in Visual Studio Team Services. [00:19] Source control options in VSTS and TFS[02:20] Microsoft Engineering's move to VSTS...
08.18.2017
Interview with Munil Shah (Safe Deployment)
In this interview, Principal DevOps Manager Donovan Brown interviews Director of Engineering Munil Shah about Safe Deployment of Visual Studio Team Services. [00:40] Scale Units[03:54] Safe Deployment Practices[04:28] Rings[09:20] Performance Testing[10:24] Go Big Environment[12:40] Feature Flags & Stages[15:45] Preview Flag[19:25]...
07.30.2017
Interview with Aaron Bjork (Consistency)
In this interview, Principal DevOps Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about UI and Architectural consistency across 50 feature teams and Feature Flags. [00:40] How many feature teams do we have[01:05] UI Consistency[03:12] Nominated Owners[04:10] Central...
11.24.2016
Interview with Damian Brady (Best Practices)
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Damian Brady about DevOps and Octopus Deploy. You can download the Octopus Deploy Build and Release Task here. Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @damovisa
10.14.2016
Interview with Thomas Dohmke (Mobile)
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal PM Manager Thomas Dohmke about Mobile DevOps. You can download the Test Recorder for Visual Studio here. https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/testcloud/testrecorder/visual-studio/ Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @ashtom
08.11.2016
Interview with Gopinath Chigakkagari (Testing)
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal PM Manager Gopinath Chigakkagari about Testing. Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @gopinach
06.28.2016
Interview with Aaron Bjork (Agile)
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about Agile Planning and Feature Flags. [00:40] Why 3 weeks sprints[05:30] Customer Feedback[06:42] How do you plan[15:45] What is DevOps[17:12] How do Agile and DevOps...
06.14.2016
Interview with Sam Guckenheimer (Rugged & Anti-patterns)
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Partner PM Manager Sam Guckenheimer about Rugged DevOps and DevOps Anti-patterns. Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @SamGuckenheimer
02.05.2016
Interview with David Tesar (Infrastructure)
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Senior Technical Evangelist David Tesar about Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code. DevOps Dimension azure-quickstart-templates Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Blog: itproguy.comFollow @dtzar
02.02.2016
Interview with Abel Wang and Steven St. Jean (Source Control)
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Senior ALM Consultant Steven St. Jean and Senior Technical Solutions Professional Abel Wang about source control structure and DevOps. Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Blog: abelsquidhead.comFollow @AbelSquidHead Blog: howstevegotburnedtoday.comFollow @stevestjean
11.05.2015
Inteview with Donovan Brown
In this interview, Senior Technical Evangelist Tsuyoshi Ushio from Japan interviews Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown about DevOps at Microsoft. Blog: DonovanBrown.com Follow @DonovanBrownFollow @sandayuu

What's DevOps Interviews - Channel 9 about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

DevOps Interviews - Channel 9 episodes:

Self forming teams in Azure DevOps with Aaron Bjork

How the Azure DevOps teams plan with Aaron Bjork

How VSTS Builds & Versions Their Own Microservices with TQ

How Windows, Windows Store, Xbox & Surface moved their 350gig source repo into Git hosted on VSTS

How Windows, Windows Store, Xbox and Surface streamlined their planning process and centralized on VSTS

Interview with Aaron Bjork (Release Notes)

Interview with Munil Shah (Quality)

Interview with Munil Shah (Safe Deployment Questions Answered)

Interview with Edward Thomson (Git in VSTS)

Interview with Munil Shah (Safe Deployment)

Interview with Aaron Bjork (Consistency)

Interview with Damian Brady (Best Practices)

Interview with Thomas Dohmke (Mobile)

Interview with Gopinath Chigakkagari (Testing)

Interview with Aaron Bjork (Agile)

Interview with Sam Guckenheimer (Rugged & Anti-patterns)

Interview with David Tesar (Infrastructure)

Interview with Abel Wang and Steven St. Jean (Source Control)

Inteview with Donovan Brown