In this video, Abel talks to Dipendra Namdeo to find out about the Azure DevOps Wiki - an online wiki solution built into Azure DevOps. In a software project, there is a need to share information and document knowledge about the project, have an easy way to create and edit the documentation and be able to quickly search through the docs. The Azure DevOps Wiki gives us all these things. Follow Dipendra on Twitter: @d911nFollow Abel on Twitter: @abelsquidhead Give Azure DevOps a try at https://dev.azure.com today!Azure DevOps Wiki Docs: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/wiki/ Create a Free Azure Account: https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Anisha Pindoria speaks with Alex Nichols about the introduction of the Azure Boards app to the GitHub Marketplace, a new way to integrate between the two services so that you can stay organized and focused on delivering value. As your organization and projects grow, it can be challenging to stay focused on what's most important and organize the various types of work involved to make progress. With the integration between Azure Boards and GitHub you can reduce the integration tax of using multiple systems by simply mentioning work items in your commits, pull requests, and even issues. Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexcnicholsFollow Anisha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anishapindoria Learn more about Azure Boards on our website: https://azure.com/boardsView Azure Boards in the GitHub Marketplace: https://aka.ms/azureboardsgithub/install/devopslab

In this episode, Abel chats with Dan Hellem to walk through the details of the new Basic process in Azure DevOps and learn how it works. Azure DevOps has added a new Basic process to sit alongside Agile, Scrum and CMMI. Basic was designed for teams to get started quickly with Azure Boards without worrying about methodology. Follow Dan on Twitter: @danhellemFollow Abel on Twitter: @abelsquidhead Give Azure DevOps a try at https://dev.azure.com today! Create a Free Azure Account: https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Damian sits down with Product Manager Gopinath Chigakkagari to talk about deploying to Azure using GitHub Actions. Did you know the Azure Pipelines team is responsible not just for Azure Pipelines but for any deployment pipeline to Azure? This includes many third-party tools, but also the new GitHub Actions feature! In this episode, Gopi walks through a deployment process inside GitHub Actions to deploy a containerized application to Azure on a new push to a repository. Along the way, he'll also show some of the features and advantages of GitHub Actions itself. Follow Gopi on Twitter: @gopinachFollow Damian on Twitter: @damovisa Check out the Azure GitHub Actions at: https://github.com/azure/github-actionsCreate a Free Azure Account: https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

In this video Abel catches up with Dan Hellem for a quick walk through of the new experience of Visual Studio 2019. In previous versions of Visual Studio, the work item experience was centered around queries, which need to be created and managed to find the right work items. In Visual Studio 2019, we have removed queries and added a new view for work items centered at the developer. This allows the developer to quickly find the work they need and associate them to their pending changes. Please send us your feedback at @danhellem on Twitter. Follow Dan on Twitter: @danhellemFollow Abel on Twitter: @abelsquidhead Download Visual Studio 2019 Preview: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/preview/ Create a Free Azure Account: https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Damian speaks with Alex Nichols about how to integrate Azure Boards with your GitHub project. As your organization and projects grow it can get challenging to stay focused on what's most important next and organize the various types of work involved to make progress. Now you can integrate Azure Boards with your code repository on GitHub to reduce the integration tax of using multiple systems by simply mentioning work items in your commits or pull requests. Alex shows how you can even make cards move across your Kanban board by merely merging a pull request! Follow Alex on Twitter: @alexcnicholsFollow Damian on Twitter: @damovisaStart with Azure Boards for free: https://azure.com/boardsRead about integrating Azure Boards with GitHub: https://aka.ms/azureboardsgithub/devopslab

While at Microsoft Ignite | The Tour in Berlin, Damian speaks to Microsoft MVP Houssem Dellai about some options for deploying your database alongside your application. Houssem shows a few different ways to deploy database changes, including a clever pre-production verification process for ensuring your production deployment will succeed. Database upgrades are often the scariest part of your deployment process, so having a robust check before getting to production is very important. Follow Houssem on Twitter: @HoussemDellaiFollow Damian on Twitter: @damovisa Start with Azure DevOps for Free: http://dev.azure.comCreate a Free Azure Account: https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Damian catches up with fellow Cloud Advocate Jay Gordon at Microsoft Ignite | The Tour in Berlin. Containers are still new for a lot of people and with the huge list of buzzwords, it's hard to know where to get started. Jay shows how easy it is to get started running your first container in Azure, right from scratch. Follow Jay on Twitter: @jaydestroFollow Damian on Twitter: @damovisa Resources: Demo App: https://github.com/jaydestro/demo-appAzure Container Registry: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/services/container-registryAzure Web App for Containers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/containersCreate a Free Azure Account: https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Damian speaks to Edward Thomson about how to get started with Azure Pipelines - right from GitHub. The deep integration and GitHub Marketplace app for Azure Pipelines makes it incredibly easy to build your projects no matter what language you're using. You can even use the builds as part of your PR checks! Edward shows us the incredible (free!) offers for open and closed source projects, and walks through creating and running a new Azure Pipelines build from scratch in only a few minutes. Follow Edward Thomson on Twitter: @ethomsonFollow Damian Brady on Twitter: @damovisa Azure DevOps: https://dev.azure.comAzure Pipelines app in the GitHub Marketplace: https://github.com/marketplace/azure-pipelinesCreate a Free Azure Account: https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Damian speaks to Nick Blumhardt about structured logging. Trawling through logs is often painful, and it can be hard to discover exactly what events are related to what others. The problem is far worse with popular and highly trafficked sites. Nick talks about how to structure your logging to make discovery much easier, and he shows us how you can use some built-in features in ASP.NET Core to make things easier. Follow Nicholas on Twitter: @nblumhardtFollow Damian on Twitter: @damovisa Check out Serilog at https://serilog.net/Check out Seq at https://getseq.net/