ALM | DevOps Rangers
Providing practical guidance, experience, and gap-filling solutions to the developer community.
Publishing widgets
In the previous post, you saw how we resolved some of the issues that we stumbled upon whilst...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/01/2016
Issues and resolving them
In the previous post, you saw how to develop the widget. In this post we'll explore some of the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/01/2016
Developing the widget
In the previous post, you saw how to create and publish a basic widget. In this post we'll explore...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 02/01/2016
Getting started with widgets
At the Connect Event in 2015, the new Dashboard functionality of Visual Studio Team Services was...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 02/01/2016
What happened when the Test Case Explorer extension hit turbulence
As highlighted on www.visualstudio.com/news a really exciting Visual Studio Team Services...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/30/2016
Visual Studio ALM Rangers - Champion Awards 2016
We are pleased to announce the Champion Awards 2016 winners, the “best of the best”, selected by...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/13/2016
Folder Management Extension v1.1.4 published, by Wouter de Kort
We published v1.1.4 for the Folder Management extension, resolving bug #11624, “create a folder in...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/11/2016
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Sohail Tahir
Who are you? I am working as ALM Engineer / Tech. Architect, responsible for designing and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/08/2016
Ranger December 2015 Flash – Last deliverables before rebooting into the new year
shipped Continuous Testing - A practical guide with concepts and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/04/2016
Continuous Testing - A practical guide with concepts and approaches
Looking for concepts, examples and practical guidance on test automation? We have released a first...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/21/2015
Extensions 101 – Attempting to visualize the main processing flow
You, like many of us, have probably explored VS Team Services extensions by following Gordon’s A...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/21/2015
Extensions 101 – But it worked yesterday … now what?!?
Recently Niel Zeeman mentioned that he ran into an issue doing an extension demo, where it worked...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/18/2015
Print Cards journal is now included with the source code
The team has released their development journal for the Print Cards VSTS extension, documenting the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/13/2015
Release Management Workflow Migrator
Looking to export a Release Management agent based deployment pipeline so that it can be reused in...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/09/2015
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Paymon Parsadmehr
Why did you join the ALM Rangers? To help the ALM community better understand User experience (UX)...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/07/2015
Three COOL features we noticed on Visual Studio Team Services
We continue highlighting new features on Visual Studio Team Services that are proving really...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/02/2015
Ranger November 2015 Flash – Surfacing after two really busy (behind the scenes) months
You can find the latest flight plan snapshot at aka.ms/vsarFlightPlan news Videos...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/01/2015
Explore the “Surface Owner” VSTS Extension - 2. Fix the scope using a storyboard
So you’ve created a basic skeleton extension using the previous post Getting started, but now you...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 11/25/2015
What do you think of changes to our tooling and guidance solutions page?
We are looking for ways to improve the tooling and guidance solutions page (aka.ms/vsarsolutions)...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/25/2015
Visual Studio Team Services Extensions from the Rangers
With the Extensions feature going live this week as per the announcement during Connect, the VS ALM...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 11/18/2015
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Edward Fry
Who are you? I am an Application Development Manager in Premier. I am based on Oklahoma City and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/13/2015
Automated testing implemented at Universidad Rafael Landívar
Universidad Rafael Landívar www.url.edu.gt Guatemala Technology and Education Profile Universidad...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/14/2015
Ranger September 2015 Flash – The start of content alignment and discoverability.
You can find the latest flight plan snapshot at aka.ms/vsarFlightPlan news TFS Upgrade Guide has...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/09/2015
Two more COOL features we noticed on the Visual Studio Online Kanban board
We continue highlighting new features on Visual Studio Online that are proving really productive for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/30/2015
Version Control Guidance – Frequently Asked Questions
Continuing from Version Control Guidance – Alternative Branching Strategies we discuss frequently...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/24/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (TFVC) Part 4 – Explore the diff and merge tools
Goal Continued from Version Control Walkthrough (TFVC Gems) Part 3 – Use the local workspace in...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/22/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (TFVC) Part 3 – Use the local workspace in offline mode
Goal Continued from Version Control Walkthrough (TFVC) Part 2 – Use the local workspace in online...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 09/22/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (TFVC) Part 2 – Use the local workspace in online mode
Goal Continued from Version Control Walkthrough (TFVC) Part 1 – Create a new workspace, we explore...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 09/21/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (TFVC) Part 1 – Create a new local workspace
This walkthrough series is a companion for the TFVC gems guidance, which aims to provide an insight...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 09/21/2015
Explore the “Surface Owner” VSO Extension - 1. Getting started
Publishing Visual Studio Online extensions within the preview explored the publication process of an...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/19/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (Branching Strategies) Part 5 - Servicing & Release Isolation
Continued from Version Control Walkthrough (Branching Strategies) Part 4 - Release Isolation … audit...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 09/18/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (Branching Strategies) Part 4 - Release Isolation … audit alarm
Continued from Version Control Walkthrough (Branching Strategies) Part 3 - Feature Isolation … a...
Author: Anisha Pindoria Date: 09/18/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (Branching Strategies) Part 2 - Development Isolation … welcome branching
Continued from Version Control Walkthrough Part 1 - MAIN Only and Simplicity Rules we explore...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/16/2015
Version Control Walkthrough (Branching Strategies) Part 1 - MAIN Only and Simplicity Rules
This level 200 walkthrough series is a companion for the Branching Strategies guidance, which aims...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/16/2015
Version Control Guidance – Alternative Branching Strategies
This is a new series covering out-of-band version control and branching guidance and discussions,...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/16/2015
¿Habla Español? … Git para usuarios de TFVC
Juan has translated the latest Git para usuarios de TFVC guide for the Spanish speaking community,...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/09/2015
Why you should not DELETE after a MOVE if history is important to you!
What happens when you use the move feature in the Source Control Explorer? Let’s explore in a demo...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/05/2015
Flash August 2015 – Resuming adventures after a warm summer break
You can find the latest flight plan snapshot at aka.ms/vsarFlightPlan news We handed off the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/01/2015
Introducing the team – Oleksandr Shamrai
Why do you want to join the ALM Rangers? I have deep experience on different ALM platforms. But...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/27/2015
Publishing Visual Studio Online extensions within the preview
We took “there has never been a better time to use Visual Studio Online, and now you have the power...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/21/2015
Folder Management Extension and our “Ninja Geek”
The Folder Management – Visual Studio Online Extension, by Wouter De Kort, has been upgraded and is...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/17/2015
TFS Upgrade - Post Upgrade Checklist
By now you have completed the steps to upgrade to Team Foundation Server 2015. The last remaining...
Author: caroline.williams@hotmail.com Date: 08/11/2015
TFS Upgrade - Long Lead Checklist
This is a set of preparations where you plan, research and gather information so you are fully...
Author: Bazul Date: 08/10/2015
TFS Upgrade - Long Lead Preparations
Planning an upgrade to Team Foundation Server 2015 is very similar to previous versions, so much of...
Author: Bazul Date: 08/10/2015
TFS Upgrade - Short Lead Checklist
Any upgrade of TFS, regardless of how basic or complex, whether in-place or including hardware...
Author: Bazul Date: 08/07/2015
TFS Upgrade - New Elements of TFS 2015 that influence an upgrade
Today we'll begin a series of informational blog posts targeting the latest release of Team...
Author: Bazul Date: 08/06/2015