Microsoft DevOps Stack with Brian Randell
Do you have a DevOps stack? Carl and Richard talk to Brian Randell about his experiences implementing tooling for DevOps practices using Visual Studio and other Microsoft tools. The conversation runs the gambit of elements in the DevOps stack, including continuous deployment, package management, configuration-as-a-code and instrumentation in production. The more automation the better when it comes to moving fast and reliably. While DevOps often focuses on the culture and process that goes into building software, great tools can make all of those things happen much more easily - you just have to figure out what stack is right for you!
Guests:
Brian Randell
Brian A. Randell is a well-known developer, speaker, author, and technologist. He is currently a Partner with MCW Technologies LLC, a consulting firm, and co-founder of DuoMyth, a new, born-in-the-Microsoft cloud SaaS education platform company. For more than 25 years he has been building software solutions. He educates teams on Microsoft technologies via writing and training-both in-person and on demand. He's currently a Visual Studio and Development Technologies MVP focusing on DevOps, agile development practices, virtualization, and Microsoft Azure. When not working, Brian enjoys spending time with his wife and two children who enjoy making him look bad on the Xbox One (with and without Kinect).
Links:
- Puppet Labs https://puppetlabs.com/
- Visual Studio Team Services https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-team-services-vs.aspx
- Visual Studio Release Management https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/release-management-vs.aspx
- 10 Deploys a Day Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdOe18KhtT4
- Chef https://www.chef.io/
- Pre Emptive Analytics http://www.preemptive.com/pa
- Azure Application Insights https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/application-insights/
- NuGet https://www.nuget.org/
- Chocolatey https://chocolatey.org/
- Visual Studio Testing Tools https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/testing-tools-vs.aspx
- DuoMyth http://www.duomyth.com/
- BKAF: Why .NET? http://tinyurl.com/whydotnet