Azure DevOps with Donovan Brown
Time to rub a little DevOps on it! Carl and Richard talk to Donovan Brown about the state of DevOps at Microsoft - including some important changes! The conversation starts out talking about the latest tooling making it easier than ever to get a great automated pipeline of continuous delivery. But that's not enough, there's a cultural shift that has to happen also. Donovan talks about how IT folks can resist the changes that come with rapid deployment, and Richard argues back about how IT roles struggle - the solution is to create common goals around value to the customer. Meantime, there's big news at Microsoft - Visual Studio Team Services is becoming Azure DevOps, and opening the door to a more diverse way to rub more DevOps on everything you do!
Guests:
Donovan Brown
Donovan is a Principal Program Manager for DevOps in the Developer Division at Microsoft, focusing on developer tools including Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server. Before joining Microsoft, Donovan spent seven years as a Process Consultant and a Certified Scrum Master. Donovan has traveled the globe helping companies in the U.S., Canada, India, Germany, and the UK develop solutions using agile practices in industries including Communications, Health Care, Energy, and Financial Services. Donovan is an avid programmer, often finding ways to integrate software into his other hobbies and activities.
Links:
- WaffleGenerator https://github.com/SimonCropp/WaffleGenerator
- Sling Studio https://www.myslingstudio.com/
- Donovan's Blog http://donovanbrown.com/
- League of Extraordinary Cloud DevOps Advocates http://loecda.com/
- Azure DevOps https://azure.microsoft.com/solutions/devops/
- Dynatrace https://www.dynatrace.com/
- The Dynatrace Unbreakable Pipeline in VSTS https://abelsquidhead.com/index.php/2018/08/03/the-dynatrace-unbreakable-pipeline-in-vsts-and-azure-bam/
- Steely Dan Tribute Live Stream Concert with the Franklin Brothers http://live.pwop.com