{"id":63811,"date":"2022-04-01T10:51:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/?p=63811"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:29:28","slug":"top-stories-from-the-microsoft-devops-community-2022-01-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/top-stories-from-the-microsoft-devops-community-2022-01-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community &#8211; 2022.01.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April in April! It&#8217;s no joke, the top stories from the #AzureDevOps #Community are back this week! We have been on a short hiatus in support of the people in Ukraine. We do hope that everyone out there is safe and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>I am <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAprilEdwards\">April Edwards<\/a> and every week I try to bring you the latest updates from around the DevOps on Azure community. If you have a post you\u2019d like to have me include, I am always listening. You can reach out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAprilEdwards\">Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/azureapril\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> and I will be sure to share your latest post with the community. Also, be sure to tag your posts with #AzureDevOps!<\/p>\n<p>Get the top stories from the Azure DevOps community right in your email every week with this newsletter! Sign up today and never miss any of these great posts from the #AzureDevOps community!<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getrevue.co\/profile\/theapriledwards\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to the newsletter here!<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p>We are going to do things a bit differently this week, we&#8217;re going to cover off some of the DevOps content from the past few weeks! One big announcement for today, our beloved friends on the Azure DevOps YouTube Channel, have rebranded the site to DevOps on Azure, addressing more inclusive technologies that focus on cloud native deployment and include other tooling that can help you deploy to the cloud.<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/DevOpsIsForEveryone\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to DevOps on Azure<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Posts from the DevOps on Azure Community<\/h2>\n<p>We have another week of posts from the DevOps on Azure Community. The posts this week come from across the world to share subjects like GitHub, Azure Pipelines, the always popular Terraform, and a heavy dose of security. Let&#8217;s get into this week&#8217;s community contributions!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techgenix.com\/azure-devops-bluegreen-deployments\/\">How to Set Up Azure DevOps for Blue\/Green Deployments<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TechGenix\">Eric Eissler<\/a> writes a post on blue\/green deployments. A topic that is near and dear to my heart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnfolberth.com\/dynamically-retain-azure-devops-pipelines\/\">Dynamically Retain Azure DevOps Pipelines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/j_folberth\">John Folberth<\/a> shows us how we can customize our pipeline retention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/henriquesd.medium.com\/deploying-a-net-6-web-api-and-a-sql-database-with-azure-pipelines-585e2e18a463\">Deploying a .NET 6 Web API with Azure Pipelines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/henriquesd\/\">Henrique Domareski<\/a> goes into a .NET 6 deployment with a SQL database.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/henriquesd.medium.com\/deploying-an-angular-application-with-azure-pipelines-7c820116085f\">Deploying an Angular Application with Azure Pipelines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/henriquesd\/\">Henrique Domareski<\/a> gives us another great Azure Pipelines article this month!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wragg.io\/changelog-driven-deployments\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Implementing Changelog Driven Deployments<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwragg\">Mark Wragg<\/a> walks you through how he&#8217;s setup his changelog drive deployments in his GitHub repo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/how-to-integrate-servicenow-and-azuredevops\">Integrate ServiceNow and Azure DevOps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/u\/zigiwave\">ZigiWave<\/a> writes out how to integrate ServiceNow into Azure DevOps, really useful for service providers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_XQm7TyZBYA\">How to run Selenium Tests in Azure<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC0hD9Ih1ws9AuOQbSdgjgQ\">Viren Automation Testing<\/a> has some great YouTube series, check it out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cgfootman.com\/2022\/03\/28\/creating-azure-devops-extension\/\">Manage NPM caches on Private Build Agents<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgfootman\">Chris Footman<\/a> addresses a great topic on managing disk space for your npm builds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinrchant.com\/2022\/03\/28\/connect-a-database-project-in-azure-repos-to-azure-pipelines\/\">Connect a Database Project in Azure Repos to Azure Pipelines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevchant\">Kevin Chant<\/a> sets up connecting your database project in Azure DevOps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasthornton.cloud\/2022\/03\/18\/creating-dynamic-variables-during-a-pipeline-run-in-azure-devops\/\">Creating Dynamic Variables in Azure Pipelines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgfootman\">Thomas Thornton<\/a> writes up a great blog on creating dynamic variables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.johnnyreilly.com\/2022\/03\/30\/azure-devops-consume-private-nuget-artifact-feed\">Consume a private artifact feed<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnny_reilly\">John Reilly<\/a> writes a great article on ADO and private artifacts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skundunotes.com\/2022\/03\/30\/manage-secure-variables-with-azure-devops-library-and-azure-pipelines\/\">Manage Secure Variables with Azure DevOps Library<\/a><br \/>\nSourav Kundu puts together a great article on using secure variables in ADO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/ghostinthewire5\/how-we-used-dora-metrics-to-boost-deployments-increase-automation-and-more-dd9\">Using DORA Metrics to Boost Deployments and Increase Automation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhostInTheWire5\">Andrew <\/a> talks about their journey in measuring their metrics and automation success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/octopus.com\/blog\/octopus-release-2022-q1\">Octopus Deploy: Config as Code for Deployments<\/a> Rob Pearson from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OctopusDeploy\">Octopus Deploy<\/a> has written a great update on the current release!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.q42.nl\/bicep\/\">Boost your IaC with Bicep<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SignatoryRocket\">Jeroen van den Burg<\/a> shows us why Bicep is faster and more powerful.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Microsoft Posts, Community Events, and Updates<\/h2>\n<p>The Azure DevOps YouTube Channel is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-ikyViYMM69joIAv7dlMsA\/?WT.mc_id=modinfra-35249-apedward\">DevOps on Azure<\/a><br \/>\nThe team is looking broaden their content to not just Azure DevOps, but wider DevOps principles, tooling and methodology. Check it out and subscribe today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=nkdagility.vsts-sync-migration\">Azure DevOps Migration Tool<\/a><br \/>\nGrab the latest release of the migration tool, that was published recently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/new-boards-hub-public-preview\/\">New Azure Boards Hub<\/a><br \/>\nThe official Public Preview of the New Boards Hub is here!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RutOnwt_vLI\/\">Starting From Scratch with Azure DevOps<\/a><br \/>\nJoin (Erik)[https:\/\/twitter.com\/thealtf4stream] as he hosts an awesome multi-part series on configuring ADO from scratch!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/DevOpsLab\">The DevOps Lab <\/a><br \/>\nhas published loads of new episodes in the past month. Join (April Edwards)[https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAprilEdwards] in various series: Deploying to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/shows\/devops-lab\/building-net-core-apps-in-azure-devops-and-integrating-octopus-deploy?WT.mc_id=modinfra-60157-apedward\">Azure with Octopus Deploy<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevOpsDerek\">Derek Campbell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V-4GoEVOmcU&amp;t=275s\">Terraform Provider 3.0 Update<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kmruddy\">Kyle Ruddy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/DevOpsLab\/JavaAppFlags\">Deploying a Java app To Azure<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbenz\">Brian Benz<\/a> and many more series!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you to all this month&#8217;s contributors, there were so many great articles! We appreciate the posts from ALL the contributors, there were so many to choose from!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve written an article about Azure DevOps or find some great content about DevOps on Azure, please share it with the #AzureDevOps hashtag on Twitter!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to the weekend and don&#8217;t be fooled today!<\/p>\n<p>Learn about DevOps and subscribe:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/DevOpsLab\">The DevOps Lab on YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-ikyViYMM69joIAv7dlMsA\/?WT.mc_id=modinfra-35249-apedward\">Azure DevOps YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recommended resources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuredevopslabs.com\/?WT.mc_id=modinfra-35249-apedward\">Azure DevOps Hands on Labs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/paths\/evolve-your-devops-practices\/?WT.mc_id=modinfra-35249-apedward\">Get started with Azure DevOps learning path<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/devops\/?WT.mc_id=modinfra-35249-apedward\">Azure DevOps: Start Free!<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/free\/?WT.mc_id=modinfra-35249-apedward\">Microsoft Azure: $200 Free Credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April in April! 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