17 May 2020

Microsoft Build 2020 – This Week!

Conferences
Microsoft Build, Microsoft’s premier developer conference, starts this week (May 19 – 20)! As I mentioned in this previous post, the Redmond-based company is presenting the entire conference online (for free!). If you have not yet registered for the conference, there's still time so register now! There appears to be a great lineup of sessions and speakers for this year's digital event including some well-known speakers such as "The Scott's" (both Guthrie and Hanselman) as well as the man in charge himself, Satya Nadella. The event starts Tuesday, May 19th at 08:00am (PDT). There are a mix of event types…
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04 May 2020

Microsoft Build 2020 – Virtual AND Free!

Conferences
Microsoft Build, Microsoft's premier developer conference, is scheduled for May 19 - 20, 2020. This year, the conference has gone virtual and, for the icing on the cake, it is also completely free! This is going to be 48 hours of continuous content! Everything is being recorded so you can always catch up if you're not up for staying up for 48 hours straight ;-) Starting at 08:00am Pacific time, there will be a total of three sessions presented each day with each session being spread out over eight hours. You should be able to watch live from pretty much…
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27 Apr 2020

The Power of Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps, Conferences
This past week, I gave a talk on The Power of Azure DevOps as part of the Virtual Global Azure Day 2020. This talk was recorded and is now available on YouTube if you would like to check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpIts5c_47E&feature=youtu.be If you can't see the video above, you can click here to go directly to the video on YouTube. Also, the PowerPoint slides for the presentation are located here.
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24 Apr 2020

Global Azure Day 2020 – Omaha

Azure DevOps, Conferences
UPDATE You can view/download my presentation slides here. This year will mark the seventh annual Global Azure event! In light of the on-going (COVID-19) situation, this year's Global Azure Day in Omaha has been moved online. This virtual event will take place on Saturday, April 25th starting at 08:00 (Central Time). Here is the full schedule for this year's event: I am pleased to be speaking at this year's Global Azure Day on The Power of Azure DevOps. If you are new to Azure and/or Azure DevOps, or you've been around it for a while but are looking to learn…
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27 Jan 2018

Roadmap to Enterprise Quality

Conferences, Quality
For the past few years I have attended the Farm Credit IT Symposium. This years’ symposium was held last week in Austin, TX where I had a chance to present on a couple of topics. One of my talks was titled Roadmap to Enterprise Quality. The description for the presentation is as follows:In this presentation you will learn how Farm Credit Services of America/Frontier Farm Credit transformed their quality practices and tooling to bring visibility and consistency to Enterprise Quality, including: testing as a team approach, creating an automated test architecture, measuring progress with dashboards and standardizing on a set…
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15 Nov 2017

Connect(); 2017 – Day 1 Recap

Azure DevOps, Conferences, TFS, Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio Code
Day 1Day 1 of Connect(); 2017 is in the books! If you didn’t get a chance to watch the live streaming event earlier today you can catch up on the various presentations and announcements here.There was a lot of exciting announcements made at Connect(); today. While I have no doubt missed several of them I have made an attempt to include most of the highlights below. If your favorite announcement isn’t in the list, please include it in the comments section below so we can all learn about it!Come back to the same location tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST to…
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09 Oct 2017

Microsoft Connect(); Year Four!

Conferences
In case you missed the announcement a few days ago, Microsoft has announced it will be holding it’s fourth Connect(); conference on November 15th – 17th, next month.If you build applications using Microsoft tools and/or any of the open source projects that Microsoft is involved with then you will definitely want to check out this free, on-line event!From the event’s web site:Whether you are creating cloud native-applications, targeting the edge of devices and IoT, infusing your apps with AI, or just getting started, Connect(); 2017 will inspire and equip you with the tools and skills you need to build the…
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17 Nov 2016

Connect(); 2016 – Announcement Recap

Azure, Azure DevOps, Conferences, Events, General News, TFS 2017, Visual Studio 2017, VSTS, Xamarin
The second day of Connect(); 2016 wrapped up today. While there is one more day left, it is dedicated to on-line training. This means that pretty much all the planned announcements have been, well, announced ;-)If you’ve been watching Connect(); over the past couple of days you have likely come to the realization that, wow!, there was a lot of stuff demoed and talked about and a TON of announcements! To help you sort through some of the announcements, I’ve attempted to capture most of the highlights and related links below. If you were too busy watching and digesting all…
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12 Nov 2016

Connect(); 2016–Next Week!

Conferences
Starting next Wednesday, November 16th, Microsoft is holding it’s third Connect(); event!If you make use of any of the development tools provided by Microsoft, Xamarin (now part of Microsoft), the .NET Foundation, etc. then you should tune in to see what’s coming next from Microsoft. The on-line event lasts Wednesday thru Friday with the 3rd day focusing on training.The addition of a training day is new this year for the Connect(); event and looks to provide a couple of options:Option 1:Join Microsoft Virtual Academy expert instructors for free virtual training on Day 3 including in-depth explorations of the innovative technologies…
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08 Aug 2016

Tulsa TechFest–Slides

API, Azure DevOps, Conferences, Extensions
I first presented at the Tulsa TechFest in 2007, the second year for the conference. Since then I have only missed presenting one or two times (that I can recall). My oldest son (12) was able to attend this year as well and he really enjoyed the Gaming/Dev/Design track! The conference is really done well. I recommend you check it out next year if you’re in the area.This year, I had the pleasure to present two talks:Using REST with VSTS & TFSTeam Foundation Server (TFS) has been around for over a decade now(!) and Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) has…
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