Tag Archives: Azure Devops

Azure DevOps Agent Job Names

Posted on April 29, 2020 by

I’ve been working with some complex builds lately, multi-stage ones, and I’ve been annoyed by the Azure DevOps agent. If you’re like me, you might see this in Agent consoles: Notice anything interesting? No? Me, either. This is annoying. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Finding the Visual Designer in Azure DevOps Builds

Posted on September 9, 2019 by

This post is really a reminder to me, since I don’t create pipelines all that often, and I’ve forgotten a few times how to do this. Plus, while YAML is nice when you want to scale things, it absolutely sucks … Continue reading →

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MSBuild and Azure SQL Database

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

I saw a report of a problem building a database with ReadyRoll in Azure SQL Database. This person wanted to use a local Shadow database in LocalDB and target an Azure SQL Database. I hadn’t build that config, so I … Continue reading →

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VSTS–Changing the Default Build Queue

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

I wrote recently about the Release agent using the hosted queue as the default, which is sometimes a problem. The Build process has the same issue, though the way you change things is different. In a build, you see a … Continue reading →

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