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Migrating from Team Foundation Version Control to Git (and preferably at scale)

Mar 25, 2021 · 11 min read · Git TFVC Azure DevOps Development Productivity Microsoft Migration DevRel ·

I've been wanting to write this post for a while (a few years) now and I never took the time. At some point I just thought that it wasn't relevant anymore, but since I'm working on a project in a similar context and I feel that the need still does exist, I could not refrain myself and write this thing down. If you …

Running rabbitmq in docker on windows

Dec 4, 2019 · 2 min read · development containers DevRel ·

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For those what it means to install RabbitMQ for local development, it typically means that you have to go through the pain of installing erlang and RabbitMQ , only to discover that something is wrong with your setup. (To given an example: the RabbitMQ management plugin is not installed by default, requiring you to do …

Taking ownership of sqlserver (or sql express)

Jul 15, 2019 · 2 min read · development sqlserver tech DevRel ·

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Taking ownership of sqlserver (or sql express)

From time to time it happens that you install a sql server (or SQL express) and that you forget to assign local admin permissions. When this happens, you can choose to do a reinstallation... or you can try to assign the permissions after all through a backdoor. I chose the latter! Open a cmd prompt (as admin) {% …

Unable to link unit test to test case - login error in visual studio

May 3, 2019 · 2 min read · devops testing development visual-studio DevRel ·

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In visual studio, it is possible to link unit tests (working with MSTEST V1) to test cases in Azure Devops so that test results of unit tests, executed during a build, can be reported directly to test cases in Azure Devops. The idea is that you can "right click" a unit test in the unit test explorer in visual …