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How CPU Sampling Works
In this blog post, I’ll cover some of the basics of CPU Sampling, the method the Visual Studio profiler uses to capture CPU performance data in your applications. If you’re interested in performance...
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Assessing extension reliability and safety
With 3rd party extensions now being available for Team Foundation Server as well on the Marketplace, there have been a number of queries around evaluating extension reliability and safety. With this...
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Versioning NuGet packages in a continuous delivery world: part 1
On the Package Management team, we’re frequently asked how to think about versioning packages. Conceptually, it’s simple: NuGet (like many package managers) prefers semantic versioning (SemVer), which...
View ArticleVisual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server Java Capabilities...
To share and explain our current Java feature set and capabilities with Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server (TFS), we have produced and published two new 30-minute videos available...
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Cloud Foundry build extension for Team Services
We are happy to announce the availability of a Cloud Foundry build extension on the Visual Studio Team Services Marketplace.The extension provides a build task to deploy your applications to any Cloud...
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RM updates, email formatting, a checkbox control, and more – May 6
Note: The improvements discussed in this post will be rolling out throughout the week. Please follow progress of the deployment at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsoservice/.There’s so much in our deployment...
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Trying out the cloud load testing service using Visual Studio Enterprise trial
Of late, we have heard that several people are interested in trying out the capabilities of Visual Studio load test offering, but they are not sure how to go about it if they don’t already have an...
View ArticleHosted Build Pool Image Updates
This morning we will begin rolling out a new image across the hosted build pool with the following updates:Visual Studio 2013 Update 5Node.JS 5.11.0 and NPM 3.8.6Azure Powershell and Azure RM...
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SonarLint 2.2 for Visual Studio improves the connected mode
In the continuation of SonarLint 2.1 for Visual Studio, last week, SonarSource and Microsoft released SonarLint 2.2, providing in-IDE analysis results consistent with analysis builds. Here is a...
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Tips and tricks for search on Visual Studio Marketplace
There are times when searching for something, when a simple term just won’t do. Whether it is when you are ordering some coffee or sifting through your inbox, sometimes you know exactly what you are...
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Boolean (checkbox) fields on Team Services
The wait is over. With the latest deployment to Team Services, you can now add a checkbox to your work items. To do this, simply add a Boolean field to your work item type.It’s been a long journey and...
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Versioning NuGet packages in a continuous delivery world: part 2
This is part 2 in a series of blog posts covering strategies for versioning a NuGet package. If you missed part 1, pick it up here. Today’s post talks about future improvements we’d like to make to the...
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Feature Preview: Creating load tests using HTTP archive
If you have used cloud-based load testing before, you may already be familiar with the ability to run a ‘quick load test’ using the VSTS portal. It’s a great way to:Run a quick load test for your app –...
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Troubleshooting an HTTP archive-based load test
Did you know that you can use the cloud-based load testing service in VSTS to create and run load tests using HTTP archive (.har) files? The feature preview is available now. To learn more, see this...
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Multiple URL performance testing support for Azure Web Applications
Performance/load testing of Azure web applications is supported for a while, today we are announcing support for multiple URLs performance testing using Visual Studio web test formatTypically web...
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Announcing General Availability of Azure DevTest Labs
Today, we are very excited to announce the general availability of Azure DevTest Labs: your self-service sandbox environment in Azure to quickly create Dev/Test environments while minimizing waste and...
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Publisher responses to reviews is now live on Marketplace!
In the two months since the launch of Ratings and Reviews on the Visual Studio Marketplace, we’ve seen great participation from our community. Well over 1000 reviews have been posted on the Marketplace...
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Versioning NuGet packages in a continuous delivery world: part 3
This is the third and final post in a series covering strategies for versioning a NuGet package. If you missed part 1 or part 2, you should read those first. Today’s post walks through a specific...
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Continuous deployment/delivery with Jenkins and VS Team Services
Release Management (VS Team Services) lets you automate your deployments so that you could deliver your apps/services easily and deliver them often. You can setup the CI and CD process all on VS Team...
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Announcing MSTest Framework support for .NET Core RC2 / ASP.NET Core RC2
.NET Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2 released just a couple of weeks back. They feature the introduction of the .NET CLI, major changes to the .NET Core SDK (formerly called DNX), the rebranding of...
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