Peter Ritchie: .NET Foundation - Episode 370

This week on the podcast, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by Jeremy Holt, the Executive Vice President of Amberwood Trading. Amberwood Trading aims to build partnerships with the African cashew processing industry (including the factories, government, and banks) through funding, software services, and technical consultancy. Since 1990, Jeremy has run Amberwood Trading. For 30 years he served as the Managing Director and in the last 3 months he has taken up his new role as Executive Vice President.    In this episode, Jeremy brings his unique perspective of being both the client and the developer of the software they use at Amberwood. He has developed several programs they use within their organization that assist in the production, processing, and financial side of their business. He shares all about the ins and outs of working with cashews; speaks about improving the traceability of the food supply chain through blockchain; touches on COVID-19 and what that means for food safety; and of course, he shares a ton about the fascinating technical aspects of his company!   Topics of Discussion: [:40] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:48] About Jeffrey’s free 30-point DevOps inspection as well as his newest offer. [1:48] About today’s episode and featured guest, Jeremy Holt. [3:00] Jeffrey welcomes Jeremy Holt to the show! [3:08] Jeremy gives a background on himself and speaks about his company, Amberwood Trading. [6:53] Jeremy gives a rundown of the ins and outs of working with cashews and addresses some of the important aspects of food safety and cashew processing. [15:15] Jeremy shares how he used his coding abilities to create a program to demonstrate that this cashew project of his was viable in the eyes of banks. He also shares the other programs he has created that aid the day-to-day operations of his business. [20:00] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [20:27] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [22:17] Jeremy speaks about all of the different aspects that the software systems in the nut process touches. He also speaks about food safety and how he has been looking using blockchain for traceability and explains why that is so important. [27:44] Jeremy touches on COVID-19 and how it relates to the current COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the importance of traceability in the supply chain. [34:35] What Jeremy is trying to achieve through the programs he is creating for his business. [35:44] What is on Jeremy’s roadmap? Are there any particular parts he’s looking forward to technology-wise for his company? [37:32] Jeremy shares which programs in his business. [43:42] If someone were to pick up a jar of cashews, what should they be looking for to follow the traceability back to the source? [44:45] Jeremy gives some additional thoughts on the traceability of the food supply chain and food safety amid the coronavirus. [48:42] Jeffrey thanks Jeremy for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Amberwood Trading RavenDB Aurelia React Angular   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

6 Apr 202049min

In today’s episode, Jeffrey is speaking with two guests, Joseph Landes, the Chief Revenue Officer at Nerdio, and Amol Dalvi, the Vice President of Product Management Nerdio. They both do a lot with Azure and have implemented Windows Virtual Desktop into their work.    Amol and Joseph have some interesting learnings around using Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure for standardized development desktops — which is what they’ll be discussing today! Amol and Joseph share their insights on how they use Windows Virtual Desktop, give their advice regarding it, and share some of their personal experiences with it. You won’t want to miss out if you’ve been interested in learning more about Windows Virtual Desktop and its capabilities!   Topics of Discussion: [:40] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:49] About Jeffrey’s upcoming .NET DevOps Bootcamp in Austin, Texas on April 30th and his free 30-point DevOps inspection. [1:21] About today’s episode and featured guests! [1:54] Jeffrey welcomes Joseph and Amol to the show! [2:01] Joseph shares what led up to him working in this field. [3:18] Amol shares his career background. [4:21] Amol speaks about the sizeable development team that he runs and where they’re located around the world. [5:09] How Amol is making heavy use of Windows Virtual Desktop for everyone on his team. [6:11] What Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure is! [9:34] How is Windows Virtual Desktop from the old terminal sever in terms of allowing people to have a remote desktop session? [11:03] If a small development team with 4 developers wants to have their own Visual Studio image and all use the same thing, how would they get started? [12:34] With a small team (such as 2-4 developers) is it possible to use Windows Virtual Desktop without a third-party solution? [13:28] Does Microsoft only market Windows Virtual Desktop for teams of a certain size? Is it not worth using for smaller teams? Or does it have some uses for smaller teams? [15:05] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [15:31] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [17:22] Using Windows Virtual Desktop without a third-party solution: what does it look like to shut it down at night? [17:51] When configuring the image, what is the process to actually set up Windows the way it needs to be? [19:30] Would Amol agree with the sentiment that this solution is geared mainly towards really large groups? [20:37] How many VMs do developer share? What is the ratio that Amol has found that works best for him? [22:36] How much ram does Amol try to allocate? [23:45] At this point, is premium solid-state the commodity that’s expected? [24:08] What’s the experience like for a developer at their desk? What kind of computer would act as their terminal? [25:25] Is it literally the Windows Remote Desktop client that is being opened across all three of the monitors? [26:04] If you need to access your virtual workstation can you access it anywhere that supports RDS? [26:32] Amol highlights use cases beyond those for developers. [27:26] Are developers with expensive computers like MacBook Pros just used as terminals? Or is the development distributed between the Virtual Desktop and the actual host computer? [28:32] Are the computers that Amol’s developers use are their own personal computers? [30:23] How much does Microsoft charge for Windows Virtual Desktop? [32:09] What VM code has Amol landed on for his developers? [34:04] Jeffrey thanks Joseph and Amol for joining the podcast! [34:15] Joseph gives his recommendations on what to check out if you want to learn more about Windows Virtual Desktop. [34:51] Amol recommends some of his go-to resources! [35:48] Jeffrey thanks Amol and Joseph once again for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Joseph Landes Nerdio Amol Dalvi Azure Calculator   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

30 Mars 202036min

Joining Jeffrey Palermo today is the CTO of ROCeteer, Heather Wilde — who is also known as the “Unicorn Whisperer” due to her special focus on entrepreneurs. She is also a personal and professional Growth Expert, Executive Coach, Non-profit Director, author, and speaker.   Heather has an impressive laundry list of qualifications and experience in various fields! She is affiliated with three entrepreneurial accelerators, has worked with governments on economic development projects for over 20 years, is a Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Advisory Board Chair, and has worked with the U.S. Navy, NASA, and both state and local governments around the world. She was also an early employee of Spirit Airlines, a founding member of Evernote, and was one of the only women to have programmed, produced, and published a game at THQ. She has received many awards for serving as a mentor, coach, executive, entrepreneur, writer, business role model, and many, many more.   In this episode, Jeffrey and Heather are diving into the topic of managing remote teams! Throughout her career, Heather has had a ton of experience managing remote teams. She shares her personal experiences, some of the ins and outs she learned along the way, tips and tricks, her go-to resources and tools for remote working, and shares some lessons and stories from her career!   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:45] About Jeffrey’s upcoming .NET DevOps Bootcamp in Austin, Texas on April 30th and his free 30-point DevOps inspection. [1:34] About today’s episode and guest. [3:05] Jeffrey welcomes Heather to the show! [3:47] Heather speaks about her fascinating background and early career. [6:45] Heather shares some more of her background and career milestones that really shaped her into the person that she is today. [8:55] When did Heather shift from being a programmer and writing code all day to managing and leading other programmers and teams? [11:29] Heather tells the interesting story of how she came to be a founding member of Evernote! [15:53] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [16:20] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [18:10] When Heather first joined Evernote, how did she set up her workstation while living on a boat? [20:02] Did Heather have to build her team at Evernote or did she inherit a team? [21:11] Living in Mexico at the time, how was Heather hiring employees location-wise? And how was she getting them all set up? [22:46] Heather shares some of the tips and tricks she has learned about working remotely. [26:37] Did some of the remote employees require assistance when it came to setting up their at-home workstation? [27:52] Fast-forward to today’s infrastructure and tools, what are Heather’s go-to selections? [33:35] Heather recommends some resources to check out regarding remote working. [34:24] Jeffrey thanks Heather for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! ROCeteerEvernote THQ Zoom Slack Heather Wilde’s Articles in Inc. Magazine   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

23 Mars 202035min

As listeners already know, The Azure DevOps Podcast is for developers shipping software with Microsoft technologies — and in today’s episode, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by someone who makes said technology!   Ryan Demopoulos is a Program Manager Lead working on the Windows developer platform, specifically on the GUI stack. If you use buttons and textboxes, Ryan helps make that happen. He's been at Microsoft for 13 years and has been in the UX space the whole time.   In this episode, Jeffrey and Ryan discuss WinUI in-depth. Ryan explains what it is, the changes and developments he has seen (and been a part of) over the course of his career, where he sees it heading in 10 years time, details of the release roadmap, cross-platform development, what the team is currently working on — and a whole lot more!   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:47] About Jeffrey’s upcoming .NET DevOps Bootcamp in Austin, Texas on April 30th and his free 30-point DevOps inspection. [1:04] About today’s episode and guest! [1:44] Jeffrey welcomes Ryan to the show. [4:52] Ryan speaks about some of the changes he’s seen with WinUI over the course of his career as well as what he has personally worked on. [8:07] What is WinUI? [12:34] Which apps are you targetting with WinUI? And which ones are you not? [16:21] Ryan gives an update on the Windows development landscape and shares whether or not it’s on a growth trend. [19:20] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [19:43] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [22:09] Where does Ryan see WinUI in 10 years? And what are some general predictions for the future of it, going forward? [25:33] Ryan shares some details of the release roadmap of WinUI. [29:05] Will WinUI be available for more than just the Windows platform in the future? [31:01] Jeffrey tosses a scenario Ryan’s way and asks whether they will be testing such a scenario in the future development of WinUI. [32:32] If, in the future, WinUI is compatible with WebAssembly, could it be possible that a WPF application could be accessible via a URL? [35:22] The drawbacks of the web. [36:00] Jeffrey gives his feedback on Ryan’s vision for the future of WinUI. [36:27] What the WinUI team is currently focused on. [37:42] Ryan recommends resources for listeners if they want to learn more. [39:35] Jeffrey thanks Ryan for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Ryan’s Twitter: @RyanDemopoulos AKA.MS/WinUI Microsoft Silverlight XAML Islands Microsoft Build WebAssembly UWP Discord Server   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

16 Mars 202040min

In this week’s episode, Jeffrey Palermo is talking to Jonathan Mills — a Pluralsight Author, Technology Advisor, and Business Leader!    As a member of the Multi-Cloud Team team at World Wide Technology, Jonathan is able to leverage his unique experiences and skills to drive Cloud migrations for his clients. He is also a dedicated developer community leader, serving on the Board of Directors for the Kansas City Developers Conference, regularly speaking and giving keynote presentations at conferences around the globe, and is a Microsoft MVP.   Today, Jeffrey and Jonathan talk about the upcoming Kansas City Developers Conference held June 29th-July 1st in 2020, his fascinating day job as a Cloud Architect at World Wide Technology, and data architecture in Azure!   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:48] About Jeffrey’s upcoming .NET DevOps Bootcamp in Austin, Texas on April 30th. [1:11] About today’s episode and guest! [1:52] Jeffrey welcomes Jonathan to the show. [2:07] Jonathan shares the story of his career journey. [4:12] What is the Kansas City Developers Conference? [7:49] Are tickets still available for the conference? [8:27] When the conference is held and about the special extra day just for kids! [11:08] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [11:33] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [13:23] Jonathan explains his day job as a Cloud Architect at World Wide Technology. [16:36] Jonathan speaks about the common problems their clients face and what issues they solve for them. [20:20] Jonathan breaks down the categories of data stores and what he recommends to different clients. [23:43] How different is Azure Data Warehouse from the on-premise SQL Server Analysis Services? [24:40] Jonathan shares his philosophy on how and when to know what tooling to use. [26:03] Jonathan gives his experience with low-code and no-code solutions such as Power Apps and Flow. [29:45] If listeners want to learn more, what go-to resources does Jonathan recommend? [31:41] Jeffrey thanks Jonathan for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Jonathan Mill’s LinkedIn Jonathan Mill on Pluralsight World Wide Technology Kansas City Developers Conference Kansas City Women in Technology Azure Cosmos DB Azure Data Lake Analytics Azure Synapse Analytics Microsoft Power Apps Microsoft Flow Docs.Microsoft.com Pluralsight A Cloud Guru   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

9 Mars 202032min

Today’s guest is Iain Foulds — a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, focused on Azure technologies. He has spent more than a decade in the field as an engineer building and running virtualization environments, including Cloud solutions. Since 2014 at Microsoft, Iain has been supporting and enabling customers to successfully run workloads in Azure. He is also the author of the book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, which gets readers up and running quickly by teaching them the most important tasks and concepts and tasks about Azure in 21 practical bite-sized lessons.   In this episode, Iain takes listeners through the basics of learning Azure and some of the fantastic content in his book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, which is now on its second edition. Iain highlights some of the key decision points, clears up common misunderstandings, gives actionable tips, and provides further recommendations on where to learn more. Tune in to get up to date on learning Azure!   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:47] About today’s guest, Iain Foulds. [1:29] Jeffrey welcomes Iain to the podcast! [1:39] Iain speaks about his career journey and how he has ended up in his current role at Microsoft. [3:23] Iain speaks about the genesis of his book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, and gives an overview of what it covers. [5:14] Part 4 of Iain’s book is titled “The Cool Stuff” — what is the cool stuff? [6:41] Under Part 4, one of the chapters is on Azure automation. What are the cliff notes? [8:35] Iain gives the taxonomy of the terms playbook and runbook, and explains how they relate to each other. [16:41] Iain speaks about the decision points on where to store a credential in relation to securing information with Azure Key Vault. [19:01] Iain gives his thought process on the team workflow of Azure Key Vault vs. things like LastPass. [20:32] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [20:58] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [22:47] Iain clears up some common misunderstandings and misconceptions about Azure networking basics. [25:46] How does Iain advise people on making decisions around resource governance? [28:44] Are there downsides to the side of the spectrum where you have a lot of subscriptions but only one or two resource groups per subscription? [30:25] Iain speaks about the changes that are coming to the second edition of his book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches! [31:49] Iain speaks about the content he develops at Microsoft. [33:05] Iain gives his recommendations on further learning about Azure. [34:36] About the early access program for his book on Manning Publications. [36:01] Does Iain have any go-to methods or recommendations for clearing out his subscriptions? [38:23] Jeffrey thanks Iain for joining this week’s episode!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Iain Foulds’ Twitter @Fouldsy Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, by Iain Foulds Azure Key Vault LastPassDocs.Microsoft.com  Microsoft Learn   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

2 Mars 202039min

This week on the podcast, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by an old friend of his, Paul Sheriff! Paul is a Business Technology Consultant and has over thirty years of experience architecting information systems. He is a top-notch instructor, a Pluralsight author with 20+ courses on topics ranging from Angular, MVC, WPF, XML, jQuery to Bootstrap; and is a speaker at many different conferences and user groups around the world. Paul has also published 300+ articles and has authored over 14 books on topics ranging from C#, SQL Server and many .NET technologies!   With so many episodes of the Azure DevOps Podcast, there’s yet to be an episode focused entirely on architecture! So for today’s episode, Jeffrey is sitting down with Paul to discuss all things architecture. They discuss Paul’s career, what it means to be an architect, his take on the different titles and levels an architect can hold in the software industry, his favorite architecture, key aspects of an architect, and some key insights for those looking to pursue the architect career track.   Topics of Discussion: [:39] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:42] About today’s guest, Paul Sheriff. [1:40] Jeffrey welcomes Paul to the podcast. [2:40] Paul speaks about his career trajectory. [4:22] What does it mean to be an architect? And how is it different from programming? [7:06] Paul gives his take on the different titles and levels an architect can hold in the industry. [9:46] Paul shares some of the things he thinks about when deciding how big systems need to be put together and structured for desktop applications. [13:15] Where listeners can go to find Paul’s favorite architecture. [14:19] Paul compares and contrasts the role of an architect and drafter in the building world to that in the software industry. He also explains how he thinks architects should be drafting their architecture. [16:00] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [16:25] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [18:13] Paul shares his favorite diagramming or visualization method for transmitting ideas before getting to the code level. [20:06] Does Paul think it’s important for a team to have shared libraries and frameworks that they use from application to application? Or is it better to have the patterns and not bring the actual code from project to project? [24:35] What’s the best way for an organization that has multiple small teams to actually set an architecture vision and then inspect? [27:34] Jeffrey and Paul highlight the key concepts that make up the architecture role. [29:13] Which architecture patterns does Paul think might shift over because of the programming model that Blazor brings in the browser? [34:26] Paul shares what he’s currently up to. [35:45] Where to find Paul’s courses online! [37:35] Jeffrey and Paul share their final words about pursuing the architect track. [38:37] Jeffrey thanks Paul for joining this week’s episode!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Paul Sheriff’s Website (PDSA.com) Paul Sheriff on GitHub Paul Sheriff on Pluralsight Paul Sheriff’s Email: psheriff@pdsa.com Visual Studio Live! Conference (VSLive!) The Azure DevOps Podcast: Mark Dunn on Developer Retirement - Episode 75   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

24 Feb 202039min

Today’s guest is Jeremy Likness — an internationally selling author, keynote speaker, and professional coder with a personal mission to empower developers to be their best! Jeremy has worked on commercial enterprise software for 25 years and specializes in web technology. Currently, he is also a Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate for Microsoft, but previously held roles at iVision, Wintellect, and AirWatch. In his free time however, he enjoys running, hiking, and shooting nine-ball and one-pocket.   In today’s episode, Jeffrey and Jeremy discuss DevOps Automation. Jeremy shares his philosophy on starting a new project, provides key insights about Azure DevOps Services, speaks about what is new with Azure DevOps in general, gives his thoughts on GitHub Actions, explains how he’s utilizing Azure ARM templates, and shares some of his best practices and go-to resources.   Topics of Discussion: [:39] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [1:08] About today’s guest, Jeremy Likness. [1:49] Jeffrey welcomes Jeremy to the podcast. [1:40] Jeremy describes two of his favorite hobbies: nine-ball and one-pocket. [3:15] Jeremy speaks about his career and how it has progressed over the years. [8:11] Jeremy speaks about his current role at Microsoft and what Cloud Advocate really means. [9:51] Jeremy shares his philosophy on starting a project. [13:58] Jeremy provides some key insights when bringing Azure DevOps Services into the mix. [15:41] What’s new in Azure DevOps in general? [20:38] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [21:03] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [22:52] Jeremy gives his thoughts on GitHub Actions. [25:48] Jeremy speaks about what the experience is like with GitHub Actions when you have a release candidate that you’re deploying to your environments (environment 1, environment 2, etc.), all the way up to production. He also provides some examples. [28:14] When deploying, is Jeremy still using Azure ARM templates? Or does he use a mix of things to provision his infrastructure? [34:55] Jeremy gives a quick piece of random nostalgia from his past. [35:47] Jeremy’s go-to resources to learn more about the topics discussed on today’s show. [37:45] Where to get in touch with Jeremy! [38:15] Jeffrey thanks Jeremy for joining him in this episode.   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Jeremy Likness’ Blog Jeremy Likness’ Twitter Jeremy Likness’ LinkedIn Jeremy Likness’ GitHub Jeremy’s Email: Jeremy.Likness@Microsoft.com Azure DevOps Services Abel Wang The Azure DevOps Podcast: “Abel Wang on DevOps Infrastructure - Episode 73” Hugo GitHub Actions Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Microsoft Ignite Blazor Docs.Microsoft.com/en-us/Learn   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

17 Feb 202039min