Release Management Architecture in Visual Studio Online with vNext Environments

31st of July, 2015 / / 1 Comment

Release Management – The Background

Release Management Service in Visual Studio Online (referred as RM-VSO in the rest of this blog post) automates the process of deploying the builds into the target environments. It integrates nicely with the Team Build Service in VSO and both the services can work together to implement a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. The on-premises version of Release Management has been around for a couple of years, however the Visual Studio Online version has just been recently released, in November 2014, and somewhat different than the on-premises version.… [Keep reading] “Release Management Architecture in Visual Studio Online with vNext Environments”

The SharePoint Governance Puzzle

22nd of April, 2015 / / 1 Comment

If you have been using or managing SharePoint then you would know how quickly content, customisations and their growth, if not properly governed, can get out of control. Today most organisations deploying SharePoint have realised this and have SharePoint Governance Plans or Policies defined for their deployments. A Governance Plan can just be a brief document focusing on what users can and cannot do or it may be a detailed framework governing every part of SharePoint from custom development to usage and maintenance.… [Keep reading] “The SharePoint Governance Puzzle”