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Copy files on the target server back to the Azure DevOps Agent

April 2, 2022 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


I was asked yesterday about copying files from a remote computer back to the computer running the Azure DevOps Agent. I’ve never had a requirement for something like this but hey, I love a challenge and it turned out to be simpler than I originally thought due to the fact that Copy-Item supports it out […]

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Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Powershell

Using the Power Platform Build Tools w/Azure Pipelines

September 1, 2020 by Wes MacDonald 2 Comments


Build a managed solution from a git repository using an Azure Pipeline

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Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Dynamics 365, Powershell
Visual Studio Code | Remote WSL | dockerfile

Containerized Azure Pipelines Agent using Docker with WSL2

August 2, 2019 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


I recently installed Windows Services for Linux V2 (WSL2) and saw a Tech Preview of Docker Desktop WSL 2 posted and was extremely excited to give it a try. If you are interested, read on. Updated 08/05/2019 – update date/time in WSL2 due to Windows 10 sleep/hibernate Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview Get the latest […]

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Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Ubuntu
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Selenium test result with attachments

Did your application deploy successfully? Use a selenium test in your release pipeline with a Microsoft-hosted agent

July 26, 2019 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


UI Testing with Microsoft-hosted Agents Microsoft-hosted agents are pre-configured for UI testing and UI tests for both web apps and desktop apps. The agents are also pre-configured with popular browsers and matching web-driver versions that can be used for running Selenium tests. The browsers and corresponding web-drivers are updated on a periodic basis.  (ref.) It’s great to […]

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Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Microsoft Azure, Selenium
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Azure PowerShell (Preview) version 4.* (preview)

Using the Azure PowerShell (Preview) task in an Azure Pipeline

July 23, 2019 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


I wanted an excuse to use the 4.* (preview) version of the task so I could take the Az module out for a spin. My goal was to perform the following steps I would normally perform with a browser and mouse in the Azure Portal: Delete Resource Group if it already exists Create Resource Group […]

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