Azure & DevOps Podcast

Jeff was born and raised in The Netherlands and is an IT geek with a passion for automation. At the young age of 6, he had his very first computer and started developing his own Pacman to learn Batch programming. Looking back, the performance was terrible, but it worked. Over the years, he has always kept in touch with some sort of scripting or programming languages, such as Batch, (Turbo) Pascal, PHP, Delphi, Kixtart, Visual Basic Scripting (VBS), VB .NET, PowerShell, and C# .NET (Core). He is the owner of Methos, a consultancy and managed services company from The Netherlands focused on Microsoft Modern Workplace (Windows + Intune + Office365) and Azure through automation and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:19] Jeff’s passion and the three turning points in his career.

[8:47] The architecture and intention behind PowerShell being built on .NET.

[12:33] What are the biggest mistakes Jeff sees people making when it comes to PowerShell?

[11:50] Best practices for using PowerShell in DevOps environments, and common mistakes to avoid.

[16:04] Differences between binary and PowerShell-based modules, and the benefits of exploring module code.

[18:18] Leveraging .NET code in PowerShell scripts and the advantages of this approach.

[20:00] Preferred methods for writing automated tests for PowerShell code.

[23:39] Jeff’s current focus areas, including certifications and his upcoming “script portal” project.

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Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

Jeff on Twitter

Jeff on LinkedIn

Jeff Wouters

Methos

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Henry Quillin is a student in the Canfield computer science and business honors program (CSB) at UT Austin and a software engineer intern at Bank of America. He likes building things. He is interested in software development, entrepreneurship, and blockchain/crypto. He has completed several internships and other contracts and has earned the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He always has several software projects going, and when not buried in VSCode or books, he enjoys weightlifting, cooking, and listening to podcasts. He's currently helping artists monetize their scrapped music as the CTO of Scraps. You can check out his website at henry henryquillin.me.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:49] Henry’s college experience and mindset shift.

[5:00] Realizing the value of college.

[6:48] Henry describes the computer science courses he took in his freshman year, including data structures, discrete math, and operating systems.

[11:16] The computer programming classes Henry took in his freshman year.

[12:54] The importance of practical experience and the value of hands-on learning in computer science.

[20:27] Living arrangements and the social dynamics of college.

[23:27] Advice for aspiring computer scientists.

[28:07] Why internships are great, and how to make the most out of them.

[33:12] Henry’s Bank of America internship experience.

[35:24] Learning to be comfortable with new and emerging technologies.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

Ep 183 with Henry Quillin

LeetCode

Claude

OpenAI

xAI

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As the president of Tegaaa Solutions, a DevOps consulting firm, Étienne helps clients achieve optimal performance and efficiency in their software development processes. With over 30 years of IT experience and 20 years of Microsoft specialization, he has the skills and knowledge to provide tailored solutions for any DevOps challenge.

He is passionate about sharing his expertise and best practices with the IT community as a Microsoft MVP for TFS and Azure DevOps since 2006, and a regular speaker at local technical conferences and user groups since 2005. He also offers mentoring and training for organizations using Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server and designs enterprise and application architectures for projects of all sizes. His mission is to empower developers and organizations to leverage the power of DevOps and Azure to deliver high-quality software faster and better.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:30] Étienne’s career progression from mechanical engineering to software development.

[6:14] Yes, Étienne was TFS before it was cool.

[7:14] Étienne’s interesting specialization in aerodynamics.

[11:18] Not making things too complicated.

[12:49] Étienne’s interest in the building process.

[14:07] Building the blueprint.

[17:08] GitHub vs. Azure DevOps for enterprise use.

[19:49] Microsoft's struggle with GitHub's repo-centric approach in the enterprise.

[24:17] The key differences in how work is tracked.

[28:10 What is Entra ID?

[34:08] Agility is becoming a religion, where it needs to be more of a spirit.

[38:04] Kanban system for managing work in progress.

[46:24] Implementing Azure DevOps for beginners, with tips and resources.

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Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

Etienne LinkedIn

Get Started with Azure DevOps

Tegaaa Solutions

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An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD, and PST, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil has been working with .NET since the first betas, developing software for over 35 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005 as well as a Professional Scrum Trainer. Phil has taken over the best-selling Pro C# books (Apress Publishing), including Pro C# 10, is the President of the Cincinnati .NET User’s Group (Cinnug.org), and the Cincinnati Software Architect Group, co-hosted the Hallway Conversations podcast (Hallwayconversations.com), founded and runs the CincyDeliver conference (Cincydeliver.org), and volunteers for the National Ski Patrol. During the day, Phil works as the CTO for Pintas & Mullins. Phil always enjoys learning new tech and is always striving to improve his craft.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:47] Philip’s career journey and why he’s still hands-on coding.

[5:37] Sometimes it’s not a technical problem, but a process or human interaction problem.

[6:37] Philip’s love of mentoring.

[8:18] The importance of collaboration.

[9:53] Challenges in migrating applications from .NET Framework to .NET Core.

[12:55] The importance of staying current.

[14:48] Modernizing legacy web applications using .NET Core.

[19:22] Rebuilding an old app using new technology, with challenges and lessons learned.

[24:22] Gradually introducing a new screen using feature flags is better than a "big bang" rewrite.

[26:01] Continuous deployment helps to roll out new features gradually to limited users.

[27:53] Differences between the .NET framework and .NET Core apps, including configuration settings to environmental awareness.

[34:59] Philip’s favorite resources to dig into, including his book.

[41:20] The power of collaborative learning.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

“Philip Japikse: Professional C# in .NET - Episode 230”

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Brady Gaster is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET and Visual Studio team at Microsoft where he works on Orleans, SignalR, microservices, APIs, and integration with Azure service teams in hopes of making it exciting for developers who work on .NET apps to party in the cloud!

Topics of Discussion:

[2:49] Brady’s career highlights and how throwing parties prepared him for Microsoft.

[4:07] History of Microsoft’s publishing tools and their evolution towards cloud-native development.

[7:37] Using Azure Container Apps for containerization and publishing to Kubernetes.

[13:42] Using Aspire for containerized applications in Azure, including toolchain and orchestration.

[17:36] Simplifying software development with automation.

[23:27] Azure subscriptions and provisioning for developers.

[25:38] AZD infra synth.

[26:15] Using Azure DevOps and Azure Development Environments for named environments in .NET development.

[30:39] The system of record for the names of the environments.

[37:13] What we can look forward to with the next release.

[38:37] What should we know about Microsoft Learn so far?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

“Brady Gaster: Orleans — Episode 221”

NET Aspire Preview 4

.NET Aspire Documentation

Brady Gaster

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