Solved! Missing mouse or trackpad on LG Laptops
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Have you ever needed to do complex automation in Azure Devops? Like retrieving a token for one service and handing it off to subsequent commands to use? Then you might have been puzzled about the correct syntax to use. In this post, I'll give you a working example of how the syntax should be used to hand variables between bash and PowerShell tasks in Azure Devops Continue Reading...
KQL Quickie - Human Readable day of the week
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Have you ever needed to do complex automation in Azure Devops? Like retrieving a token for one service and handing it off to subsequent commands to use? Then you might have been puzzled about the correct syntax to use. In this post, I'll give you a working example of how the syntax should be used to hand variables between bash and PowerShell tasks in Azure Devops Continue Reading...
Passing variables from PowerShell to Bash in Azure Devops
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Have you ever needed to do complex automation in Azure Devops? Like retrieving a token for one service and handing it off to subsequent commands to use? Then you might have been puzzled about the correct syntax to use. In this post, I'll give you a working example of how the syntax should be used to hand variables between bash and PowerShell tasks in Azure Devops Continue Reading...
Troubleshooting common problems in Azure Devops
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I love orchestration and automation, believe me I do. But there is just something about understanding the vagaries and internal inconsistencies of these products that could break a lesser System Admin or Devops guru. Continue Reading...
How to query your Azure Devops Pipelines, using PowerShell
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In the digital realm of Azure DevOps, where pipelines flow as endlessly as the rivers of the fabled Babylon, we find ourselves in need of a divine intervention. Continue Reading...
How to perform actions in Azure, in your Azure Devops Pipelines, without using Saved Passwords
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Using saved passwords in Azure Devops Pipelines is sooooo 2023. The new hotness is using Azure Workload Id Federation. It only took me 27 tries to get it right, and you can learn to do it from me correctly the first time. Continue Reading...