1. Microsoft 2016
5/23/2018 8:20 PM
THR3038
Implement dev and test scenarios using Azure and Visual Studio Team Services
Alex Mang
Azure MVP
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3. Current Challenges For Test Environments
Microsoft Ignite 2016
5/23/2018 8:20 PM
Current Challenges For Test Environments
Extremely long time for preparing test environments
Long running idle environments
Managers promise users daily/weekly updates
Lack of similarities between test and production env.
65%
10%
too complicated and
time-consuming to acquire
resources
average utilization of
dedicated dev-test
infrastructure
*Source: Business Case for Test Environment Management Whitepaper, Cognizant
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4. A Success Story Using VSTS and Azure

5. Contoso Inc. Banking IT dept. Team Project Architecture
Responsible for home-banking web apps used across Europe (many countries)
Required faster delivery, automated deployments and reliable testing environments
Team Project Architecture
Version-branched team project
Single .sln, containing customization for all countries
Continuous deployment was hardwired to a SQL Server database and multiple build definitions
Still using VS2012/VS2013, TFS 2013 & Release Mgmt.
Open to upgrading the system, but bureaucracy was slowing the upgrade process down to >1y
OK with VSTS, but code couldn’t leave the (hybrid) network

6. DEMO: VSTS
Alex Mang

7. Initial approach conclusions
Advantages
Automated environment provisioning
One-click solution
No longer dependent on user’s Visual Studio version
Comprehensible dashboards and easier overall monitoring
Drawbacks
Huge VSTS costs because of very long build times
Lots of scripting involved
Testing environments were running even when idle

8. DEMO: Azure Dev/Test Labs
Alex Mang

9. Noteworthy Changes required to build a deployable package
Deploying to Azure requires adding Service Endpoints – sometime looks trivial
Advanced VSTS commands
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