Blogs - DevOps-Interviews


Self forming teams in Azure DevOps with Aaron Bjork[MP4] [0:27:23] [2019/02/03]
In this interview, Donovan Brown interviews Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about self-forming teams and the yellow sticky exercise. Self-forming teams at scale by Brian Harry Blog:…


How the Azure DevOps teams plan with Aaron Bjork[MP4] [0:34:52] [2019/01/04]
In this interview, Donovan Brown interviews Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about Agile Planning. Measure What Matters, by John Doer Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @aaronbjork


How VSTS Builds & Versions Their Own Microservices with TQ[MP4] [0:37:47] [2018/04/24]
In this interview, Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Architect TQ shows us how they designs and versions its own Microservices behind Microsoft Cloud-hosted DevOps service. [01:26] Versioning[04:12]…


How Windows, Windows Store, Xbox & Surface moved their 350gig source repo into Git hosted on VSTS[MP4] [0:34:55] [2018/04/19]
In this video Donovan Brown interviews Tony Seeley, Group Program Manager who works in the Windows and Devices Group (WDG), Engineering Systems team, overseeing the group managing the source control…


How Windows, Windows Store, Xbox and Surface streamlined their planning process and centralized on…[MP4] [0:47:26] [2018/03/21]
In this video Donovan Brown interviews Jill Campbell, Group Program Manager who works in the Windows and Devices Group (WDG), Engineering Systems team, overseeing the process and tools Windows uses to…


Interview with Aaron Bjork (Release Notes)[MP4] [0:17:47] [2018/01/09]
In this interview, Principal DevOps Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about how the release notes for VSTS are generated for each release. [00:50] Set the…


Interview with Munil Shah (Quality)[MP4] [0:31:36] [2017/12/15]
In this interview, Director of Engineering Munil Shah returns to share insights on how our quality practices had to change to support of Visual Studio Team Services. [00:43] Quality in the Cloud…


Interview with Munil Shah (Safe Deployment Questions Answered)[MP4] [0:23:03] [2017/12/06]
In this interview, Director of Engineering Munil Shah returns to answer the questions asked about Safe Deployment of Visual Studio Team Services. [00:32] Deployment Rings[05:39] RM Deployment…


Interview with Edward Thomson (Git in VSTS)[MP4] [0:07:04] [2017/11/23]
In this interview, recorded live from Ignite 2017, Senior Cloud Developer Advocate Damian Brady interviews Senior Program Manager Edward Thomson about Git in Visual Studio Team Services. [00:19]…


Interview with Munil Shah (Safe Deployment)[MP4] [0:36:44] [2017/08/18]
In this interview, Principal DevOps Manager Donovan Brown interviews Director of Engineering Munil Shah about Safe Deployment of Visual Studio Team Services. [00:40] Scale Units[03:54] Safe Deployment…


Interview with Aaron Bjork (Consistency)[MP4] [0:28:24] [2017/07/30]
In this interview, Principal DevOps Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about UI and Architectural consistency across 50 feature teams and Feature Flags.…


Interview with Damian Brady (Best Practices)[MP4] [0:30:51] [2016/11/24]
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Damian Brady about DevOps and Octopus Deploy. You can download the Octopus Deploy Build and Release Task here. Blog:…


Interview with Thomas Dohmke (Mobile)[MP4] [0:36:55] [2016/10/14]
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal PM Manager Thomas Dohmke about Mobile DevOps. You can download the Test Recorder for Visual Studio here.…


Interview with Gopinath Chigakkagari (Testing)[MP4] [0:44:42] [2016/08/12]
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Principal PM Manager Gopinath Chigakkagari about Testing. Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown Follow @gopinach


Interview with Aaron Bjork (Agile)[MP4] [0:40:58] [2016/06/28]
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Group Program Manager Aaron Bjork about Agile Planning and Feature Flags. [00:40] Why 3 weeks sprints[05:30] Customer…


Interview with Sam Guckenheimer (Rugged & Anti-patterns)[MP4] [0:54:10] [2016/06/14]
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Partner PM Manager Sam Guckenheimer about Rugged DevOps and DevOps Anti-patterns. Blog: DonovanBrown.comFollow @DonovanBrown…


Interview with David Tesar (Infrastructure)[MP4] [0:38:48] [2016/02/05]
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Senior Technical Evangelist David Tesar about Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code. DevOps Dimension…


Interview with Abel Wang and Steven St. Jean (Source Control)[MP4] [0:37:29] [2016/02/02]
In this interview, Senior DevOps Program Manager Donovan Brown interviews Senior ALM Consultant Steven St. Jean and Senior Technical Solutions Professional Abel Wang about source control structure and…