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Kudu console for backup

Posted on May 12, 2014 by erictummers

We host our own nuget server in azurewebsites. To make backups of the packages we use Kudu console. Kudu is the engine behind git deployments in Azure Web Sites. It can also run outside of Azure. Read more info about … Continue reading →

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A first encounter with Chocolatey

Posted on May 8, 2014 by erictummers

Think of Chocolatey as a nuget repository with software to install on Windows. Or apt-get for Windows. I’ve tested it for Particular software. Installation This is simple, just past one line in a command box and wait for it to … Continue reading →

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Connect Virtual Machines in Windows Azure

Posted on May 7, 2014 by erictummers

Our project relies on MSDTC. To use this in Windows Azure the machines must be able to find each other. Here are the two solutions Microsoft offers. Move VM to virtual network In this post Karl writes how to move … Continue reading →

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Undo git reset –hard

Posted on April 10, 2014 by erictummers

To remove some unhappy commits I executed a git reset –hard. Unfortunately the hangover of missing some files was shortly after. I’ve read this post about undoing it. And it worked. This listed a lot of files and commits. I … Continue reading →

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Red-gate SQL Test

Posted on March 31, 2014 by erictummers

Writing unittests for sql objects was one of my blind spots. Red-gate has a tool called SQL Test that should fill in the gap. I have given it a try. SQL Test is a graphical user interface for tSQLt, a … Continue reading →

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