Personal Access Token (PAT) is the most recommended authentication method used in automation for authenticating into Azure DevOps Services (ADO). However, by design PAT is used as an alternate password of ADO users, when being used in automation, the automation actually running as the ADO user who generated the PAT. That might not be an ideal authentication identity for automation in some environments where the operation of the automation could be affected by policies that are not designed for … [Read more...]
Enabling the next level of Remote Debugging & Real-Time Code Collaboration with Visual Studio Code
I have been working from home for months as an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first weeks of lacking in-person communication, I found difficulty working with my fellows especially when it required debugging & troubleshooting their code, a part of my daily job as a technical leader of a team I'm working with. In this post, I'm going to share with you one of my favorite Visual Studio Code extensions that have enabled me to work efficiently during this crisis. Visual Studio Live … [Read more...]
Remote Development with Visual Studio Code
I have been actively using Visual Studio Code (aka VS Code), an open-source & cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft for over 3 years. This tool is lightweight but what it can do is incredibly amazing. Since the time I first used this tool, it has been my preferred choice for non-UI software development tasks such as Python programing, PowerShell scripting, ARM template authoring that don't require any fancy SDKs or dev tools to able to work with. I'm currently working on a … [Read more...]