Quick Glance at the Scrum vs SAFe Terminology

Scrum is a framework based on the principles of Agile whereas SAFe is all about how to scale Scrum at the enterprise level. So basically, SAFe implements Scrum at the enterprise level and has all the proven methodologies, practices, guidelines to bring in Business Agility. The detail or the comprehensive discussion about Scrum vs SAFe is out of the scope of this article but its worth discussing in my next article. So, let’s look at the terminology used in Scrum and how does it relate to SAFe.

Scrum Vs SAFe Terminology 

 

 Happy Agile Learning !!!

Join Global Azure Bootcamp April 2018

April 2018 is filled with Azure Bootcamp and it's a great way to learn, explore and meetup with fellow professionals. Interested !!!! -- Join the Azure Bootcamp April 2018 in your city/Country.

Follow the below link to know more about the Global Azure Bootcamp 2018

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/azurebootcamp-2018/

Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide - Download Free ebook

Are you in the process of cloud migration or just started your journey towards Azure ? If yes then this is the right time for you to go through the book which Microsoft just released it and it's available for Download for Free.

This book is called Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide.

Download it from here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/azure-strategy-and-implementation-guide/en-us/


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Difference between Visual Studio 2017 Editions – Community, Professional and Enterprise

When Microsoft introduced full featured community Edition for developers, I was curious to know what all differences it has with other paid versions? Because I can almost do everything with the community edition then why do I need a paid version?

When I searched MSDN I found my answer and difference was quite considerable. However, if you are an Individual Developer and doesn’t need too many features, then community edition is best to start with.

There are notable differences between each of the versions/editions and it’s worth knowing it.
Instead of I type everything here, Microsoft made it very easy for us to compare the various editions and take a decision.

Compare Visual Studio Editions https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/compare/
Microsoft nicely explains each the notable difference between various editions – don’t miss to go through this.

Happy Learning !!!
Harsh Shah

All Microsoft Documentation in one place - Docs.Microsoft.com

Microsoft has completely redesigned the documentation website and they have created a one single unified place to have the entire documentation available.

Turn over to this link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/

docs.microsoft.com

It's now very easy to view all the documentation at one place and get help faster than earlier. For example, If I want to know more about .NET. Just click on the .NET tab and you will be taken to the place where all the information regarding .NET  (C#, F#, .NET Core etc) is available at a unified location.

Getting help and learning more about the product is now easy with this new unified approach.

Thanks to Microsoft for taking this step and helping developers to learn more and get help faster than ever.

Happy Learning !!! 

Harsh Shah

Explore Azure Products and availability by Region

As of today Azure is available in 34 Regions and each region has feature availability. If you want to know which features are available in each region then follow the below link

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/regions/services/

Happy Learning !!!
Harsh Shah

Want to move your Apps to Azure? Check the Readiness using this tool

If you are planning to move your apps to Azure, than there is a tool called Azure Readiness Assessment which inspects your on-Primes (Physical or Virtual) environment and provides you with the detail Report. This report lists the steps you need to take to move your application to Cloud.

This Automated Assessment provides detail report and steps you need to take to make any design changes or configuration changes to your apps in order to move to Cloud

Download the tool from here: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=391029&clcid=0x409

More information here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/vm-readiness-assessment/

Happy Learning !!!

Different ways to create Azure Virtual Machines

Today  I am going to summarize various ways by which you an create Windows Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure.

[This article applies to Windows Virtual Machines]

By Using Azure Portal

If you are a beginner then this is the right place to start with for creating virtual machines in an easy to use portal. Please follow the below guided information to create your first Virtual Machine on windows.

Follow the below link for more detailed explanation

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-portal

By Using Resource Manager Template

When you create a Virtual Machine you may require to setup multiple things like setting up storage, Deployment and other required resources. These settings may require to perform separate actions during the setup. Hence in order to manage all of these resources in a single coordinated operation templates are used.

Follow the below link for more detailed explanation

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-ps-template/

By Using Azure PowerShell

By using Azure PowerShell one can automate many complex tasks. PowerShell is available on Windows, Mac and Linux and all the tasks that can be done through Azure Portal , can be done with PowerShell as well.

For example you can write PowerShell scripts to create Virtual Machines, configure Web Apps, Virtual Networks and many such tasks.

Follow the below link for more detailed explanation

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-ps-create/

By using Azure CLI

Azure CLI is a new command line tool provided by Microsoft to manage Azure Resources. It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux and does all the tasks which can be done by all the other approaches mentioned above.

Follow the below link for more detailed explanation

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-quick-create-cli-nodejs?toc=%2fazure%2fvirtual-machines%2flinux%2ftoc.json

By Using Visual Studio

In my opinion, Visual Studio is undoubtedly the most preferred Development IDE for Microsoft Developers and using this tool one can easily setup development machine to build deploy and manage various Azure Cloud Services.

Azure also provides No of preloaded VM images with  Visual Studio, Azure SDK and related tools and other relevant software's. This for sure, it's a boon to developers as it saves lot of time and one can get started quickly to play around with windows Azure.

Follow the below link for more detailed explanation

https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/azure-tools/?wt.mc_id=DXLEX_edx_AZURE214x&wt.mc_id=DXLEX_openedx_Azure214x

  

Happy Learning !!!

SQL Server - Get the list of tables without Indexes

Here is the quickest way to know the list tables in SQL Server which doesn't have Indexes.

This will be very useful when we have large number of tables in our SQL Server database.


SELECT DISTINCT so.object_id,
                so.NAME
FROM   sys.indexes si
       INNER JOIN sys.objects SO
               ON SO.object_id = si.object_id
WHERE  SO.type = 'U'
       AND si.index_id = 0

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What is the difference between Visual Studio Express Edition and Community Edition

As you all know, Microsoft has just released full featured Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition. This allows developers to use fully loaded Visual Studio Development Environment.

So the questions arises is , what is the difference between Visual Studio Community Edition and Express Edition ?

Try Microsoft Products for Free in Virtual Lab Environment

Try Microsoft Products for Free in Virtual Lab Environment

Ever thought of trying Microsoft Product for Free before installing it ? Or just wanted to learn about a new feature Microsoft recently introduced i.e. even before installing it?

Like this there are various reasons we wanted to try or to just learn something new.

If your answer is yes to above questions, then Microsoft is offering a complete Virtual Environment - with Hands-On-Lab for testing various product features which you can't do it considering various limitations like - Can't install on a production Environment, Don't have enough infrastructure ready to setup the data etc.. etc..

Microsoft is offering HOL (Hands On Lab) for various products and you can check it out here

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs?id=J+avMPtWlXk

There are system requirements needs to be followed to run the Hands on Lab which you can find it here

Check System Requirement :

https://vlabs.holsystems.com/vlabs/SystemRequirements.aspx