Did you miss content from Microsoft Build and Ignite events? Well you can catch up on Channel9, but we at Black Marble are running free round up events on the 20th May in Leeds. Why not come and talk to Black Marble and Microsoft staff who attended the events? To register go to the Black Marble events site.

Recently whilst at a clients one of our consultants came across an interesting issue; the client was using Selenium to write web tests, they wanted to trigger them both from Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) as local automated tests, and also run them using BrowserStack for multi browser regression testing. The problem was …

If you are using a parameters.xml file to set value with MSDeploy I have just found a gotcha. You need some value in the web.config file, not just an empty XML tag, else the replacement fails. So to explain… I had the following parameters.xml file, and use Release Management to replace the TAG values at deployment …

Having fallen asleep before 9pm on Day 1, we were up bright and early and ready for Day 2. This was going to bring not just great sessions, but also the first of our #BuildBites interviews... We had a terrific opportunity to interview some of the interesting people in the development world whilst at Microsoft //build/ …

So much happened on Day 1, need to split it into several posts! In the Keynote, they announced that a small number of Build attendees would get to try out HoloLens, and we all had to apply to get our names. I was delighted, amazed, and so so excited to be chosen! No one else I know at Build were chosen, so it was a …

There was so much going on throughout Day One of Build, but for me the best bit was the Q&A with Satya Nadella!! My sister and I are here as students at Build, 2 out of only 100. Plus, I am the youngest at 13 - most of them seem to be university students (like Caitlin). And lots of them are Microsoft Student …

It was an early start for the Day One Keynote at Build - but that was OK, thanks to jetlag, we were up at 5:30am anyway! There was the usual crush for the Keynote - so many people keen to be present for the exciting announcements - so much more exciting in person than online! There was a real buzz in the hall, it was …

After a long day of travel on the Monday, we spent Tuesday out and about exploring in San Francisco. The weather was glorious - bright and sunny but cool with it! Took time to do some shopping - we checked out the Microsoft store! Niamh tried out Minecraft! And then we went to register :) We managed to fit in lots of …

When you using MSdeploy you should create a parameters.xml file that exposes your web.config settings at the time of installation. This enables good deployment habits, build the product one and then set system specific values using deployment tools. The problem is that this parameters.xml file is a pain to write, it is …

Mid May is a busy time for me presenting-wise: On the 12th/13th I am presenting at Techorama in Belgium And on the 14th I will be presenting at a Microsoft/GreyMatter event at Microsoft’s Reading office. And after that there are also the Black Marble Re:Build and Re:Ignite events. I am sure I will be involved at those, …