Dipping back into the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 well, today’s feature is my talk with Sam Guckenheimer of Microsoft. Sam presented on the transformation he oversaw at Microsoft’s Visual Studio moving to Visual Studio Online. It is the story of COTS to SaaS and all of the pitfalls and idiot taxes Sam and team paid along the way.
From this ordeal Sam and his team developed the 7 habits of successful DevOps. Like my earlier interview with Jeff Snover, it is a great peek into how things have changed in Satya Nadella’s Microsoft.
Here is Sam’s complete presentation at DOES 15. Just a heads up that it is about an hour long, but I think well worth the time.
If you like what Sam is talking about and want to learn how the 7 habits of successful DevOps can help you lead the transformation in your organization, stay tuned for podcast I just recorded with Sam that will be in our leadership suite next week. In the meantime you can download and find out more about Sam’s 7 successful habits here.
Alan Shimel is founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, a Futurum company, and a member of Futurum's executive leadership team. A technology entrepreneur, media executive and industry commentator, Shimel has spent more than three decades building businesses, communities and media platforms serving enterprise technology professionals, including co-founding StillSecure, a network security company, and the DevOps Institute, a DevOps certification and training body. At Techstrong, he leads a portfolio of media brands including devopsy.kinsta.cloud, Security Boulevard, Cloud Native Now, Techstrong AI, Techstrong IT, Digital CxO, Platform Engineering, Techstrong Semi and Techstrong TV, along with a growing portfolio of events, educational programs and digital communities. With more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, Shimel is a familiar voice in the space and was an early advocate of the DevOps movement, helping bring DevOps practices into mainstream enterprise technology. His work today spans cybersecurity, DevOps, cloud-native technologies, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and digital transformation, and he hosts popular programs including Techstrong Gang, Shimmy Says and Still Cyber, After All These Years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics from St. John's University and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.