sharepoint continuous integration with vs online and azure - matthias einig

SharePoint Continuous Integration

with VS Online and Azure

Matthias Einig, MVPRENCORE AB

Who is that guy?

matthias.einig@rencore.se

www.matthiaseinig.de

Matthias EinigCEO, SharePoint MVP

Stockholm, Sweden

Continuous what?

Build centralized

Check Quality

Continuous

Integration

Code Quality

Build centralized

Check Quality

Deploy

Continuous

Deployment

Process Quality

Build centralized

Check Quality

Deploy

Test

Continuous

Delivery

Functional Quality

Why?

•Fail fast and early in the development process

•Deliver smaller increments == less defects

•Know exactly what is deployed

•Reproducable

•No dependency on specific people

Manual deployment

!=

Fun

What should be included?

Farm Solutions

Apps

Database schema

Code

WSP, App, Data, PowerShell

Farm / Site settings

Site Structure

Feature Activations…

Configuration

Files, List Data

Taxonomies

Database Content…

Content

Dev Challenges•Deployment of VMs time consuming, resource and performance hungry

•Multiple environments required (SP2010/2013, CUs/Service Packs, Websites, O365 tenants)

•Deployment/Testing requires „clean“ production-like environment

• VMs for different versions of the own solution(s)

•Deployment process complicated and error-prone

The solution!

Source Control

Workitem Tracking

Project Management

Automated Build

Test Management

Analytics

…

Websites

Virtual Machines

Storage

Databases

Active Directory

Networks

…

Source Control

Workitem Tracking

Project Management

Automated Build

Test Management

Analytics

…

Websites

Virtual Machines

Storage

Databases

Active Directory

Networks

…

Why Cloud?

•Quick to set up

•Scalable

•Easy to tear down

•No IT Pros involved

• Included in MSDN subscription

•Pay per use

CD for Farm/SB Solutions

VSO

QADEV

DEV

CD FOR FARM/SB SOLUTIONS

CD for Provider Hosted Apps

VSO

DEV

SPODev site

AzureDev site

SPOProd site

AzureProd site

CD FOR PROVIDER HOSTED APPS

CD for Farm/SB Solutions

VSO

QADEV

DEV

Release Management Server

TFS

QA

DEV

RM

PROD

Release Management 2013

Release Management 2013

Summary• Find problems earlier and save time & money

• VS Online + Azure = perfect for SharePoint CD

• Can be implemented in several steps

• Deployment of Farm Solutions with PowerShell

• Deployment of Apps with ootb VS Online

It‘s worth it!

References• SharePoint Solution Deployer

spsd.codeplex.com

• SharePoint Code Analysis Frameworkspcaf.com

• SharePoint/TFS Continuous Integration Starter Pack (Chris O’Brien)matte.in/SharePointCI

• Continuous Integration for SharePoint (MSDN)matte.in/CI4SharePointMSDN

• Configure a TFS Build Server for SharePoint Projects (MSDN)matte.in/TFSBuild4SP

• Deploying Provider Hosted SharePoint Apps to Azure (Kirk Evans)matte.in/CDSPApp2Azure

questions?

WWW.MATTHIASEINIG.DE

@MATTEIN

thank you.

SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS

ZAGREB, 10/15/2014 - 10/16/2014