Martin Hinshelwood: Migration Azure DevOps Server to the Cloud – Episode 302

Challenges

  • Migrating from on-premises Azure DevOps Server to the cloud.
  • Handling data integrity and consistency during migration.
  • Ensuring minimal downtime and disruption to ongoing projects.

Solutions

  • Utilizing Azure DevOps Migration Tools for a seamless transition.
  • Implementing thorough testing and validation processes.
  • Planning and executing the migration in phases to reduce impact.

Benefits

  • Enhanced scalability and flexibility with cloud infrastructure.
  • Improved collaboration and access to the latest features.
  • Reduced maintenance and operational costs.

Martin is a passionate agile leader with a track record of inspiring, encouraging, and igniting momentum. Featured speaker, author, and industry thought leader, Martin has a strong track record of helping organizations build a vision and execute evolutionary and revolutionary change. His deep technical knowledge, business insight, and experience drive impactful change for organizations.

Technologist turned agilist, Martin successfully helps organizations decentralize, democratize, and evolve their way of work to build extraordinary processes and drive organizational change through culture, technology, and teamwork. He’s been recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft MVP, and he is the maintainer of the open-source Azure DevOps Migration Tools.

Topics of Discussion:
[02:59] Martin’s career journey.
[04:51] What Martin has learned as an MVP for 15 years.
[05:59] If you’re not good at something, do it more.
[06:52] Azure DevOps Migration tools.
[10:11] Martin adopted platform engineering to streamline processes and reduce costs.
[14:31] What you should know before using Martin’s tools.
[21:55] It’s not either/or between Microsoft migration tools and Azure DevOps migration tools.
[27:00] What made TFS unique.
[20:03] TFGit.
[30:02] The process used in your source and target, and what challenges might people expect?
[31:44] Limitations of migrating data from old TFS to new Azure DevOps using Microsoft tools.