Video record your test session using Microsoft Test and Lab Manager

One of the great capabilities of Microsoft Test and Laba Manager is the possibility to video record your tests. Before you can get this feature up and running, some extra installation steps have to be done.

The steps:

1. If your are using Windows 2008 R2 enable the Desktop Experience feature using Server Manager

a. Open Server Manager and select Features, then click the Add Features link on the right side of the screen.

b. Select the Desktop Experience checkbox, then “Next” your way through the wizard until you’re done.

2. Download and install Media Encoder (always use x32 regardless of your OS)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx

3. If you are using Windows Vista, 7 or 2008 R2 Install the Media Encoder hotfix

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929182

Note: to install the KB hotfix, you MUST use RUN AS administrator, otherwise the installation will fail.

4. Enable Video Recording in Microsoft Test and Lab Manager

Azure DevOps/ GitHub emoji

I’m really bad at remembering emoji’s. So here is cheat sheet with all emoji’s that can be used in tools that support the github emoji markdown markup: All credits go to rcaviers who created this list.

Kubernetes–Limit your environmental impact

Reducing the carbon footprint and CO2 emission of our (cloud) workloads, is a responsibility of all of us. If you are running a Kubernetes cluster, have a look at Kube-Green . kube-green is a simple Kubernetes operator that automatically shuts down (some of) your pods when you don't need them. A single pod produces about 11 Kg CO2eq per year( here the calculation). Reason enough to give it a try! Installing kube-green in your cluster The easiest way to install the operator in your cluster is through kubectl. We first need to install a cert-manager: kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.14.5/cert-manager.yaml Remark: Wait a minute before you continue as it can take some time before the cert-manager is up & running inside your cluster. Now we can install the kube-green operator: kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kube-green/kube-green/releases/latest/download/kube-green.yaml Now in the namespace where we want t

DevToys–A swiss army knife for developers

As a developer there are a lot of small tasks you need to do as part of your coding, debugging and testing activities. DevToys is an offline windows app that tries to help you with these tasks. Instead of using different websites you get a fully offline experience offering help for a large list of tasks. Many tools are available. Here is the current list: Converters JSON <> YAML Timestamp Number Base Cron Parser Encoders / Decoders HTML URL Base64 Text & Image GZip JWT Decoder Formatters JSON SQL XML Generators Hash (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512) UUID 1 and 4 Lorem Ipsum Checksum Text Escape / Unescape Inspector & Case Converter Regex Tester Text Comparer XML Validator Markdown Preview Graphic Color B

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