Richard Fennell

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CTO of Black Marble Ltd
Microsoft MVP (Developer Technologies)
Bloghttps://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/rfennell/
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New Post: Why has my BizTalk CI/CD build just stopped working? https://tinyurl.com/mtyfhc5b
Why has my BizTalk CI/CD build just stopped working?

The Problem I recently had a customer who’s Azure DevOps Pipelines BizTalk 2020 build had suddenly started to fail. They said they had not altered their …

New Post: PostSharp assembly error upgrading Delinea Secret Server https://tinyurl.com/3p7up5yn
PostSharp assembly error upgrading Delinea Secret Server

The Problem Today I was upgrading our self hosted Delinea Secret Server from 11.9.x to 12.0.x. These upgrades are usually an easy process, all achieved within …

New Post: Another new problem when generating build agents using Packer https://tinyurl.com/3py9y8je
Another new problem when generating build agents using Packer

The Problem I have been using Packer to generate our Azure DevOps Build agent disk images for a while now. The advantage of this process is that our Azure …

New Post: Options for migrating DevOps Toolsets https://tinyurl.com/2b49yzew
Options for migrating DevOps Toolsets

Whilst presenting on ‘Migrating DevOps Toolsets’ at DDDNorth last weekend, I mentioned a blog post & flowchart I had created a few years ago to …

The next @BlackMarble webinar is on the 18th of March and is titled 'GitHub Copilot - how to harness the power of AI for Developers'

Register for free for this webinar, or any other Black Marble webinar, at https://www.blackmarble.com/events/

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Thanks to everyone who came to my #dddnorth session 'It is all about the journey - DevOps Migrations', hope you found it useful.

You can find my slides at https://tinyurl.com/devopsmig

Presentations/It is all about the journey - DevOps Migrations.pptx at main · rfennell/Presentations

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New Post: Unexpected 'task is dependent on a Node version that is end-of-life' warning with Azure DevOps Pipelines https://tinyurl.com/2yw37he7
Unexpected 'task is dependent on a Node version that is end-of-life' warning with Azure DevOps Pipelines

Background I have been doing the regular maintenance in our Azure DevOps Pipelines of updating the versions of tasks. This usually means you perform one of the …

New Post: Caught out again by the cache in a build pipeline https://tinyurl.com/m9bu6dks
Caught out again by the cache in a build pipeline

I have posted in the past about the issues a misconfigured cache can have in Azure DevOps Pipelines, or GitHub Actions. Well it caught me out again today, …

There is still time to register for DDDNorth being held at Hull Uni on the 28th of February.

This is a free community conference with over 20 great sessions and a free lunch!

To checkout the agenda and to register go to https://www.dddnorth.co.uk

Registration is now open for @DDDNorth which is being held on Saturday 28th February 2026 @ Hull University

Why not come along to this great free community event, there are over 20 sessions and great chance to network with like minded people.

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DDD North 2026

Get ready for a mind-blowing day of tech talks, and networking at DDD North 2026—don't miss out!

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