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Michael Richardson

Octopus Deploy in the GitHub Marketplace

Michael RichardsonApril 29, 2024 • 2 min read
Easy and secure GitHub integration

Michael RichardsonNovember 6, 2023 • 4 min read
Jira Service Management integration for Octopus Deploy: early access preview

Michael RichardsonSeptember 20, 2022 • 6 min read
At the helm with Michael Richardson

Michael RichardsonMarch 28, 2022 • 5 min read
Shaping Configuration as Code

Michael RichardsonMarch 22, 2022 • 8 min read
Improved Azure App Service deployments

Michael RichardsonJune 7, 2021 • 2 min read
Exporting and importing projects between spaces

Michael RichardsonJune 1, 2021 • 4 min read
Execution Containers for Workers

Michael RichardsonJune 1, 2020 • 3 min read
Octopus releases and Long Term Support (LTS)

Michael RichardsonMarch 4, 2020 • 4 min read
Why we chose Kubernetes, Linux, and .NET Core for Octopus Cloud

Michael RichardsonNovember 18, 2019 • 11 min read
Octopus Deploy 2019.8 - Streamlined deployment process editor, Tenant cloning, and more ...

Michael RichardsonAugust 29, 2019 • 3 min read
Octopus 2018.8 Release

Michael RichardsonSeptember 4, 2018 • 1 min read

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